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James Sherry (b. 1946) is the author of 13 books of poetry and theory and a leading proponent of both Language Writing and Environmental Poetics. The papers include address books, appointment books, catalogs, correspondence, editorial files, event fliers, manuscripts, notebooks, professional files, and publications.

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Call No.: MS#1806
Bib ID 12444545 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Sherry, James; Segue Foundation
Title James Sherry Papers, circa 1962-2016
Physical Description 24.5 linear feet (18 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, and 1 card file box)
Language(s) English .
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Arrangement

This collection is arranged in six series and several subseries.

Series I: Correspondence, circa 1962-2014 Series II: James Sherry Personal Papers, circa 1968-2014 Subseries II.1: Personal Notebooks, circa 1968-1978 Subseries II.2: Address and Appointment Books, 1981-2001 Subseries II.3: Technology and Consulting Files, 1993-2013 Subseries II.4: Miscellaneous Personal Documents, 1977-2014 Series III: Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-circa 2014 Subseries III.1: James Sherry Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-2013 Subseries III.2: Other Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1969-circa 2014 Subseries III.3: Grant Applications, 1976-circa 1997 Series IV: Segue Foundation, 1976-2016 Subseries IV.1: Administrative and Financial Records, 1976-2016 Subseries IV.2: Related Foundation Records, 1979-1989 Series V: Publications, 1976-2016 Series VI: Archived Web Site, 2018-

Description

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The James Sherry Papers document Sherry's prose and poetry writing, publishing career, and his work with the Segue Foundation and in the private sector. The papers include address books, appointment books, catalogs, correspondence, editorial files, event fliers, manuscripts, notebooks, professional files, and publications.

  • Series I: Correspondence, circa 1962-2014

    This series includes letters to and from James Sherry and Roof and Segue Books. Files are arranged roughly by year or date range in folders; some folders contain related drafts and partial manuscripts; some letters are undated. Other correspondence is found throughout the collection with related material. Correspondents of note include Michael Anderson, Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, David Bromige, Nicole Brossard, Lee Ann Brown, Abigail Child, Clark Coolidge, Alan Davies, Dubravka Djuric, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Benjamin Friedlander, Norman Fischer, Peter Ganick, Bob Grenier, Barbara Guest, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Erica Hunt, Susan Howe, Peter Inman, Joel Kuszai, Michael Lally, Hank Lazer, Jackson Mac Low, Tom Mandel, Bernadette Mayer, Steve McCaffery, Douglas Messerli, Eileen Myles, Gil Ott, Bob Perelman, Nick Piombino, Joan Retallack, Kit Robinson, Tom Savage, Leslie Scalapino, Lee Sherry, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Silliman, Fiona Templeton, Diane Ward, Anne Waldman, Rosmarie Waldrop, Barrett Watten, Hannah Weiner, and Zhang Ziqing.

  • Series II: James Sherry Personal Papers, circa 1968-2014

    This series includes James Sherry's personal and creative notebooks and notebook transcriptions, some of which contain loose papers and correspondence, address and appointment books, and miscellaneous personal documents. This series also contains material pertaining to his consulting work and his long career with IBM, as well as his involvement with the Occupy Alternative Bank subgroup.

  • Series III: Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-circa 2014

    This series includes James Sherry's creative prose and poetry files, including published and unpublished creative manuscripts (among them Our Nuclear Heritage, In Case, Lazy Sonnets); collaborations with other poets and artists such as Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Hank Lazer, and Nina Wiener; drafts and manuscript submissions to Roof and Segue Books, editorial files, and other creative materials including proofs, artwork, and transcripts of readings or talks by Sherry and others; and personal and collaborative grant applications. Writers and artists of note include Michael Anderson, Bruce Andrews, Brandon Brown, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Abigail Child, Alan Davies, Ray DiPalma, Craig Dworkin, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Rob Fitterman, Serge Gavronsky, Michael Gottlieb, Barbara Guest, Lyn Hejinian, Henry Hills, Hank Lazer, Andrew Levy, Jackson Mac Low, Tom Mandel, Steve McCaffery, Laura Moriarty, Jena Osman, Gil Ott, Bob Perelman, Nick Piombino, John Reed, Leslie Scalapino, Ron Silliman, Fiona Templeton, Anne Waldman, and Diane Ward. Many submissions are accompanied by correspondence. Of particular note are manuscripts pertaining to Roof magazine (1976-1979).

  • Series IV: Segue Foundation, 1976-2016

    This series includes distribution catalogues, reading series flyers, promotion lists, donation lists, financial records, permissions documents, miscellaneous reviews, and related correspondence pertaining to Roof and Segue Books. This series also includes materials from related foundations including Poets House, St. Mark's Church, and the PEN American Center.

  • Series V: Publications, 1976-2016

    This series includes final publication materials such as monographs and anthologies published by Roof Books, Segue Books, and other presses; special issue journals, chapbooks, and fine paper printings; and a complete run of Roof magazine, no. 1-10.

  • Series VI: Archived Web Site, 2018

    Archived web site captures of the official web site of Segue Foundation, at http://www.seguefoundation.com/. Captured semi-annually, 2018-present.

    Link to archived website

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Sherry Papers ; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2015.2016.M147: Source of acquisition--James Sherry. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--5/19/2016.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

This collection was processed by Veronica Belafi (GSAS) in 2018-2019.

Finding aid written by Veronica Belafi (GSAS) and Catherine C. Ricciardi in September 2019.

Revision Description

2019-09-20 Catherine C. Ricciardi updated collection record.

Subject Headings

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Andrews, Bruce, 1948- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors and publishers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bernstein, Charles, 1950- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Berssenbrugge, Mei-mei, 1947- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hejinian, Lyn Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Language poetry Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mac Low, Jackson Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
McCaffery, Steve Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Poetry -- 21st century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Poets Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roof Books Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scalapino, Leslie Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Segue Foundation Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sherry, James Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Silliman, Ron, 1946- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

James Sherry was born on December 30, 1946, in Philadelphia. He graduated from Reed College in 1968 with a Woodrow Wilson fellowship to Brandeis University in History of Ideas.

Sherry is the author of 13 books of poetry and theory and a leading proponent of both Language Writing and Environmental Poetics. His books include The Oligarch: Rewriting Machiavelli's The Prince for Our Time (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018), Entangled Bank (Chax, 2016), Oops! Environmental Poetics (BlazeVox, 2013), Four For (Meow, 1995), Our Nuclear Heritage (Sun and Moon Press, 1991), Lazy Sonnets (Potes and Poets Press, 1986), In Case (Sun and Moon Press, 1980), and Part Songs (Awede Press, 1978). His work has been translated into nine languages including the Chinese edition of Selected Language Poems (Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House: Chengdu, 1993), translated by Ziqing Zhang and Huang Yunte.

Sherry founded Roof Magazine, a magazine of innovative writing, in 1976. The magazine is known for documenting the New York School, Beat poetry and as a seminal publication of Language Writing. The magazine was published quarterly for ten issues. Sherry started the Segue Foundation, a multi-service arts organization based in lower Manhattan, in 1977. To date, Segue Foundation has produced over 10,000 events in New York City. In 1979, Sherry started Roof Books, which has published more than 150 titles of poetry and criticism.

Sherry began working for IBM and other Wall Street firms in the early 1980s. Sherry worked as a technologist and consultant in publishing and banking from 1981-1999, and did work for Hearst Corporation, Von Holtzbrinck, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley and other firms. In addition, he worked as a systems analyst and business development manager for IBM until 2012. At IBM, Sherry participated in patents in computer to computer communications, secure broker technology and inefficient computing using multicasting. Sherry also became involved with the Occupy Alternative Bank subgroup in 2011.

Sherry is currently editor and publisher of Roof Books and President of The Segue Foundation, Inc. He resides in New York City with his wife, Deborah Thomas, publisher of Extra!, the newsletter of Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).

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Series I: Correspondence, circa 1962-2014

This series includes letters to and from James Sherry and Roof and Segue Books. Files are arranged roughly by year or date range in folders; some folders contain related drafts and partial manuscripts; some letters are undated. Other correspondence is found throughout the collection with related material. Correspondents of note include Michael Anderson, Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, David Bromige, Nicole Brossard, Lee Ann Brown, Abigail Child, Clark Coolidge, Alan Davies, Dubravka Djuric, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Benjamin Friedlander, Norman Fischer, Peter Ganick, Bob Grenier, Barbara Guest, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Erica Hunt, Susan Howe, Peter Inman, Joel Kuszai, Michael Lally, Hank Lazer, Jackson Mac Low, Tom Mandel, Bernadette Mayer, Steve McCaffery, Douglas Messerli, Eileen Myles, Gil Ott, Bob Perelman, Nick Piombino, Joan Retallack, Kit Robinson, Tom Savage, Leslie Scalapino, Lee Sherry, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Silliman, Fiona Templeton, Diane Ward, Anne Waldman, Rosmarie Waldrop, Barrett Watten, Hannah Weiner, and Zhang Ziqing.


Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1962-1963

Contains personal letters from school friends and Daniel Sherry.

Box 1 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1976

Contains personal and professional letters from Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Lee Sherry.

Box 1 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1977

Contains personal and professional letters from Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Clark Coolidge, Barbara Guest, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Steve McCaffery, Douglas Messerli, Bob Perelman, Kit Robinson, Tom Savage, Ron Silliman, Anne Waldman, and Barrett Watten.

Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence, Circa 1970-1978

Personal correspondence from Daniel Sherry; includes a landlord's report of lease.

Box 1 Folder 5-6 Correspondence, 1978, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Larry Eigner, Norman Fischer, Bob Grenier, Lyn Hejinian, Dick Higgins, P. Inman, Michael Lally, Douglas Messerli, Jackson Mac Low, Steve McCaffery, Eileen Myles, Kit Robinson, and Ron Silliman; contains printed materials on copyright laws.

Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1979

Contains personal and professional letters from Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Norman Fischer, Lyn Hejinian, Susan Howe, Bob Grenier, Michael Lally, Tom Mandel, Douglas Messerli, Steve McCaffery, Gil Ott, Tom Savage, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Silliman, Diane Ward, Barrett Watten; correspondence from President Carter's White House Director, Arnie Miller, November 9.

Box 1 Folder 8 Correspondence, 1980

Contains personal and professional letters from Tom Beckett, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Abigail Child, Ken Edwards, Lyn Hejinian, Susan Howe, Bernadette Mayer, Steve McCaffery, Douglas Messerli, Gil Ott, Joan Retallack, Leslie Scalapino, Lee Sherry, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten.

Box 1 Folder 9-10 Correspondence, 1981, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Bruce Andrews, Tom Beckett, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Abigail Child, Françoise de Laroque, Ken Edwards, Lyn Hejinian, Erica Hunt, Douglas Messerli, Gil Ott, Kit Robinson, Leslie Scalapino, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten.

Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1982

Contains personal and professional letters from Michael Davidson, Françoise de Laroque, Lyn Hejinian, Gil Ott, Marshall Reiss, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ron Silliman, and Barry Watten.

Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1983-1984

Contains personal and professional letters from Bruce Andrews, Rae Armantrout, Tom Beckett, Charles Bernstein, Abigail Child, Alan Davies, Françoise de Laroque, Peter Ganick, Lyn Hejinian, Douglas Messerli, Kit Robinson, Tom Savage, Lee Sherry, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten.

Box 1 Folder 13 Correspondence, Circa 1981-1985

Contains personal and professional letters from Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Françoise de Laroque, Peter Ganick, Lyn Hejinian, and Tom Savage.

Box 1 Folder 14 Correspondence, 1985

Contains personal and professional letters from Tom Beckett, Alan Davies, Peter Ganick, Bob Grenier, Lyn Hejinian, P. Inman, David Lee, Steve McCaffery, Eileen Myles, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten.

Box 1 Folder 15 Postcards, 1975-1986

Box 1 Folder 16-17 Correspondence, 1986, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Tom Beckett, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Ken Edwards, Jack Foley, Peter Ganick, Bob Grenier, Lyn Hejinian, Hank Lazer, David Lee, Jackson Mac Low, Steve McCaffery, Douglas Messerli, Gil Ott, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten.


Box 2 Folder 1-2 Correspondence, 1987, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Bruce Andrews, Alan Davies, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Norman Fischer, Benjamin Friedlander, Peter Ganick, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Jeanne Lance, Hank Lazer, David Lee, Steve McCaffery, Gil Ott, Joan Retallack, Kit Robinson, Lee Sherry, Diane Ward, Tazewell Wilson.

Box 2 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1988

Contains personal and professional letters from Bruce Andrews, Abigail Child, Ken Edwards, Norman Fischer, Jeanne Lance, Hank Lazer, Jackson Mac Low, Steve McCaffery, Ron Silliman, Lee Sherry, Rosmarie Waldrop, Diane Ward, and Tazewell Wilson.

Box 2 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1989

Contains personal and professional letters from Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Jeanne Lance, and Barrett Watten.

Box 2 Folder 5-6 Correspondence, 1990, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Nicole Brossard, Ray DiPalma, Dubravka Djuric, Larry Eigner, Benjamin Friedlander, Lyn Hejinian, Joel Kuszai, Jeanne Lance, Hank Lazer, Tom Mandel, Kit Robinson, Leslie Scalapino, Rosmarie Waldrop, and Wendy Walker.

Box 2 Folder 7-8 Correspondence, 1991, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Michael Anderson, Charles Bernstein, David Bromige, Nicole Brossard, Lee Ann Brown, Abigail Child, Ray DiPalma, Dubravka Djuric, Benjamin Friedlander, Peter Ganick, Lyn Hejinian, Joel Kuszai, Hank Lazer, Tom Mandel, Bernadette Mayer, Bob Perelman, Kit Robinson, Rosmarie Waldrop, and Wendy Walker.

Box 2 Folder 9-10 Correspondence, 1992, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Michael Anderson, Martine Bellen, Charles Bernstein, Dubravka Djuric, Ken Edwards, Bob Grenier, Lyn Hejinian, Joel Kuszai, Hank Lazer, Tom Mandel, Douglas Messerli, Joan Retallack, Spencer Selby, Leslie Scalapino, Wendy Walker, and Diane Ward.

Box 2 Folder 11-12 Correspondence, 1993, 2 folders

Contains personal and professional letters from Tom Beckett, Charles Bernstein, Michael Davidson, Larry Eigner, Norman Fischer, Lyn Hejinian, Joel Kuszai, Hank Lazer, Andy Levy, Steve McCaffery, Daniel Sherry, Wendy Walker, Diane Ward, Hannah Weiner, Tazewell Wilson, and Zhang Ziqing.

Box 2 Folder 13 Correspondence, 1994-1997

Contains personal and professional letters from Manuel Brito, Michael Davidson, Dubravka Djuric, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Joel Kuszai, Hank Lazer, Steve McCaffery, Douglas Messerli, Jena Osman, Kit Robinson, Juliana Spahr, Anne Tardos, Jeff Twitchell, Rosmarie Waldrop, Dianne Ward, and Zhang Ziqing; contains a portrait of James Sherry.

Box 2 Folder 14 Correspondence, 1994-2000

Contains personal and professional correspondence and related material from Peter Ganick, Nick Piombino, Fiona Templeton, Zhang Ziqing, and others.

Box 2 Folder 15 Correspondence, 2000-2002, 2010

Box 2 Folder 16 Undated Correspondence, circa 1980s-1990s

Contains personal and professional letters from Abigail Child and Leslie Scalapino.

Box 2 Folder 17 Miscellaneous Correspondence and Related Material, 1977, 1981, 1985, 2001-2005, 2012-2014

Contains manuscript corrections for an essay by James Sherry titled "The Poetic Argument," notes, and correspondence relating to the Segue reading series, the French Publisher's Agency, and other publishers and foundations for the arts; a letter from Michael Coffey to Robert Creeley; forms from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding an approved petition for a nonimmigrant worker.

Box 2 Folder 18 Miscellaneous Correspondence and Related Material, 1998-2008

Contains personal and professional correspondence from Cliff Fyman, Lyn Hejinian, Bernadette Mayer, Connie Robins, Lee Sherry, Fiona Templeton, and Bob Quatrone.

Box 2 Folder 19 Miscellaneous Glossy Postcards, Circa 1980-1985, 2012


Box 19 Folder 7 Rheingold, Howard -- Correspondence and Related Material, Circa 1971

Includes experimental written pornography.


Box 2 Folder 20 Zhang Ziqing/张子清 -- Correspondence and Related Material, 1992-1994

Correspondence with Charles Bernstein, and Zhang Ziqing; contains an interview with Marjorie Perloff.

Series II: James Sherry Personal Papers, circa 1968-2014

This series includes James Sherry's personal and creative notebooks and notebook transcriptions, some of which contain loose papers and correspondence, address and appointment books, and miscellaneous personal documents. This series also contains material pertaining to his consulting work and his long career with IBM, as well as his involvement with the Occupy Alternative Bank subgroup.

Subseries II.1: Personal Notebooks, circa 1968-1978


Box 3 Folder 1 Notebook, circa 1968-1969

Box 3 Folder 2 Notebook, 1969 October

Box 3 Folder 3 Notebook, 1970 March-June

Box 3 Folder 4 Notebook, circa 1970-December 30

Box 3 Folder 5-7 Notebook, circa 1970 October 15-circa 1971 August 21, 3 folders

Contains James Sherry's handwritten CV up to 1970.

