Elizabeth Bishop letters to Wes, 1967-1969.

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Elizabeth Bishop letters to Wes, 1967-1969.

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The collection consists of two letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Wes, both typewritten and signed: 26 Feb. 1967, from Rio de Janeiro, with news of an Iceland article she was writing, personal news of her companion, Lota, and a description of the light in Brazil, with a hand-written note about Alfred Knopf's Brazilian itinerary; 24 Jan. 1969, from San Francisco, with reference to his earlier letters, and of mutual friend Marjorie N., personal news including her Christmas party, and her efforts to teach her mynah bird to say his name, I love you, and Marianne Moore's famous comment about poetry, I too dislike it, from her poem, Poetry.

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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

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Poet Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had an often difficult childhood in Canada and New England. She wrote poetry in her youth, and developed as a writer at Vassar, where her friends included Mary McCarthy and Marianne Moore. In 1946 she published a book of poetry titled North and South, and travelled to Brazil, where she remained for fifteen years. Her 1956 book of poetry, A Cold Spring, won the Pulitzer Prize; her verse was noted for precision and balance. She also p...

Wehr, Wesley, 1929-2004

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Wesley C. Wehr (1929- ) is a painter and writer from Seattle, Wash. From the description of Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr, 1983 May 26-Sept. 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84016670 Wesley Wehr, a professor, artist, and paleobotanist at the University of Washington in Seattle, photographed the 1970 Mungo Martin memorial totem pole raising ceremony. Mungo Martin, a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw tribe, was a master carver who contributed to the ...