Box 1 Folder 1
"67 después de Christian", undated
Box 1 Folder 2
"Alrededor del mundo con la señorita Mambresi", undated
Box 1 Folder 3
"An Urban Landscape" anthology, undated
Box 1 Folder 4
"An Urban Landscape" anthology, 1988-1989
With correspondence and application for project funding.
Box 1 Folder 5
"Bola de fuegos", undated
Box 1 Folder 6
"Ceremonia de bienes y raíces", undated
Box 1 Folder 7
Concierto de metal para un recuerdo y otras orgías de soledad, undated
Box 1 Folder 8
Essay, "Después de la explosión", 1972
Box 1 Folder 9
"Dust in Love" , undated
With original publication.
Box 1 Folder 10
"El ángel de Nueva York", 1990
Box 17
"El cuento de la mujer del mar" Typed Ms., 28 January 1977
Manuel Otero's only short novel. This copy was sent to Professor Miguel Arisa as one of only a few sent to close friends before it was published.
(2019.2020.M071)
Box 1 Folder 11-12
"El cuento de la mujer del mar", undated
Box 1 Folder 13
"El cuento de la mujer del mar" English translation: "The Story of the Woman in the Sea", undated
Box 1 Folder 14
"Enfermidades incuribles" first chapter: "La fea Otero", undated
Box 1 Folder 15
"Enfermedades incuribles", undated
Box 1 Folder 16
"En la orilla amarilla de la muerte", 1977
Box 1 Folder 17
"Funeral", undated
Box 1 Folder 18
"Happy Birthday", undated
Box 1 Folder 19
"Hollywood Memorabilia", undated
Box 1 Folder 20
Anthology with other authors, including "Hollywood Memorabilia", undated
Box 1 Folder 21
"Hollywood Memorabilia" in English, with translation by Gregory Kolovakos, undated
Box 1 Folder 22
Summary for novella called La esfinge y el infierno, undated
Box 1 Folder 23
"La casa clausurada", undated
Box 1 Folder 24
"La heredera", undated
Box 1 Folder 25
"La hora de ángel", undated
Box 1 Folder 26
Manuscript and original publication of "La Luna Ultrajada", 1982
Box 1 Folder 27
"Las mariposas de alambre" , 1976
Ultimately included in Cuentos de buena tinta.
Box 1 Folder 28
"Las nubes azules en los ojos de la abeja reina", undated
Box 1 Folder 29
"La piel de Paul", 1975
with original publication of the piece in En Rojo
Box 1 Folder 30
"La última plena que bailó Luberza", undated
Box 1 Folder 31
"Loca de la locura" with original publication; also published in English and translated by Amy Prince, 1980
Box 1 Folder 32
"Noches de asma", undated
Box 1 Folder 33
Novelabingo, 1975
Box 1 Folder 34
Novelabingo, undated
Box 1 Folder 35
First and second version of "Melancholia oceana," with a handwritten note by Juan Gelpí, undated
Box 2 Folder 1
Short story collection, Orgasmos prohibidos, undated
Box 2 Folder 2
"Peregrinación por un eclipse", undated
Box 2 Folder 3
"Regreso al mar de las sirenas...", undated
Box 2 Folder 4
Short story collection Ritos cancelados, undated
Box 2 Folder 5
"Romance de Clara Gardenia Otero", undated
Box 2 Folder 6
"Sacrificio en Venezia" with original publication from Sin Nombre, 1972
Box 2 Folder 7-8
Tales From an Urban Landscape, 1976
Box 2 Folder 9
"Tren que no pasa por la vía" with different title: "Miércoles de cenizas", undated
Box 2 Folder 10
"Vida ejemplar del esclavo y el señor" and photocopies of original publication, undated
Box 2 Folder 11
"Viernes santo", undated
Box 2 Folder 12
"Western Union" with original publication from Tlaloc, 1975
Box 2 Folder 13
Untitled poem, undated
Box 2 Folder 14
Various short stories, undated
"Christian 67," "El carnaval de la despedida melancólica," "El secreto," "El hombre que se fue..." and others.