Box 3 Folder 8 Notebook, 1971 January 5-December 19

Box 3 Folder 9 Notebook, 1972 October 13-1973 January 24

Box 3 Folder 10 Notebook, 1973 January 25-May 22

Box 3 Folder 11 Notebook, 1973 May 23-August 15

Box 3 Folder 12 Notebook, 1973 August 15-September 28

Box 3 Folder 13 Notebook, 1973 September 29-November 20

Box 3 Folder 14 Notebook, 1973 November 21-1974 March 19

Box 3 Folder 15 Notebook, 1974 March 19-June 12

Box 3 Folder 16 Notebook, 1974 June 13-1974 December 14

Box 3 Folder 17 Notebook, 1974 December 25-1975 April 7

Box 3 Folder 18 Notebook, 1975 April 8-July 9

Box 3 Folder 19 Notebook, 1975 July 9-1975 November 13

Box 3 Folder 20 Notebook, 1975 November 13-1976 January 27

Box 3 Folder 21 Notebook, 1976 January 27-May 7

Box 3 Folder 22 Notebook, 1976 May 8-June 16

Box 3 Folder 23-24 Notebook Transcriptions, 1976 May 8-July 7, 2 folders

Box 3 Folder 25 Notebook, 1976 June 16-July 7

Box 3 Folder 26 Notebook, 1976 July 7-August 3

Box 3 Folder 27 Notebook, 1976 August 4-September 1

Box 3 Folder 28 Notebook, 1976 September 5-November 30

Box 3 Folder 29 Notebook, 1976 November 30-1977 April 22

Box 3 Folder 30 Notebook, 1977 May 20-1978 January 23

Box 3 Folder 31 Notebook, circa 1970s


Box 4 Folder 1-2 Notebook Transcriptions and Related Material, circa 1964, 1971-1974, 2 folders

Contains drafts and handwritten notes, including "Part Songs" and "International Sets."

Box 4 Folder 3 Notebook, circa 1978


Box 20 Folder 6 Notebook, circa 1969-1970

Undated creative notebook; chronologically followed by "yellow notebook."

Box 20 Folder 7 Notebooks, December 20, 1971-June 11, 1972

Contains creative writing.

Box 20 Folder 8 Notebooks, 1972 June 12-October 13

Contains creative writing.

Subseries II.2: Address and Appointment Books, 1981-2001


Box 21 Folder Unknown Address and Appointment Books, 1981-2001

One Lee Sherry address book; one James Sherry address book; and 20 appointment books; appointment book from 1983 is missing.


Box 4 Folder 4-6 Address Binder, 1981-1991, 3 folders

Subseries II.3: Technology and Consulting Files, 1993-2013


Box 5 Folder 1-3 James Sherry Consultants -- The China Project Documents, 1993-1995, 3 folders

Contains correspondence and related material concerning trading opportunities between A&P and PRITA, China; contains correspondence with Zhang Ziqing.

Box 5 Folder 4 St. Martin's Press Records, 1996-1997

Contains distribution catalogues, templates, correspondence, memos, printing schedules, and files by Joy Gannon.

Box 5 Folder 5 St. Martin's Press and Tor Books Records, 1996-1997

Contains distribution catalogues, forms, correspondence, memos, printing schedules, and database reports.

Box 5 Folder 6 Scholastic IT Systems Plan, 1997 January 24

Box 5 Folder 7-9 Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Services (VHPS) Records (Folders 1-3, of 4 Folders), circa 1997, 3 folders

Contains distribution catalogues, forms, correspondence, memos, printing schedules for collaborating presses such as Macmillan, Tor Books, and St. Martin's Press; folder (4 of 4) is legal size.


Box 20 Folder 10 Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Services (VHPS) Records (Folder 4, of 4 Folders), circa 1997

Contains distribution catalogues and schedules, memos, flowcharts, list of related addresses; only folder (4 of 4) is legal size.


Box 5 Folder 10 Engineering Writing Practices Manual, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 5 Folder 11 Technology Documents, 1999, Circa 2007

Contains essays on mathematical tools and information management by Francois Margot and Mural Erkoc and S. David Wu, and presentation documents by Morgan Stanley & Co.

Box 5 Folder 12 Zurich Capital Markets Draft, 2001 January 22

Box 5 Folder 13 International Market Study, 2001 May

Draft prepared by EFA Capital Markets Automation Inc., R. Shriver Associates.

Box 5 Folder 14 NASD Request for Proposal, 2001 November 14

Box 5 Folder 15 IBM Agreement, 2008 February

Box 5 Folder 16-17 IBM Proposal, 2008 September 19, 2 folders

Box 5 Folder 18 Global STX Pamphlet, circa 2000s

Box 5 Folder 19 API Systems, Inc. Pamphlet, undated


Box 6 Folder 1-24 Notebooks, 1998 January 30-2006 March 16, 24 folders

Technology notebooks regarding work with DW and IBM


Box 5 Folder 20-22 Notebook, 2006 March 17-2007 February 1, 3 folders

Technology notebooks regarding work with IBM.

Box 5 Folder 23 Notebook, 2009 November 23-2010 February 19

Notebook entitled "Paragon Citi."

Box 5 Folder 24 Notebook, 2010 February 22-May 9

Notebook entitled "Paragon Citi."

Box 5 Folder 25 Notebook, 2010 May 10-July 18

Notebook entitled "Paragon Citi."

Box 5 Folder 26 Notebook, 2010 July 19-2011 July 5

Notebook entitled "Paragon Citi."

Box 5 Folder 27 Notebook, 2011 July-September

Notebook entitled "BPM"

Box 5 Folder 28 Notebook, 2012 February 13-2013 February 19

Notebook may be related to Occupy Bank Working Group.

Subseries II.4: Miscellaneous Personal Documents, 1977-2014


Box 4 Folder 7-8 Loft Case Documents (Folders 1-2, of 3), 1977-1986, 2 folders

Concerning James Sherry's dwelling at 300 Bowery; contains lease agreements, legal correspondence, notes and research, and purchase estimates for other New York buildings.


Box 20 Folder 4 Loft Case Documents (Folder 3 of 3), 1977-1986

Concerning James Sherry's dwelling at 300 Bowery; contains lease agreements, legal correspondence, notes and research, and purchase estimates for other New York buildings.


Box 4 Folder 9-15 Occupy Bank Working Group, circa 2012, 7 folders

Box 4 Folder 16 Leslie Scalapino Memorial Documents, 1999, 2011

Box 4 Folder 17 Sherry, James -- Natal Chart, undated

Box 4 Folder 18 Sherry, James -- Interview (BOMB), circa 2014

Box 4 Folder 19 Sherry, James -- Black and White Photograph, 1992

James Sherry reading at The Poetry Project.

Series III: Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-circa 2014

This series includes James Sherry's creative prose and poetry files, including published and unpublished creative manuscripts (among them Our Nuclear Heritage, In Case, Lazy Sonnets); collaborations with other poets and artists such as Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Hank Lazer, and Nina Wiener; drafts and manuscript submissions to Roof and Segue Books, editorial files, and other creative materials including proofs, artwork, and transcripts of readings or talks by Sherry and others; and personal and collaborative grant applications. Writers and artists of note include Michael Anderson, Bruce Andrews, Brandon Brown, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Abigail Child, Alan Davies, Ray DiPalma, Craig Dworkin, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Rob Fitterman, Serge Gavronsky, Michael Gottlieb, Barbara Guest, Lyn Hejinian, Henry Hills, Hank Lazer, Andrew Levy, Jackson Mac Low, Tom Mandel, Steve McCaffery, Laura Moriarty, Jena Osman, Gil Ott, Bob Perelman, Nick Piombino, John Reed, Leslie Scalapino, Ron Silliman, Fiona Templeton, Anne Waldman, and Diane Ward. Many submissions are accompanied by correspondence. Of particular note are manuscripts pertaining to Roof magazine (1976-1979).

Subseries III.1: James Sherry Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-2013

Box 4 Folder 20 Sherry, James -- Against One Model Alone -- Manuscript Corrections, undated

Box 4 Folder 21 Sherry, James -- Amoretto -- Manuscript, 1976

Poems collected and arranged by a friend, possibly Peter Kaplan; contains related correspondence.

Box 4 Folder 22 Sherry, James -- Another Modest Proposal -- Manuscript Corrections, 1970 November 5

Contains related correspondence with The Realist magazine and editorial notes from Paul Krasner.

Box 4 Folder 23 Sherry, James -- Beautiful Poems for my Friends -- Draft, 2007

Box 4 Folder 24 Sherry, James -- C & ∞ -- Library Research Report, 1962 July 30

High school Library Research Report.

