Letters to Frank Bidart, 1971-1978.

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Letters to Frank Bidart, 1971-1978.

Includes 47 letters to Bidart, along with several drafts of poems, and a cookbook inscribed to Bidart.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8316869

Houghton Library

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Bidart, Frank, 1939-....

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American poet and professor at Wellesley College and Brandeis University. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Joe Brainard, New York City, 1991 Nov. 21. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31911238 ...

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...