The Codrescu collection consists of manuscripts of Andrei Codrescu (b.1946), an American-Romanian novelist, poet, essayist and former professor of English at Louisiana State University. The collection includes several unpublished works including books, poems and essays by Codrescu, book reviews of several of his published works, as well as photographs and interviews with the author. In addition there are examples of Codrescu's correspondence with other authors in the form of letters, postcards and gifts. There are also a number of items of Romanian poetry and fiction, political essays on Romania during and after Communism, newspaper articles on Romanian culture and writing, and collaborations of Andrei Codrescu and other Romanian and American authors. There is a variety of materials, including handwritten letters, drawings, paintings, poems, essays, book reviews, speeches, posters and photographs.