Box 4 Folder 25 Sherry, James -- Consciousness Conscience -- Drafts, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 4 Folder 26-28 Sherry, James -- CONVERSES -- Drafts and Manuscripts (3 Folders), circa 1982

Contains a notebook.

Box 4 Folder 29 Sherry, James -- CONVERSES -- Manuscript, 1977 December

Box 4 Folder 30-38 Sherry, James -- Drafts and Manuscripts (9 Folders), circa 1970s

Contains poems, prose, plays, and other material including "Straights," and "Prince Valiant"; folder (10 of 10) is legal size.


Box 20 Folder 1 Sherry, James -- Drafts and Manuscripts (10 Folders), circa 1970s

Drafts of poems, prose, plays, and related material including "Straights" and "Prince Valiant"; only folder (10 of 10) is legal size.

Box 20 Folder 2 Sherry, James -- Drafts and Manuscripts, circa 1980s-1990s

Contains miscellaneous manuscripts including "Menus A Clef" and "Comic Frames," and related material, drafts, and a notepad; contains an essay by Howard Rheingold called "Dildonics Text."


Box 4 Folder 39 Sherry, James -- Glory --Thesis, 1968 May

Undergraduate Senior Thesis.

Box 4 Folder 40 Sherry, James -- In Case -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Box 4 Folder 41 Sherry, James -- "Ideology and Consistency" -- Drafts, circa 1999

Box 4 Folder 42-44 Sherry, James -- Lazy Sonnets -- Manuscript (3 Folders), circa 1986


Box 7 Folder 1 Sherry, James -- Made in China -- Manuscript Corrections (Folder 1, of 2 Folders), circa 1970s


Box 20 Folder 3 Sherry, James -- Made in China -- Manuscript Corrections (Folder 2, of 2 Folders), circa 1970s


Box 7 Folder 2 Sherry, James -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1992-1995, 2013

Contains a notepad, a fine paper printing by Barbara Guest, handwritten notes, and manuscripts for "Les Tres Riches Heures de Bebe Rebozo," "Against One Model Alone," "Humanitarianism and Environment," and "Is There Such a Thing as Writing?"

Box 7 Folder 3 Sherry, James -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 2013

Manuscripts for "Entangled Bank" and "Les Tres Riches Heures de Bebe Rebozo; or, Not That There's Anything Wrong with That: A Tabloid poem"; contains note from Serge Gavronsky

Box 7 Folder 4 Sherry, James -- Notes and Related Material, circa 1980s

Box 7 Folder 5-13 Sherry, James -- Oops! -- Manuscripts and Manuscript Correction, circa 1998-1999, 2007, 9 folders

Box 7 Folder 14 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, circa 1980-1990s

Box 7 Folder 15 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, circa 1985-1986

Contains drafts and corrections, notes, an interview with Alan Davies, and correspondence with Awede Press.

Box 7 Folder 16 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1991

Box 7 Folder 17 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Notes, circa 1990s

Box 7 Folder 18 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Related Material, circa 1990-1992

Contains color prints, related correspondence, press release, reviews, translations of poems by Daniel Rosenbaum by Ray DiPalma, and an essay by Hank Lazer on Sherry's "Our Nuclear Heritage."

Box 7 Folder 19-23 Sherry, James -- Popular Fiction -- Manuscripts and Related Materials, circa 1978-81, 5 folders

Contains drafts, notes, related correspondence, a Segue 1981 distribution catalogue and two copies of Sherry and Wiener's "Integers" program.

Box 7 Folder 24 Sherry, James -- Reading Menus -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 25 Sherry, James -- Rehearsals -- Manuscript, 1975

Box 7 Folder 26 Sherry, James -- Repressive Measures -- Drafts, circa 1980-1982

Contains edits by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews and related correspondence.

Box 7 Folder 27 Sherry, James -- Returned Submissions -- Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, circa 1970-1978

Returned, self-addressed envelops containing submissions sent to presses and magazines; contains related correspondence.

Box 7 Folder 28 Sherry, James -- Scenes from Fallen Arches -- Copies, circa 2009

Box 7 Folder 29 Sherry, James -- Selected Poems -- Manuscript, circa 1976

40 pages of selected poems sent to Peter Kaplan's Pourboire Press.

Box 7 Folder 30-31 Sherry, James -- Sharkey -- Manuscript, 1979, 2 folders

Box 7 Folder 32 Sherry, James -- Sorry -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, 1994-1995, circa 2013

Box 7 Folder 33 Sherry, James -- Taking a Stand -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1970s-1980s

Essay on Ron Silliman.

Box 7 Folder 34 Sherry, James -- Tales and Related Lines -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 35 Sherry, James -- Untitled Creative Prose -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 36 Sherry, James -- Urban Bunny -- Manuscripts and Related Material, 1992

Box 7 Folder 37 Sherry, James and Bruce Andrews -- Untitled Collaboration -- Notes, circa 1970s-1980s

Contains notes, word lists, and diagrams.


Box 8 Folder 1 Sherry, James, and Bruce Andrews -- Miscellaneous Editorial Notes, undated

Box 8 Folder 2 Sherry, James, Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein -- "Technology / Art" -- Proposal and Related Material, 1984

Technology proposal to the National Academy of Engineering; contains notes, drafts, and related correspondences.

Box 8 Folder 3 Sherry, James, Madeline Gins, and Stephen-Paul Martin -- MISTAKE -- Program and Related Material, circa 1991

Includes Martin's "Man of Steel."


Box 7 Folder 38 Sherry, James and Hank Lazer -- Understanding Innovative Poetry -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1990s

Box 7 Folder 39 Sherry, James and Ralph Stavins -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1993

Collaboration on Vincent Foster for the Institute for Policy Studies.


Box 20 Folder 4 Sherry, James and Nina Wiener -- Integers -- Files, circa 1980


Box 7 Folder 40 Sherry, James and John Yau -- Legal Tenders -- Manuscript Corrections and Notes, circa 1970s


Box 8 Folder 4 Sherry et al. -- Wildlife News -- Notes and Drafts, undated

A collaborative performance/talk; names listed in running order include Christy, Betty, Marcel, and Peter.

Box 8 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Materials, circa 2010

On poetry and biodiversity; contains correspondence with Heidi Bean regarding an essay Sherry wrote about ecology and Fiona Templeton.

Box 8 Folder 6-20 Miscellaneous Poems and Related Material, 1970-circa 1976, 15 folders

Poetry and creative works by James Sherry including multiple drafts of "Lazy Sonnets," "Photosynthesis" which appeared in ROOF I; workshop notes, material for a concert/reading "Amin's Dream" at Naropa 1976; correspondence with Tom Savage; and misc poetry by Beverly Day and Ann Katz.

Subseries III.2: Other Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1969-circa 2014


Box 9 Folder 1 A Poet's Workbench -- Manuscript, 1989

A set of procedures written in Turbo-PASCAL by Softwerewolf & Co.

Box 9 Folder 2 Anderson, Michael -- Salt of Insomnia -- Manuscript and Related Correspondence, 1984

Box 9 Folder 3 Anderson, Michael -- The Walks -- Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, circa 1980-1984, 1985

Box 9 Folder 4 Andrews, Bruce -- "New York Writing - November 1977 -- List, 1977 November

List of poet names.

Box 9 Folder 5 Andrews, Bruce -- Before -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Box 9 Folder 6 Andrews, Bruce -- LEGEND -- Partial Manuscript, circa 1980

Box 9 Folder 7 Andrews, Bruce -- Manuscripts, circa 1979

Contains correspondence and list of submissions to ROOF, including "How," from "TRANSBLUCENCY," "Great Misery," "The Problem of Titles," from "MOEBIUS," "PLECTRUM," and "The Love of Laughter."

Box 9 Folder 8 Andrews, Bruce -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1986-1991

Contains "Voodoo for Anti-Communist Tourists," a rare book by Andrews and Bob Cobbing; manuscripts titled "Social Topography," "Poetry Project," "Which is Which," "Redaction"; copies of "Be Careful Now" and a talk on "Total Equals What;" interview by Benjamin Friedlander and Andrew Ross; and related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 9 Andrews, Bruce -- Paradise and Method -- Transcript and Related Material, 1991

Contains flyers and a talk transcript for the Poetry Project, 7 April 1991.

Box 9 Folder 10 Andrews, Bruce -- Swaps Ego -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Box 9 Folder 11 Auster, Paul -- HAPPINESS -- Manuscript, 1979

Box 9 Folder 12 Ausubel, Jesse H. -- "Energy and Environment" -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1990-1991

Box 9 Folder 13 Bennett, John M. -- Chapbooks and Related Material, 1978

Box 9 Folder 14 Benson, Steve -- Realism -- Manuscript Corrections, 1981 May 13

Box 9 Folder 15 Bernstein, Charles -- Idleness as the Political Value of Poetry -- Notes, 1980 March-April

Box 9 Folder 16 Bernstein, Charles -- Manuscripts, circa 1977-1980

Contains manuscripts for "Reading Cavell Reading Wittgenstein," "The Dollar Value of Poetry," "The Occurrence of Tune," "Meaning the Meaning" (with Susan B. Laufer), "Hearing 'Here': Robert Creeley's Poetics of Duration," "Team Bias," "Semblance," "Writing (as) (&) Thinking," "LODE," and "Substance Abuse."

