Granary Books records, 1985-2016

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Series VI: Manuscripts and Proposals Not Undertaken by Granary



Box 101 Antin, David--John Cage Uncaged is Still Cagey


Box 101 Ashbery, John and Archie Rand.

(Poem inNest Magazine, Summer 2003, 17 pp. with paintings by Archie Rand. Includes photographs of Rand's paintings.)


Box 101 Berrigan, Ted and Sandy.

(Correspondence between Ted and Sandy Berrigan. Manuscript of letters and journals, approx. 225 pp. Includes correspondence between Steve Clay and Sandy Berrigan, 2002--2009. )


Box 101 Bervin, Jen.

(Her Gallant Note. CD-R, February8, 2008. Includes correspondence between Jen Bervin and Steve Clay, 2005--2007. Also includes a CD-R of theDickinson Project, January 2006.)


Box 101 Bles, Robert.

(Grounds. Manuscript, 32 pp., black and white, color cover, graphic poetry book, 2001.)


Box 101 Borkhuis, Charles.

(Savoir-Fear. Manuscript, approx. 100 pp. Also includes a letter to Steve Clay, November 28, 2001.)


Box 101 Beckman, Joshua.

(A Bob Brown Reader, These Pomes Shall Rise Again. Manuscript, approx. 250 pp. Includes contents page, splitting manuscript into eight sections. Also includes a letter from Joshua Beckman to Steve Clay, March25, 2002.)


Box 101 Brakhage, Stan and Michael McClure.

(Correspondence between Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure, compiled by Christopher Luna, dated October 28, 2002. Manuscript, approx. 25 pp. Includes letter from Steve Clay to Christopher Luna explaining why Granary Books cannot publish his book.)


Box 101 Brewster, Jennilie

(The Angle of the Sun, excerpt: prologue, blue & gray (to come: orange, white), June 2013.)


Box 101 Coffey, Michael.

(Imagisme in a station of the metro/ the arch. Manuscript, approx. 42 pp., November 14, 2000.)


Box 101 Coolidge, Clark.

(Move.Manuscript, approx. 40 pp.)


Box 101 Cunningham, Kevin.

(House of Bugs, A Biological Tragedy. Includes two versions of manuscript, each approx. 112 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay, June 9, 2003.)


Box 101 Davies, Alan.

[Unknown title of Book 1 through Book 10] on CD-R. Includes letter to Steve Clay, February22, 2010.)


Box 101 Devaney, Tom.

Letters to Ernesto Neto from Tom Devaney, with drawings by Nicole Michels. Manuscript, approx. 50 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay, April 2002.)


Box 101 Downing, Brandon.

(Lake Antiquity. Manuscript, approx. 100 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay circa 2006.)


Box 101 Douglas, Mark.

(Dies Irae. Manuscript, approx. 30 pp. Illustrated text and black and white drawings. Includes letter to Granary Books, undated)


Box 101 Elliot, Joe.

(Opposable Thumb. Manuscript, 135 pp. Blurb in the front written by Steve Clay to Joe Elliot.)


Box 101 Elliot, Joe.

(101 Designs For The World Trade Center. 138 pp. Manuscript of selected works, approx. 138 pp., n.d.)


Box 101 Firestone, Jennifer.

Letters to Poets: Conversations About Poetics, Politics, and Community, 6 pp. Book proposal. Includes letter to Steve Clay, June 19, 2006 and a response from Steve Clay explaining that Granary Books is unable to publish the book. )


Box 101 Friedman, Ed.

(Chinoiserie, A Decoration For Four Players.Manuscript, 123 pp. Includes correspondence between Steve Clay and Ed Friedman, and letter from Clay explaining that Granary will be unable to publish the book, May 1, 2008.)


Box 101 Friedman, Michael.

Celluloid City. Includes drawings by Jim Ringley. Manuscript, approx. 14 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay, January 13, 2004.)


Box 101 Friedlander, Ben.

(The Loneliness One Dare Not Sound. Manuscript, 41 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay, August 28, 2003 and response from Clay explaining that Granary will be unable to publish the book.)


Box 101 Ginsberg, Allen--Visions of the Great Rememberer


Box 101 Greenwald, Ted.

([Untitled collaboration between Ted Greenwald and Hal Saulson]. Manuscript, approx. 125 pp. Includes letter from Ted Greenwald to Steve Clay, December 22, 1997 and a response from Clay to Greenwald explaining that Granary will be unable to publish the book, April 15, 2003.)



Box 90 Edward Henderson / John Yau -- Imagine Poebrotherium



Box 101 Higgins, Dick.

(Merle Armitage and the Modern Book. Manuscript, approx. 186 pp., 1995.)



