Papers, 1938- [present].

Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014

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Poet and professor. From the description of Papers, 1936-1980. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 56815853 American poet. From the description of Introduction to Seamus Heaney's reading to the Academy of American Poets at the Morgan Library : typescript with autograph revisions, [1984]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874953 From the description of The fundamental project of technology : typescript photocopy with autograph revisions, [n.d.]. (Un...

Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998

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Epithet: Professor of English British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002f8 American writer, literary critic and memoirist; author of "On native grounds," and "A walk in the city." From the description of Alfred Kazin letter [manuscript], 1943 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999332 Writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred Kazin: oral h...

Wick, Douglas.

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De la Valdène, Guy.

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Lewis, Peter.

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Weisinger, Herbert, 1913-1999

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Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013

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Author and screenwriter Elmore "Dutch" Leonard (b. 1925) was born in New Orleans, LA and settled eventually in Detroit, MI (a setting for many of his novels). He graduated from the University of Detroit in 1950 and spent the 1950s and 1960s writing pulp western stories and novels. Two of those stories - The Tall T and 3:10 to Yuma and one of those novels - Hombre - were adapted into movies. Taking the advice of his agent, Harold "H.N." Swanson (1899-1991), to "forget the cowboy stuff and write s...

Matthiessen, Peter

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Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001

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Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, teacher; San Diego, Calif. Born 1932. Died 2001. Italo Scanga was born in Calabria, Italy, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1946. Reared in Detroit, he studied at Michigan State University where he received an MFA degree in sculpture 1n 1961. Well-known as a teacher, Scanga taught art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the Tyler School of Art (Temple University), Rhode Island School of Design, and Pilchuck Gl...

Ford, Richard, 1944-

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Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land,nd Let Me Be Frank With You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. Ford received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction snd the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day in 1996.Ford's novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name. He won the ...

Turner, Jack, 1942-

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McGuane, Thomas

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Thomas McGuane, novelist and screenwriter. From the description of Rancho deluxe : screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 82086373 Thomas McGuane, American writer. Thomas Francis McGuane III was born 11 December 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan. He graduated in 1958 from the boarding school Cranbrook Kingswood School. He also grew up working on a ranch in Wyoming and fished and hunted. From a young age McGuane knew that he wanted ...

Harrison, Jim, 1937-....

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0003e6 Epithet: Secretary, Finance Committee, Hull Trades and Labour Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0003e5 Jim Harrison (1937-), poet and novelist. From the description of Suite entire : the complete poems of Jim Harrison, 1998. (Unknown). ...

Gerber, Dan, 1940-

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Gerber is a Michigan author and poet. The Clarke Historical Library has 14 of his publications. From the description of Poetry, 19uu. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 44545436 ...

Buchwald, Art.

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Sumac Press

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Established around 1945 as a successor to Emerson G. Wullings' earlier fine printing ventures, including Press Preterite, which began in 1915 when the 12-year-old received his first hand printing press. The LaCrosse (Wis.) firm operated through the 1990s, printing some 200 pieces ranging from ephemera through bound works smaller than 100 pages. From the description of Publications and related materials, 1928-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313870558 ...

Buffett, Jimmy ca. 20.Jh.

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Musician, author. The grandson of a sea captain and son of a Navy shipbuilder, singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett's music and writings are full of references to sea life also by way of his drunken-sailor persona. Raised in Mobile, Alabama, Buffett moved to New Orleans after his high school graduation to attend college where he worked as a guitarist and vocalist performing folk music and composing his own music. In the late 1960s he moved to Nashville, to enter the music bus...

Brautigan, Richard

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Edna Webster was a close personal friend of Brautigan's. Her son, Peter, was Brautigan's best friend during the time these materials were written. Her daughter, Linda, was Brautigan's "first love." From the description of Richard Brautigan papers, [195-]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122556663 American writer (novelist, poet). Born Tacoma, Washington, January 30 1935. Died Bolinas, California, September 1984. For many, Brautigan was a quintessent...

Kooser, Ted

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Ted Kooser, born in Ames, Iowa in 1939, earned a BS from Iowa State University and an MA from the University of Nebraska. He is currently the Presidential Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has published 12 collections of poetry, and served as the United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. As Poet Laureate, he established "American Life in Poetry," which "provides newspapers and online publications with a f...

Turner, Fred Harold, 1900-1975

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Assistant dean, dean of men, dean of students, and chairman of University Centennial Committee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)). From the description of Papers, 1918-1975. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28412761 ...

Tate, James, 1943-....

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American poet. From the description of Papers, 1970-1980. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26090178 From the description of James Tate Papers, 1944-1998 (bulk 1962-1998). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 191957085 James Vincent Tate was born James Vincent Appleby on December 8, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Samuel Vincent Appleby and Betty Jean Whitsitt. Tat...

Chatham, Russell

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Banks, Russell, 1940-....