Box 9 Folder 17 Bernstein, Charles -- Provisional Institutions -- Talk, 1994

Box 9 Folder 18 Berssenbrugge, Mei-mei -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1978

Contains related correspondence, manuscript for "Random Possession," and a copy of Gerald Burn's essay "'Homage Fromage."

Box 9 Folder 19 Ceravolo, Joseph -- Habitations -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 9 Folder 20 Child, Abigail -- A Disputed Case -- Booklet, 1987 September

Box 9 Folder 21 Child, Abigail -- WEDGE -- Manuscript and Related Material, 1992

Box 9 Folder 22 Chinese Language Poetry Documents, 1993-1997

Contains manuscript corrections and related material for a proposed anthology of Chinese Language Poetry; correspondence from Yunte Huang, Liu Yongkang, and Zhang Ziqing; a perfect bound copy of Chinese Language Poetry, published in 1993, ed. Zhang Ziqing, trans. Liu Feng; and three essays on the Para-Poetic by Clark Lunberry.

Box 9 Folder 23 Corcoran, Kelvin -- The Pure Body Entirely Present -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 9 Folder 24 Czernin, Franz Josef -- The Art of the Sonnet, Part 2 -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 9 Folder 25 Davies, Alan -- Active 24 Hours -- Manuscript, 1982

Includes two blurbs from Ron Silliman.

Box 9 Folder 26 Davies, Alan -- Manuscripts and Related Material (Folder 1 of 2), circa 1977-1978, 1984

Manuscripts including "Square semblances," "The Fervent Lives of Joseph Cornell," "Strong in Reason," "Vitals," "ABUTTAL"; folder (2 of 2) is legal-size.


Box 19 Folder 2 Davies, Alan -- Manuscripts and Related Material (Folder 2 of 2), circa 1977-1978, 1984

Folder (1 of 2) is letter size. This file ontains manuscript for "Split Thighs."


Box 9 Folder 27 Davies, Alan -- Strong in Reason -- Draft, 1980 October 19

Box 9 Folder 28 Dickenson, George-Therese -- Manuscripts, circa 1981-1982

Contains "Louise Labe, Sonnets" and untitled manuscripts and related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 29 DiPalma, Ray -- Manuscripts, circa 1977-1979

Contains mss for "Fourteen Poems," "My Life is a Monad," "Genesis," and "DEC."

Box 9 Folder 30 DiPalma, Ray -- Motion of the Cypher -- Manuscript, 1994

Box 9 Folder 31 DiPalma, Ray and Charles Bernstein -- Through the Motions -- Manuscript, undated

Box 9 Folder 32 Doris, Stacy -- Kildare -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 9 Folder 33 Doris, Stacy -- Killdare -- Manuscript, 1994

Box 9 Folder 34 Dreyer, Lynne -- Step Work -- Drafts and Corrections, circa 1983

Drafts with edits by James Sherry.

Box 9 Folder 35 Edwards, Ken -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1977-1978

includes manuscripts, a copy of "Mugshots," "A Selective List of New British Poets," and related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 36 Eigner, Larry -- Manuscripts, 1969, 1974-1976

Four individual poems with inscriptions in Eigner's hand.

Box 9 Folder 37 Fischer, Norman -- Untitled Manuscript, 1990

Poems are individually dated Sunday, 11 February to Sunday, 30 December.

Box 9 Folder 38 Fitterman, Robert -- "Twice" and "Line/age" -- Manuscripts, 1992-1993

Box 9 Folder 39 Floppy Disks, circa 1980s-1990s

Three floppy disks containing unknown material, foldered with Roof material

Box 9 Folder 40 Franklin, George -- Untitled Manuscript, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 9 Folder 41 Friedlander, Benjamin -- Adventures in the Vernacular -- Manuscript, circa 1994

Box 9 Folder 42 Friedman, Ed -- Conversation with Laura -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Selection from "The Telephone Book" and submitted to ROOF; contains related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 43 Fuller, William -- The Central Reader -- Manuscript, 1989


Box 10 Folder 1 Gavronsky, Serge -- Memorial in Berlin -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 10 Folder 2 Gavronsky, Serge -- Night Passages -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 3 Gavronsky, Serge - [Silence of Memory] -- Manuscript, circa 2014

Box 10 Folder 4 Gevirtz, Susan -- Linen minus -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 10 Folder 5 Gins, Arakawa and Madeline -- Constructed Plan -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1990

Box 10 Folder 6 Gottlieb, Michael -- Dear All -- Partial Copy, circa 2013

Box 10 Folder 7 Gottlieb, Michael -- from "Phlugiston" and "local color" -- Manuscripts, undated

Box 10 Folder 8 Gottlieb, Michael -- From The Great Pavement -- Manuscript, 1990 November 24

Box 10 Folder 9 Gottlieb, Michael -- Gorgeous Plunge -- Manuscript, 1999

Box 10 Folder 10 Gottlieb, Michael -- Gorgeous Plunge -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1999

Box 10 Folder 11 Gray, James -- Index of Facadomy -- Camera-Ready Copy, 1990

Box 10 Folder 12-13 Guest, Barbara -- Durer in the Window -- Correspondence and Related Materials, circa 1999-2001, 2 folders

Box 10 Folder 14-16 Guest, Barbara -- Durer in the Window -- Manuscripts and Editorial Notes, circa 1999-2003, 3 folders

Box 10 Folder 17-18 Guest, Barbara -- Durer in the Window -- Corrected and Uncorrected Page Proofs, circa 2002, 2 folders

Box 10 Folder 19 Guest, Hadley -- A Kinder, Gentler Time -- Manuscript, 1996 August 13

Box 10 Folder 20 Gutelius, Josepha -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s

Contains four prose pieces including "There is no Wing Like Meaning," "The Coma," " Memento Mori," and untitled.

Box 10 Folder 21 Hejinian, Lyn -- Manuscripts, 1977-1979

Contains manuscripts for "SENDING," "A Mask of Hours," and "FORL."

Box 10 Folder 22 Hejinian, Lyn -- My Life -- Manuscript Corrections, 1979 January 6

Manuscript and related correspondence for "One Side, Around," later published as "My Life"

Box 10 Folder 23 Herbert, John -- Manuscripts, 1970, 1978

Contains manuscripts for "Belshazzar's Feast" and "The Collected Poems of Sir Winston Churchill" and related correspondence.

Box 10 Folder 24 Hills, Henry -- "Radio Adios" and "Plagiarism" -- Scripts, circa 1982

Box 10 Folder 25 Howe, Fanny -- These Are the Lyrics -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 26 Inman, P. -- Criss Cross -- Manuscript, circa 1993-1995

Box 10 Folder 27 Inman, P. -- Criss Cross -- Page Proofs, 1994 June-August

Box 10 Folder 28 Inman, P. -- Drafts and Correspondence, circa 1993-1994

Box 10 Folder 29 Kuszai, Joel -- Manuscripts, circa 1989-1990

Manuscripts including "Dante's Golf Course" and "Brooklyn Yards."

Box 10 Folder 30 Lauterbach, Ann -- Saint Lucia -- Manuscript, 1979

Box 10 Folder 31-32 Lazer, Hank -- Manuscripts and Related Material, 1990, 2 folders

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence for "Compositions," "Placements," "From Outlaw to Classic," "This, That, or Some Other Place," "Negation," "EXPL/NEG," "Experimentation and Politics," "Atomic Epistemology and Constituent Knowledge," "Displayspace," and the collaboration "Early Days of the Lang Dynasty" with Che Qianzhi and Zhen Zhen.

Box 10 Folder 33 Levitt, Annabel -- Manuscripts, 1978

Box 10 Folder 34 Levy, Andrew -- After -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 35 Levy, Andrew -- And Their Space Be Gone -- Manuscript, 1988

Box 10 Folder 36 Levy, Andrew -- from Indiana -- Manuscripts, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 37 Levy, Andrew -- The Replication of Care -- Manuscript, 1991

Box 10 Folder 38 Levy, Andrew -- Untitled Manuscript, 1985-1986

Box 10 Folder 39 Lib, Franklin -- Untitled Manuscript and Style Sheet, circa 1978

Box 10 Folder 40 Lorenzo, Rafael -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s-1980s

Contains manuscripts including "Words // For // Music," "The Walking Stick," "Position of the Mouth," "Primary Levels," and "A is A."


