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Benjamin Sonnenberg papers, 1956-2010 9 linear feet 20 document boxes

Sonnenberg, Ben
Ben Sonnenberg, Jr., is a writer and editor best known for founding Grand Street, a New York literary quarterly, which he edited from 1981 until his retirement in 1989; the magazine continued for another fifteen years before it finally ceased publication in the fall of 2004. The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence between Ben Sonnenberg, Jr. and literary contributors associated with Grand Street. Some Grand Street administrative files and a small amount of personal material, including family letters and writings, are also included.
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Goliard Press records, 1961-1970 3 linear feet 5 manuscript boxes, 3 flat boxes

Goliard Press

Correspondence and production files of The Goliard Press, relating to the publication of contemporary English and American poetry. Most of the letters are addressed to Barry Hall or Tom Raworth. Among the poets represented are Basil Bunting, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Anselm Hollo, Ted Hughes, Christopher Logue, Michael McClure, Charles Olson, and Louis Zukofsky.

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Grand Street Publications Inc. Records, 1980-2004 53.85 linear feet 47 legal sized document boxes 18 record cartons [legal sized] 13 record cartons [letter sized]

Grand Street Publications, Inc
These records contain the editorial, production and correspondence files of Grand Street, a New York literary quarterly founded by Ben Sonnenberg Jr. in 1981 and published through 2004. Throughout its two decades, Grand Street prided itself on nurturing authors and presenting a smart and eclectic mix of contemporary poetry, fiction, art and journalism. The bulk of this collection consists of annotated manuscripts, proofs and correspondence related to the magazine: featured writers include Anne Carson, Arthur Coleman Danto, Jonathan Franzen, Dennis Hopper, Ted Hughes, Norman Mailer, Susan Minot, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushide, Edward Said and David Foster Wallace. Production files related to the magazine's operation are also housed within these records and these files include contracts, press and publicity files, design ideas and materials pertaining to Grand Street's attempts to rebrand itself as an online only magazine in the 2000s.
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Jeni Couzyn papers, 1969-1971 0.5 linear feet 1 box

Couzyn, Jeni

These papers are the correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, and publicity for poetry readings at the Camden Festivals of 1969 and 1970. There is also the book-manuscript and proofs for TWELVE TO TWELVE (London, Poets' Trust, 1970), twelve poems which were commissioned for the 1970 festival. The correspondents include Charles Causley, C. Day Lewis, Ted Hughes, Christopher Logue, Hugh MacDiarmid, Gary Snyder, and Louis Zukofsky.

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Ted Hughes papers, 1968-1969 1 box 1 box (15 items)

Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998

Correspondence and proofs for two books by Hughes, ANIMAL POEMS (Richard Gilbertson, 1968) and FIVE AUTUMN SONGS FOR CHILDREN'S VOICES (Richard Gilbertson, 1968). Also, two watercolor drawings and two pen and ink drawings for FIVE AUTUMN SONGS, by Philidor Gili.

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