Box 2 Folder 15
Various short stories, including "Cuento de la mujer del mar," "El tren que no pasa por la vía," and others, undated
Box 2 Folder 16
Various poems, including "Las frutas luminosas" and "Los 8 poemas sicilianos", 1976
Box 2 Folder 17
Various poems, undated
Box 2 Folder 18
Various short stories, undated
Box 2 Folder 19
Various writings, undated
Box 2 Folder 20
Manuscripts of Otero's famous works, such as Página en blanco y staccato, "La Otra isla de Puerto Rico" and others, undated
Box 2 Folder 21
Various handwritten drafts to short stories, poems and essays, undated
Box 2 Folder 22
Various notes for short stories and poems, undated
Box 2 Folder 23
Various poems, undated
Box 2 Folder 24
Book with pictures, drawings, and writings, with another unidentified person's writing, 1977
Includes quite a bit on "El Cuento de la mujer del mar"
Box 2 Folder 25
Writings given to Asela Rodríguez de Laguna by Otero, undated
Including one copy of El libro de la muerte.
Box 2 Folder 26
Notebook containing Otero's draft of biography of Rosario Ferré (with newspaper clippings), undated
Box 2 Folder 27
Various short stories with edits, undated
Box 2 Folder 28
Translation of Voyage of Discovery by Otero, 1986, 1990
Box 3 Folder 1
Unedited poems, with many notes from Juan Gelpí; some of the poems were published in Página en blanco y staccato, undated
Box 3 Folder 2
Poems published under different titles in Página en blanco y staccato, according to Vanessa Droz and Juan Gelpí; English translation of Pagina en blanco by Joe Chadwick, undated
Box 3 Folder 3
Página en blanco y staccato manuscript, undated
Box 3 Folder 4
Clippings about Página en blanco y staccato, 1987
Box 3 Folder 5
Press release for Pagina en blanco y staccato and original invoices for Carmen Beatriz Ramos Otero, 1987
Box 15
Ramos Otero, Manuel. Página en blanco y staccato. Madrid: Editorial Playor, 1987
Inscribed by Otero to his sister, Amelia.
Box 3 Folder 6
Manuscripts of El libro de la muerte, undated
Box 3 Folder 7
El libro de la muerte-change of title, undated
Box 3 Folder 8-10
El libro de la muerte, undated, 3 folders
Box 3 Folder 11
Manuscripts of poems published in El libro de la muerte, undated
Box 3 Folder 12
Manuscript of El libro de la muerte, with inscription from Otero to Asela Rodriguez de Laguna and Elpidio, and related letter, 1982-1983
Box 3 Folder 13
Clippings and pamphlets about El libro de la muerte, 1985
Box 3 Folder 14-15
"Fuegos fúnebres", undated
Box 3 Folder 16
"Fuegos fúnebres" with note from Juan Gelpí, undated
Box 15
Ramos Otero, Manuel. El libro de la muerte. San Juan: Waterfront Press, 1985
Inscribed to Otero's sister Amelia.
Box 3 Folder 21
"Tres amores," with inscription by Jose Antonio Avila Hardoin, 1968
Box 12 Item 17
Interview with the members of the photography group En Foco, including Adál (Adál Alberto Maldonado) and Geno Rodriguez, 1974 May 2, 1 open reel audiotapes
The Institute of Contemporary Hispanic Art invited 12 photographers to photograph in New York and in Puerto Rico for an exhibit called "Dos Mundos" (Two Worlds of the Puerto Rican). The show focused on Puerto Rican life on the island and in the barrios of New York. It opened at the New York Cultural Center, and then traveled to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and San Juan, P.R.
The recording starts with an interview with Adál Maldonado, one of the photographers whose work was included in the group show. He discusses documentary vs. art photography; Jorge Luis Borges as an inspiration; "espiritismo" as Puerto Rican surrealism; discussion of the theme of the "Dos Mundos" ("Two Worlds") exhibition.
Another photographer (not identified) and the show's organizer (possibly, Geno Rodriguez) are interviewed about their creative process, composition, personal identity, the Americanization of the island, the state of the arts in Puerto Rico, and the (controversial) arrangements for the show's exhibition in Puerto Rico.