Box 11 Folder 1 Mac Low, Jackson -- Representative Works -- Manuscript and Related Material, 1983-1996

Contains notes and related correspondence from Jackson Mac Low and Jerome Rothenberg, who wrote the introduction to "Representative Works."

Box 11 Folder 2 Mac Low, Jackson -- Special Material Printings, 1974, 1975

"A Vocabulary for Vera Regina Lachmann" and "GURU-GURU GATHA"

Box 11 Folder 3 Mandel, Tom -- Letters of the Law -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 11 Folder 4 Mandel, Tom -- Realism -- Manuscript, 1986

Box 11 Folder 5 McCaffery, Steve -- from The New Work -- Manuscript, undated

Box 11 Folder 6 McCaffery, Steve -- North of Intention -- Partial Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, circa 1980s

Box 11 Folder 7 Miscellaneous Art, circa 1980s-1990

Contains cover art for Jerry Estrin's "Rome, A Mobile Home," "New from Roof Books" flyer circa 1988 and photographs including portraits of Melanie Nielson, Charles Bernstein, Nicole Brossard and Jackson Mac Low.

Box 11 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1977-1979

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence by Tracy Skillin, Susin Shapiro, and Lee Sherry's resume.

Box 11 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1981-1985

Contains undated and anonymous manuscripts.

Box 11 Folder 10 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1985

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence from William Fuller and Steven Fraccaro and an anonymous, untitled screenplay.

Box 11 Folder 11 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1980-1987

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence for Craig Watson's "Approaching the Present" and "Making a Response"; Dennis Barone's "Sonnets"; John Wilkinson's "Proud Flesh"; Michael Hoffman's "Unadulterated"; Jane DeLynn's "Via Negative"; Roberta Allen's "Gray Morning," "I'm an Old Man Now," and "Slaughterhouse;"

Box 11 Folder 12 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, undated

Box 11 Folder 13 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Lists, circa 1982

Untitled review of Jackson Mac Low's "From Pearl Harbor Day to FDR's Birthday"; review of Michael Gottlieb's "Ninety-Six Tears"; and two lists titled "Islands of the World" / "Waterfalls of the World"

Box 11 Folder 14 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1996, 1997

Contains manuscript submissions and related correspondence; contains letters from Charles Bernstein, Gerald Burns, Douglas Messerli, and Gil Ott.

Box 11 Folder 15 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1990s

Contains hand-written notes and a thin notebook


Box 19 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material, 1978-1980

Contains mss sent to Sherry by Paul Buck, Glenda George, Paul Green, Eric Mottram, Ulli McCarthy, and Roger Munier; contains related correspondence.


Box 11 Folder 16 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1984

Contains ms corrections of Charles Bernstein's "Blood On the Cutting Room Floor"; correspondence from Ron Silliman and Tina Darragh, and a copy of a talk she gave called "Don't Face Off the Fractals"; ms on "New Writing on Letter Press" by anonymous.

Box 11 Folder 17 Miscellaneous Material, Undated

Contains drafts of a poem titled "Subjective Philosophies" and editorial notes from Bruce Andrews to James Sherry about dolphin communication.

Box 11 Folder 18 Mohammad, K. Silem -- Dutch Sound -- Manuscript, circa 2007

Box 11 Folder 19 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAU -- Correspondence and Editorial Notes, 1987-1988

Box 11 Folder 20 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAU -- Manuscript, 1987 July 21

Box 11 Folder 21-22 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAUX -- Manuscripts, circa 1988-1990, 2 folders

Box 11 Folder 23 Nadler, Alan -- Manuscripts, 1979, 1980

Includes "Cracks 31-415."

Box 11 Folder 24 Nielson, Melanie -- Sequel and Glacial Erratic -- Manuscripts, 1991

Box 11 Folder 25 Nunez, Lisa -- Manuscripts, 1977

Box 11 Folder 26 Ott, Gil -- For the Salamander -- Manuscript, 1982

Box 11 Folder 27 Ott, Gil -- Staple Bound Manuscripts (Folder 1, of 2 Folders), circa 1978-1980


Box 19 Folder 6 Ott, Gil -- Staple Bound Manuscripts (Folder 2, of 2 Folders), circa 1978-1980


Box 11 Folder 28 Pearson, Ted -- Planetary Gear -- Manuscript, 1990-1991

Box 11 Folder 29 Peppe, Michael -- Manuscripts, 1977-1979

Box 11 Folder 30 Perelman, Bob -- The Future of Memory -- Cover Art and Related Material, circa 1998

Box 11 Folder 31 Piombino, Nick -- Manuscripts, 1978 March 14

Groupings of poetry including "Call Collect," "so that the quality...", "Before," and "Synergy"; contains related correspondence.

Box 11 Folder 32 Raworth, Tom -- Untitled Manuscript, circa 1988-1990s

Box 11 Folder 33 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Manuscript, circa 2002

Box 11 Folder 34 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Uncorrected Proof, 2002

Box 11 Folder 35 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Agreements and Related Material, circa 2002

Signed Trade Author Agreements, press releases, and drafts of a letter to the Estate of George Orwell.

Box 11 Folder 36 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Articles (Newspaper), 2002

Box 11 Folder 37 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Articles (Web) and Related Material, circa 2002

Contains distribution lists, memos, related correspondence, and copies of articles and reviews.

Box 11 Folder 38 Rofihe, Rick -- Her Majesty The Queen versus Rick Rofihe -- Manuscript, circa 1990s


Box 12 Folder 1-2 ROOF II -- Manuscript Corrections, 1977, 2 folders

Contains original drafts of the poems that appeared in ROOF II.

Box 12 Folder 3 ROOF II Leftovers -- Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1977

Box 12 Folder 4 ROOF III Leftovers -- Misc. Manuscripts, 1977


Box 19 Folder 8 ROOF II -- Camera-Ready Copy, 1977


Box 12 Folder 5 ROOF Order Form, 1977-1978

Box 12 Folder 6-7 ROOF V -- Manuscripts (2 Folders), 1978, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 8-9 ROOF VI -- Manuscript and Related Material (Folders 1-2, of 3 Folders), 1978, 2 folders

Contains drafts and editorial notes, one complete manuscript, and photocopies of cover art; folder (3 of 3) is legal size.


Box 19 Folder 9 ROOF VI -- Manuscript and Related Material (Folder 3, of 3 Folders), 1978

Includes corrected Proofs.


Box 12 Folder 10 ROOF VII -- Camera-Ready Copy, 1978

Box 12 Folder 11 ROOF VIII -- Manuscript Corrections, 1978

Box 12 Folder 12 Rosenfield, Kim -- Excelsior Reflector -- Manuscript, circa 2001

Box 12 Folder 13 Saidenberg, Jocelyn -- Dead Letters -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 2010s

Box 12 Folder 14 Scalapino, Leslie -- Crowd and not Evening or Light -- Manuscript, circa 1992

Box 12 Folder 15 Scalapino, Leslie -- Orion -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 12 Folder 16 Seaton, Peter -- The Son Master -- Manuscript, 1982


Box 20 Folder 5 Sherry, Lee -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1980-1981

Drafts including collaboration with Ted Berrigan; contains related correspondence.


Box 12 Folder 17 Shlain, Bruce -- Manuscripts, circa 1976

Box 12 Folder 18 Shulman, Jason -- Manuscripts, 1978 March 3

Box 12 Folder 19 Silliman, Ron -- Toner -- Manuscript, circa 1992

Box 12 Folder 20 Silliman, Ron -- What -- Manuscript, circa 1988

Box 12 Folder 21 Silliman, Ron -- Xing -- Manuscript, circa 1996

Box 12 Folder 22 Skutelsky, Bob -- "Why I didn't write no poems in Afghanistan" -- Manuscript, undated

Box 12 Folder 23 Sloan, Margy -- THe Argument Needs and I Shall Recieve -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 12 Folder 24 Smith, Robert Elliott -- Manuscripts, 1976

Box 12 Folder 25-26 Taggart, John -- Deep Jewels and Songs of Degrees -- Manuscripts, circa 1990s, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 27-28 Templeton, Fiona -- The MEDEAD -- Manuscript and Related Materials, 2000 August-November, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 29 Van Spankeren, Kathryn -- Nomads of the Interior -- Manuscript, Before 1977

Box 12 Folder 30 Waldman, Anne -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s

Box 12 Folder 31 Ward, Diane -- Facsimile -- Partial Copies, 1977-1979

Photocopies of "On Duke Ellington's Birthday", TROP-I-DOM, "The Light American", and "Theory of Emotion."