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Williams, Terry Tempest

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Laurence, Samuel (British painter, 1817-1884)

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Peacock, Doug

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Doug Peacock served as a medic in the Vietnam Conflict. He moved to Montana upon his return from Vietnam and has become a grizzly and bison expert, author, activist and filmmaker. Peacock was also the model for Ed Abbey's character Hayduke in The Monkeywrench Gang. From the description of Doug Peacock papers, 1950-2000 and undated. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 719613362 ...

Batali, Mario

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Jackson, Jon A

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Nicholson, Jack

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Bass, Rick, 1958-....

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Novelist Rick Bass lives and works in Montana. From the description of Rick Bass Papers, 1958-[ongoing], (bulk 1987-1994). (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 48244246 Rick Bass is a writer and environmental activist. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1958, but spent much of his youth in Houston. He graduated from Utah State with a degree in geology and then worked as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi. In 1987 Bass moved to Montana and began writin...

Styron, William, 1925-2006

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American novelist William Styron was born in Virginia and graduated from Duke. After serving in World War II, he worked as an editor while writing his first novel. His work has been both controversial and timely; his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner, explored the theme of slavery, and benefitted from being released during the racially-charged 1960s, and his American Book Award-winning novel, Sophie's Choice, examined a World War II concentration camp survivor. His styl...

Dahlberg, Edward, 1900-1977

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Edward Dahlberg was an American poet, novelist, and critic. From the description of Edward Dahlberg fonds. [1930]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848419 American novelist, essayist, autobiographer, literary critic, and poet. From the description of Edward Dahlberg papers, circa 1925-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864299 Biography Edward Dahlberg, American writer of...

Wakoski, Diane.

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Poet. From the description of Letters, 1984-1996. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 47287823 American poet. From the description of Papers, 1959-[ongoing] (bulk 1959-1978) (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318855 Diane Wakoski (b. 1937), American poet and teacher. From the description of Diane Wakoski poems, 1971-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702199357 From the description of Diane Wakoski letters to John ...

Reed, J. D., 1940-

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Keillor, Garrison

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Taped at Bailey Hall, May 31, 1997. From the description of A prairie home companion at Cornell University, 1997. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 174209411 ...

Erdrich, Louise, 1954-

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Karen Louise Erdrich was born June 7, 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota. The oldest of seven children, Erdrich grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota. She entered Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) in 1972, part of the college's first coeducational class. She graduated from Dartmouth in 1976, with a Bachelor of Arts. Following graduation, she returned to North Dakota to teach poetry and writing to young people through the State Arts Council. She next attended Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore...

Krementz, Jill

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Photo-journalist, author; interviewee married Kurt Vonnegut. From the description of Reminiscences of Jill Krementz : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743197 ...

Caputo, Philip.

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American author and journalist; winner of Pulitzer Prize; b. Philip Joseph Caputo, 1941. From the description of Philip Caputo collection, 1962-1999. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70974142 ...

Baxter, Charles, 1947-....

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Oberlé, Gérard, 1945-

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Dorris, Michael A

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Bradley, Bill, 1943...

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Minty, Judith, 1937-

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Bly, Robert W.

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American poet. From the description of The man in the black coat turns, 1981 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823162 Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement. John Gill published a small literary journal in the 1960s entitled New American and Canadian Poetry. He also authored books of poetry, as well as published books of poetry of others under the name of New Books be...

Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989

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American author. From the description of Edward Abbey's Vox Clamantis in Deserto: Some Notes from a Secret Journal production records, 1988-1989. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 41557904 Edward Abbey was born on January 29, 1927. He grew up in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. His first glimpse of the American Southwest was in 1944 when he hitchhiked to Seattle and then to Arizona. After serving as a U.S. Army rifleman in Italy from 1945-1946, he enrolled...

Hall, Donald, 1928-....

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Hall is an American poet, essayist, and teacher. From the description of Compositions 1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122609338 From the description of Papers, 1956-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357326 From the guide to the Donald Hall papers, 1956-1965., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) From the guide to the Compositions, 1962., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Universit...

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997

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The interview took place at Wells College, New York. From the description of Audio interviews with poet Denise Levertov by Clive Scott Chisholm : sound recordings, 1973 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864806 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Denise Levertov and her husband, Mitchell Goodman. From the description of Letters, 1965-1976, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871475 ...

Snyder, Gary, 1930-....

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Poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, and teacher, Gary Snyder is considered one of the most significant environmental writers of the twentieth century and a central figure in environmental activism. From the description of Papers, 1910-2003 1945-2002. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30107060 Gary Snyder (1930- ), poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, lecturer, and teacher, is considered one of the most signi...

Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008

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Hayden Carruth (1921-2008) was a poet, professor, and a editor. He lived in Johnson, Vermont, during the time of the correspondence. For more information, see the Poetry Foundation biography . From the guide to the Hayden Carruth Letters, 1973-1975, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) ...