Collage from the office walls of poet Thom Gunn [graphic]. ca. 1980-ca. 2000.

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Collage from the office walls of poet Thom Gunn [graphic]. ca. 1980-ca. 2000.

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A collage, created over many years, of material pinned to walls in the study of poet Thom Gunn at his San Francisco home on Cole Street. The great majority of items are magazine clippings and postcards or greeting cards. Also present are newspaper clippings, fliers, several objects, and some personal photographs. The few photographs present are of Gunn, his family members, and friends. Ephemera includes promotional items for San Francisco gay bars, clubs or events, material or images relating to the leather scene, punk rock, male nudes, male celebrities, literary figures, etc. Some postcards contain personal correspondence or notes.

1 box, oversized folders (prints, ephemera, postcards, photographic prints) assembled ca. 9 x 12 ft.

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Gunn, Thom

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Thom Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, in 1929. His first book of poems, "Fighting Terms," was published in 1954, and Gunn was awarded a creative writing fellowship at Stanford University in the same year. From 1958 to 1966 and 1973 to 1990 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He received numerous awards during his life, most notably the MacArthur Fellowship for lifetime achievement in poetry in 1993. Gunn passed away in San Francisco, California, in 2004. Fr...