Box 12 Folder 32 Ward, Diane -- Review (Seaton) -- Manuscript, circa 1978

Box 12 Folder 33 Watten, Barrett -- Review (Bernstein) -- Manuscript, circa 1980

Box 12 Folder 34 Wellman, John -- The Paradox of Chrysippus -- Manuscript, 1981 September

Box 12 Folder 35 Wellman, John -- Tell Me -- Manuscript, undated

Box 12 Folder 36 White, Tom -- Is As-It-Is Enough? -- Manuscript, undated


Box 13 Folder 1-7 XUL Magazine -- Copies, circa 1995, 7 folders

Box 13 Folder 8 XUL Reader -- Bluelines, 1997 February

Box 13 Folder 9 XUL Reader -- Corrected Page Proofs, 1995 July 27

Box 13 Folder 10 XUL Reader -- Corrected Page Proofs, 1997 January 14

Box 13 Folder 11 XUL Reader -- Editorial Notes and Page Proofs, circa 1997

Box 13 Folder 12 XUL Reader -- Manuscript Corrections, 1996 October-November

Box 13 Folder 13 XUL Reader -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1995-1997

Includes one 3.5" floppy disk.

Box 13 Folder 14 XUL Reader -- Page Proofs, 1997 January

Box 13 Folder 15 XUL Reader -- Partial Draft, circa 1995-1997

Box 13 Folder 16 Yau, John -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s

Box 13 Folder 17 Ziqing, Zhang -- "Does Poetry Make Anything Happen?" -- Manuscript and Editorial Notes, circa 2009

Subseries III.3: Grant Applications, 1976-circa 1997

Box 13 Folder 18-19 Sherry, James -- CAPS Grant Application, 1976, 2 folders

Box 13 Folder 20 Sherry, James -- CAPS Grant Application, 1977

Box 13 Folder 21-22 Sherry, James -- CAPS Grant Application, 1979, 2 folders

Box 13 Folder 23 Sherry, James -- Grant Application, 1980

Box 13 Folder 24 Sherry, James, Charles Bernstein, and Susan Howe -- NEH Grant Application, 1981

Box 13 Folder 25 Sherry, James -- Partial CAPS Grant Application, 1982

Box 13 Folder 26 Sherry, James -- NEA Grant Application and Related Material, 1986

Box 13 Folder 27 Sherry, James -- Guggenheim Grant Application, 1989

Box 13 Folder 28 NEA Documents, 1988-1989, 1994

Contains application form and related material for Literature Organization NEA grant by James Sherry and Henry Hills, including a Literature Field Overview Study commissioned by the NEA in 1994.

Box 13 Folder 29 NYSCA Grant -- Draft, circa 1997

New York State Council on the Arts Grant draft material

Series IV: Segue Foundation, 1976-2016

This series includes distribution catalogues, reading series flyers, promotion lists, donation lists, financial records, permissions documents, miscellaneous reviews, and related correspondence pertaining to Roof and Segue Books. This series also includes materials from related foundations including Poets House, St. Mark's Church, and the PEN American Center.

Subseries IV.1: Administrative and Financial Records, 1976-2016

Box 13 Folder 30 Brossard, Nicole -- Files, circa 1991

Brossard's French CV, correspondence, event flyer, copy of interview with Barbara Godard.

Box 13 Folder 31 Correspondence -- Donation List and Mail Returns, circa 1999

Contains a handwritten list of Segue membership donations and returned-to-sender Segue flyers.

Box 13 Folder 32 Correspondence -- Requests, 1997-1999

Box 13 Folder 33 Distribution Catalogues, 1980-1991

For Segue and L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E distribution catalogues; incomplete runs.

Box 13 Folder 34 Electronic Publishing -- Notes, circa 1991

Box 13 Folder 35 Institute for Policy Studies -- Course Material, 1981

Contains correspondence with William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, who participated in a Segue-sponsored course at the Institute for Policy Studies with Bruce Andrews, Nicholas Piombino, Douglas Messerli, Charles Bernstein, Howard Fox, Abigail Child, Bernard Welt; contains notes, schedules, brochures, supplement no. 1 of LANGUAGE magazine and copies of published essays.

Box 13 Folder 36 Interview with Nicole Brossard -- Copy, 1983

Box 13 Folder 37 Lazer, Hank -- Files, 1992

Reviews, newspaper clippings, and related materials.

Box 13 Folder 38 Miscellaneous Book Orders, circa 1998-2000

Box 13 Folder 39 Miscellaneous Reviews -- Copies, 1988-1995

Box 13 Folder 40 Naropa -- Syllabi and Related Material, 1976

Syllabus from a Ginsberg workshop at Naropa summer of 1976; bibliography of works by Robert Duncan and Michael McClure; and lists of books on reserve and required readings for a course by Chogyam Trungpa.

Box 13 Folder 41 New From Roof Books -- Draft, 1980

Box 13 Folder 42 Perelman, Bob -- Reviews, circa 1986

Box 13 Folder 43 Permissions Documents, 2007

Contains correspondence and permissions for Craig Dworkin's "Stuplimity" and Alan Gilbert's "Adding up to Plural."

Box 13 Folder 44 Photographs, circa 1978

Dick Higgins' "the snowflakes of giordano bruno"; "This is Important" #5 chapbook with poems by Charles Bernstein and Bob Perelman; postcards containing poems by Bob Holman and illustrations by Paul Zinkievich; staple-bound illustrations by Howard Rheingold titled "Pictures from Howardy"; fine paper printings by Susan Howe, Tom Mandel, Gary Apotheker for Tuumba Press.

Box 13 Folder 45 Reviews and Related Material, circa 1987-1995, 2013

Reviews of Roof Books and assorted ephemera.

Box 13 Folder 46 Roof/Segue Promotion Lists, circa 1980s

Box 13 Folder 47 Segue -- Financial Records and Distribution Catalogues, 1993-1994

Contains copies of Segue budgets, 1993 distribution catalogue, and "suggestions for the Literature Field Overview Study/Draft 3."

Box 13 Folder 48 Segue -- Miscellaneous Related Material, 1978-1990

Contains flyers for the Poetry Project, the Segue Performing Arts Space, and the Ear Inn; book review drafts of Ted Greenwald's "You Bet!" by James Sherry; manuscript of "Method of Self," an essay on Charles Bernstein by James Sherry; poems entitled "The Little Testament" by Douglas Messerli; program for a conference on The Politics of Poetic Form; notes by Peter Seaton for "Piranesi Pointed Up"; contains related correspondence with Tom Beckett, Lyn Hejinian, and Douglas Messerli.

Box 13 Folder 49 Segue Catalogue -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Materials, circa 1987


Box 20 Folder 9 Segue Distribution Catalogues and Reading Flyers, 1980-2016

Contains Segue distribution catalogues, Segue Reading Series flyers, Small Press Distribution catalogues, event flyers, and photocopies of miscellaneous book reviews.


Box 13 Folder 50 Segue Document of Debt, 1992 July 10

Document outlining debt owed by Sun & Moon Press for their distribution of Roof Books.

Box 13 Folder 51 Segue Foundation Board Documents, 1977, 1991-1993

Box 13 Folder 52 Segue Foundation Records, 1990-1992, 1995, 1999

Contains Marketing documents, correspondence, job applications, and Roof order forms.

Box 13 Folder 53 Segue Foundation Records, 1980-2013

Contains contracts and related material between Roof Books and Cole Swensen for a translation of Christophe Tarkos' works; copies of the Segue Foundation Bi-Laws, inventory book lists, correspondence with the Gifford Foundation, the Australia Council for the Arts, and miscellaneous book reviews.

Box 13 Folder 54 Segue Performance Space Manager Job Responsibilities -- Fax, 1997 October 2

Box 13 Folder 55 Segue Performing Arts Area Documents, 1988-1993

Contains contracts, a rental agreement template, rehearsal schedules, Segue bi-laws, and related correspondence.

Box 13 Folder 56 Segue Publisher Lists, 1987-1988

Subseries IV.2: Related Foundation Records, 1979-1989


Box 14 Folder 1 Bernstein, Charles -- Book Contract, 1984

Unsigned contract with Sun & Moon Press for Charles Bernstein's Content's Dream.

Box 14 Folder 2 IGOR Foundation Records and Related Material, 1980-1987

Contains notes, budgets, and related correspondence; James Sherry joined the Board of Directors in 1987.

Box 14 Folder 3 INCISIONS/ARTS -- Correspondence, 1999

Box 14 Folder 4 PEN American Center Materials, 1988-1989

Box 14 Folder 5 Poets House Documents, 1994

Contains flyers, correspondence, and materials related to Poets House, and an invitation for James Sherry to participate on a panel on Poetry and Technology.

Box 14 Folder 6 Rainbow Art Foundation Records, 1979-1981

Memos, correspondence, media clippings, planning documents for the 1981 Harbor Festival.