The interviewer initially speaks mostly in Spanish with some English but switches to English; the subject's answers are mostly in English with some Spanish.
Box 12 Item 18-19
Interview with Argentinian novelist Manuel Puig, circa 1974, 2 open reel audiotapes
Part 1: Beginning of interview. Writing movies in the form of novels; three novels with cinematography; The Buenos Aires Affair, a detective novel; popular literary genres; first chapter was the hardest to write (he wrote up to 5 versions); female characters; novels vs. short story; insomnia in chapter 11; why write; Hollywood.
Part 2: The novel vs. journalism; novel writing for a wider audience, a more popular genre; Julio Cortazar; sexual repression is a tool of capitalism; language usage ("cursileria"); class distinction in the Americas; "Boquitas Pintadas"; cinema and moviemaking; book covers; life in New York; life in Puerto Rico; women's movement in Argentina; sexual liberation; Max Stirner; Wilhelm Reich. End of interview.
Box 3 Folder 22
"Puerto Ricans in the US: The Adopted Citizen" by Nicholasa Mohr, with various articles about her, 1978
Box 3 Folder 23
Poetry from Micheal Redmond to Otero, 1983
Box 3 Folder 24
"Historia y ficcion; mito y utopia en el mundo caribeño" by Egardo Rodriguez Julia and "Para narrar el tiempo escondido: Historia y ficcion en la narrativa puertorriquena contempoanea" by Magalí García Ramis, 1987
Both included in an anthology.
Box 12 Item 10
Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones lecture at Lehman College, 1988 April 21, 1 videocassettes (VHS); VHS tape labeled "Rodríguez Juliá." This is not a lecture by or about Rodriguez Julia, although Otero notes that Rodriguez Julia will be the guest speaker at the following week's lecture.
Lecture series of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College. Guest lecturer: Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, speaking on the national discourse in the Hispanic Caribbean, Antonio Pedreira, and Ramiro Guerra Sánchez.
Box 12 Item 5-9
Author interviews by Otero for unpublished anthology, 1988 June, 5 audiocassettes
Interviews of Magali García Ramis, Ana Lydia Vega, Olga Nolla, and Edgardo Sanabria Santaliz.
Box 3 Folder 25
Various poems not written by Otero, 1994
Box 3 Folder 26
Sleeping Beauty by Rosario Ferré, undated
Box 3 Folder 27
"Cloud Cover Caribbean" by Ana Lydia Vega, undated
Box 3 Folder 28
Essay about Otero written by Juan Gelpí, undated
Box 3 Folder 29
Various writings about Otero, by Juan Gelpí, undated
Box 3 Folder 30
"Tres nocturnos de Nueva York de Clara Lair," with note to Otero, undated
Box 3 Folder 31
Poems dedicated to Otero, undated
With illegible note by Juan Gelpí.
Box 3 Folder 32
Poem, "El abanico de aspas," with an epigraph by Otero, also inscribed to Otero by author, undated
Box 3 Folder 33-34
Various manuscripts to be included in an anthology, undated
The Untelling; "The Examplary Life of the Slave and Master"; "Macaroons" by Olga Nolla; "The Gullible's Cookbook" by Carmen Lugo Filippi; "Milagros, Mercurio Street"; "Coconut Kisses" by Olga Nolla; and others. Also "Sanabria"; "The Glass Box" translated by Rosario Ferre with handwritten note by her to Otero; "Macaroons" by Olga Nolla.
Box 3 Folder 35
Untitled anthology, incorporating Novelabingo (about halfway through), undated
Box 4 Folder 1
Poem by an unidentified author, undated
Box 12 Item 16
Poetry workshop, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes
Poets recite verses and receive feedback from the larger group. The discussion goes from specific uses of language to larger questions about the inspiration of poetry, the poet's inner voice and the use of poetry in society. Poetry readings are in English and Spanish; all discussion is in Spanish.