Box 102 Kane, Daniel.

(Vortex St. Marks: The Early Years of the St. Mark's Poetry Project. Manuscript includes chapter outlines and chapter 5 in full, pp. 247--356.)


Box 102 Kearney, Larry.

(North Beach, (La Vie en Rose).Manuscript, 95 pp. Includes two copies of a poem by Lawrence Kearney on Richard Duerden. )


Box 102 King, Basil.

(A Painter's Bestiary. Manuscript, 25 pp.)


Box 102 Ligorano, Reese and Jason Weiss.

(Steve Lacy: Conversations. Manuscript consisting of some of the published interviews that would be compiled in the book. Correspondence to Steve Clay, June 8, 2004.)


Box 102 Lennon, Brian.

(Dial Series One. Remote Sensing. A list of publications and a 15 pp. sample from each manuscript. Includes a letter to Steve Clay, /010/28, 2005.)


Box 102 Lin, Tan.

(Disco M Figure. Manuscript, approx 21 pp. Includes correspondence between Tan Lin and Steve Clay, including Clay's response explaining that Granary will be unable to publish the book.)



Box 90 Tan Lin -- Lustrum Causeway



Box 102 Loney, Alan.

As if a life, Selected Poems 1963--2010. Manuscript of 266 pp. Includes note on first page to Steve Clay dated July 8, 2010.)


Box 102 Malen, Lenore.

(Images from Dante. Manuscript includes two hand bound and pressed books from MidMarchArts Press, New York 1991 one of which is signed by author.)


Box 102 McCaffery, Steve.

(Cram: Meditations On Chagall. Manuscript, approx. 100 pp., 1977. Includes letter to Steve Clay, August 9, 2000.)


Box 102 McCaffery, Steve.

([Steve McCaffery and Dick Higgins Correspondence, April 17, 1976--February1977].Manuscript, approx. 60 pp. Includes correspondence between Steve Clay and Steve McCaffery, July 22, 2004. [Steve McCaffery and Dick Higgins Correspondence June 8, 1980--September 3, 1989].Manuscript, approx. 130 pp.)


Box 102 McKenna, Kristine.

(Semina Culture Project, Wallace Berman and His Circle. Manuscript, approx. 140 pp. Includes correspondence between Jim Hoberman, Kristine McKenna, Lisa Bateman and Steve Clay, November 13, 2002--March4, 2003.)



Box 90 Simon Morris -- Bibliomania



Box 102 Printed Matter Project.


Box 102 Rao, D. Venkat.

(The Last Brahmin. Manuscript, 26 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay, May 23, 2004.)


Box 102 Raworth, Tom and Allan Graham.

(Griddler & Toadhouse Go To Market. Manuscript of approx. 40 pp, includes essay, "Tom Raworth: Gridlock Fragmentist, a Poet Turns to Collage.)


Box 102 Rothenberg, Jerome.

(Alcheringa/Ethnopoetics. Table of contents of what would be reprinted from volumes 1--4.)


Box 102 Rubinstein, Raphael.

(In Search Of The Miraculous: 50 Episodes From the Annals of Contemporary Art.Manuscript, 62 pp. Includes correspondence between Steve Clay and Rubinstein, 2003. Manuscript, 62 pp. Includes correspondence between Steve Clay and Rubinstein, 2003.)


Box 102 Rubinstein, Raphael.

(The Second Voice. Manuscript, 81 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay.)



Box 103 Schwartz, Jay.

(The Single Word For The Duration Of While Your Eyes Are Closed. Manuscript, approx. 100 pp.)


Box 103 Schwartz, Leonard.

(Contiguities. Manuscript, approx. 18 pp. Poems include photographs by Lida Abdul. Includes letter to Steve Clay and a copy of "A Message Back, and Other Furors," a new poem by Schwartz.)


Box 103 Swets, C.W.

([Untitled]. Manuscript, approx. 85 pp. Includes note to Steve Clay, April 28, 2000. Also A Poem for Penelope, a hand made and hand bound book.)


Box 103 Tillman, Lynne.

(Here We Go. Manuscript, 19 pp. Includes note to Steve Clay, July 1, 2000.)


Box 103 Warsh, Lewis.

(Reversible Destiny. Manuscript of 19 pp. for poem and 23 pp. of color collage. Includes letter to Steve Clay dated June 6, 2000)


Box 103 Wodening, Jane.

(Judge. Manuscript, 26 pp. Includes previous information on books she has published with Granary Books, 2003.)


Box 103 Wright, Jay.

(The American Sublime Ode: The Black Limbo. Manuscript, 37 pp. Includes letter to Steve Clay, March24, 1998. )