Box 4 Folder 2
Folder belonging to Otero's mother, Carmen Ana Otero, of Otero's early publications, circa 1960
Box 4 Folder 3
Clippings about Concierto de metal para un recuerdo, 1967-1972
Box 4 Folder 4
Original publication of "Después de Christian" in literary magazine, Revista del Cafe, 1970 July
Box 4 Folder 5
Pamphlets of Otero's essay, "Después de la explosión", 1972
Box 16
Penélope o el otro del mundo. Edited by L.Z. Barreto. 1:2, 1972 November-1973 January
Includes an article about Otero.
Box 4 Folder 6
Articles about Otero and other Puerto Rican authors, 1973
Box 4 Folder 7
"Le piel de paul" publication in newspapers, 1975
Box 15
Ramos Otero, Manuel. La novelabingo. New York: El libro viaje, 1976
Published in an edition of 1000. Three copies are included in this collection: one is inscribed to Otero's sister Amelia, and another is inscribed to Asela Rodríguez de Laguna.
Box 4 Folder 8
Copies of "Tren que no pasa por la vía," published in Sin Nombre, 1976
Box 4 Folder 9
Interviews of Otero, 1976-1981, 1990
1976-1981 interviews published in En rojo.
Box 16
Vortice: Literatura, arte y crítica. 2:2-3 . Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University. Alarcón, Francisco X., José Ballón Aguirre, Bernard Baycroft, et al., eds., 1979 Spring
Box 4 Folder 10
Articles and clippings with reviews of "El cuento de la mujer del mar"; and clipping of open letter written by Otero that was published the same year, 1980-1982
Box 4 Folder 11
Publications about Otero, 1980-1983
Box 4 Folder 12
Otero's poetry, published in Reintegro, 1981
Box 12 Item 11
Zoraida Santiago "Tiene que ser la luna" LP record, 1983
Commercially produced LP record. Includes a recording of a poem by Otero set to music.
Box 4 Folder 13
Introduction to Adal photography exhibit by Otero, 1983
Box 4 Folder 14
Clippings, 1983-1988, 1990, 1992
"La fea Otero"; "Nobelezca de sangre"; Various clippings about or written by authors Otero knew personally: Magalí Ramis, Ana Maria Delgado, etc.; review of Novelabingo.
Box 4 Folder 15
Articles about "Reunión de los espejos", 1984
Box 4 Folder 16-17
Clippings about Otero, 1985-1990
Box 4 Folder 18-19
Book reviews and biographical information about Otero, 1987, undated
Box 4 Folder 20
Letters to publisher about Otero's translation fee, 1988
Box 16
Cupey. Edited by Olga Nolla. 5: 1-2., 1988
Box 16
The Portable Lower East Side. Special issue, Latin Americans in NYC. Edited by Kurt Hollander. 5:1-2, 1988
Box 16
The Portable Lower East Side. Edited by Kurt Hollander. 6: 1, 1989
Box 4 Folder 21
Publishing contracts for "Cuentos de buena tinta" and "La novelabingo", 1990
Box 4 Folder 22
Interview of Otero conducted by Manuel Puig, published in El Nuevo Dia, 1990
Box 12 Item 12 Box 12 Item 1-4 Box 12 Item 13-14
Canto libre, 1990 July 14-15, 7 audiocassettes
Otero is a guest on Andrés Jiménez's WPUC radio program Canto libre; Otero reads from his works. There seem to be about 4 distinct parts. The 7 audiocassettes (10 audio files) represent many dubs/edits of the content, and while there are near duplicates, there are no exact duplicates.
Box 4 Folder 23
Clippings about Cuentos de buena tinta, 1992
Box 4 Folder 24
Dialogo, with direct reference to Otero on page 15, 2002
Box 4 Folder 25
Interview of Claudio Rodriguez, possibly conducted by Otero, undated
Box 16
SIDAhora. Edited by Nilda Pimentel. No. 8, undated
Box 4 Folder 26
Written work by Otero and photographs from art exhibit by Rodríguez-Díaz, undated
Box 4 Folder 27
Book covers, undated
Box 4 Folder 28
Postcards of Puerto Rico and poster for poetry reading, undated
Found with Carmen Beatriz Ramos Otero's belongings.