Box 14 Folder 7 St. Mark's Church -- Bluelines and Booklet, 1979

Edited by James Sherry.

Series V: Publications, 1976-2016

This series includes final publication materials such as monographs and anthologies published by Roof Books, Segue Books, and other presses; special issue journals, chapbooks, and fine paper printings; and a complete run of Roof magazine, no. 1-10.

Box 14 Folder 8 American Book Review -- Newspaper, 2012 November/December

Copy of the American Book Review with a review of Vanessa Place's "One."


Box 15 Alexander, Charles -- arc of light, dark matter, 1992

Published by Segue Books.

Box 15 Andrews, Bruce -- EX WHY ZEE, 1995

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Andrews, Bruce -- Getting Ready to Have Been Frightened, 1988

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Andrews, Bruce -- R + B, 1981

Signed limited edition (300 copies); published by Segue Books.

Box 15 Andrews, Bruce -- Wobbling, 1981

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Andrews, Bernstein, DiPalma, McCaffery, Silliman -- LEGEND, 1980

Published by L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E/ Segue Foundation.

Box 15 Andrews, Cole, Freeman, Grim, Morrison, Rosenfield -- Co, 2006

Bruce Andrews, Barbara Cole, Jesse Freeman, Jessica Grim, Yedda Morrison, Kim Rosenfield; published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 9 Artists Information Directory -- Staple Bound Publication, 1980

Published by the Cultural Council Foundation Artists Project and edited by James Sherry.


Box 19 Folder 1 Australian Printed Material, circa 1979-1980

Contains journal issues of The Merri Creek and a stapled copy of Alex Selenitsch's "Translating the sator Square."


Box 15 Benson, Steve -- Blue Book, 1988

Published by The Figures/ Roof Books.

Box 15 Bernstein, Charles -- Controlling Interests, 2008

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Bernstein, Charles -- Islets/Irritations, 1992

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Bernstein, Charles -- The Politics of Poetic Form: Poetry and Public Policy, 1990

Edited by Charles Bernstein; published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Bernstein, Charles and Susan B. Laufer -- The Occurrence of Tune, 1981

Published by Segue Books.

Box 15 Brazil, David -- Antisocial Patience, 2015

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Brossard, Nicole -- Picture Theory, 1990

Trans. Barbara Godard; published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Brown, Brandon -- Flowering Mall, 2012

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Brown, Brandon -- Top 40, 2014

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Butler, Blake and Vanessa Place -- One, 2012

Assembled y Christopher Higgs. Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Cadiot, Olivier -- Future, Former, Fugitive, 2003

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Champion, Miles -- Three Bell Zero, 2000

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 10 Chapbooks and Related Material, circa 1977-1982

Dick Higgin's "the snowflakes of giordano bruno"; "This is Important" #5 chapbook with poems by Charles Bernstein and Bob Perelman; postcards containing poems by Bob Holman and illustrations by Paul Zinkievich; staple-bound illustrations by Howard Rheingold titled "Pictures from Howardy"; fine paper printings by Susan Howe, Tom Mandel, Gary Apotheker for Tuumba Press.


Box 15 Child, Abigail -- From Solids, 1983

Limited edition (300 copies); published by the Segue Foundation.

Box 15 Child, Abigail -- Scatter Matrix, 1996

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Crommelynck, Fernand -- Mad for Love, 2009

Trans. Ben Sonnenberg; published by Segue/ Grand Street Books.


Box 14 Folder 11 CURTAINS -- Magazine, 1978

No. 18-21, edited by Paul Buck.


Box 15 Davies, Alan -- Active 24 Hours, 1982

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Davies, Alan -- Rave, 1994

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Davies, Alan -- Signage, 1987

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Day, Jean -- A Young Recruit, 1988

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 de la Torre, Mónica -- Public Domain, 2008

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Dickenson, George-Thérèse -- Transducing, 1985

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 DiPalma, Ray -- Motion of the Cypher, 1995

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 DiPalma, Ray -- RAIK, 1989

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 12 dodgems [1] -- Magazine, 1977

Ed. Eileen Myles, James Sherry poem on p. 32

Box 14 Folder 13 dodgems [2] -- Magazine, 1979

Ed. Eileen Myles, James Sherry poem on p. 42-47


Box 15 Doris, Stacey -- Cheerleader's Guide to the World: Council Book, 2006

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Doris, Stacey -- Kildare, 1994

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Dreyer, Lynne -- The White Museum, 1986

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Dworkin, Craig -- The Consequences of Innovation: 21st Century Poetics, 2008

Edited by Craig Dworkin; published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Dworkin, Craig -- Motes, 2011

Published by Roof Books.

Box 15 Dworkin, Craig -- Strand, 2005

Published by Roof Books.


Box 16 Edwards, Ken -- Good Science, 1992

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Eigner, Larry -- areas lights heights, 1989

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Eisenhower, Cathy -- would with and, 2009

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Estrin, Jerry -- Rome, A Mobile Home, 1993

Published by Roof Books.


Box 19 Folder 3 Fischer, Norman -- Poem -- Fine Paper Print, 2014


Box 16 Fitterman, Robert -- Rob the Plagiarist, 2009

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Fodaski, Elizabeth -- Document, 2010

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gardner, Drew -- Petroleum Hat, 2005

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Giffin, Lawrence -- Plato's Closet, 2016

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gins, Madeline and and Arakawa -- Making Dying Illegal, 2006

Second printing; published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gizzi, Michael -- Continental Harmony, 1991

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gladman, Renee -- A Picture-Feeling, 2005

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Goldberg, Ariel -- The Photographer, 2015

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Goldman, Judith -- Vocoder, 2001

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gordon, Nada -- Folly, 2007

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gordon, Nada -- Scented Rushed, 2010

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gordon, Nada -- Vile Lilt, 2013

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gottlieb, Michael -- Dear All, 2013

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gottlieb, Michael -- Gorgeous Plunge, 1999

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gottlieb, Michael -- Lost and Found, 2003

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Gottlieb, Michael -- Ninety-Six Tears, 1981

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Greenwald, Ted -- Jumping the Line, 1999

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Greenwald, Ted and and Kit Robinson -- A Mammal of Style, 2013

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Grenier, Robert -- A Day at the Beach, 2008

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Grossman, Ernesto Livon -- The XUL Reader: An Anthology of Argentine Poetry 1980-1996, 1997

Edited by Ernesto Livon Grossman; published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Guest, Barbara -- Dürer in the Window, 2003

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Hills, Henry -- Making Money, 1986

Published by the Segue Foundation.

Box 16 Huang, Yunte -- SHI: A Radical Reading of Chinese Poetry, 1997

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Hunt, Erica -- Local History, 2003

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Inman, P. -- Criss Cross, 1994

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Inman, P. -- Red Shift, 1988

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Jones, Hettie -- Aliens at the Border, 1997

Edited by Hettie Jones; published by Segue Books.

Box 16 Kaufman, Erica -- Instant Classic, 2013

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Kuszai, Joel Stevens -- Accidency, 2011

Published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Kuszai, Joel Stevens -- poetics@, 1999

Edited by Joel Stevens Kuszai; published by Roof Books.

Box 16 Landers, Susan -- Franklinstein, 2016

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 14 Lane -- Electricity -- Staple Bound Publication, 1976


Box 16 Lazer, Hank -- Doublespace: Poems 1971-1989, 1992

Published by Segue Books.

Box 16 Levy, Andrew -- Paper Hear Last Lyrics, 2000

Published by Roof Books.


Box 17 Mac Low, Jackson -- Representative Works: 1938-1985, 1986

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Mac Low, Jackson -- Twenties, 1991

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 McCaffery, Steve -- North of Intention: Critical Writings 1973-1986, 1986

Published by Roof / Nightwood.

Box 17 McCaffery, Steve -- Parsival, 2015

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 McMorris, Mark -- The Café at Light, 2004

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Messerli, Douglas -- Some Distance, 1982

Published by Segue Books.


Box 14 Folder 15 Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1976-2000

Contains chapbooks, pamphlets, and special issues including Mary Lane's "Electricity," Jay Jauckens Grant's "CODEX To Explain the Amazing Maya Numerical System," Bob Grenier's "Attention," Field of Vision No. 12, a Tanam Press catalogue, and a February 2000 New York Poetry Calendar.


Box 17 Mohammad, K. Silem -- The Front, 2009

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAUX, 1990

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 16 Myles -- "What Makes Bob Perelman Run?" -- Article (Newspaper), 1993 November


Box 17 Nasdor, Marc -- Sonnetailia, 2007

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Nelson, Melanie -- Civil Noir, 1991

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 17 Notes from the Editors -- Booklets, 1976-1978

Great Books of the Western World by the Franklin Library including an E.E. Cummings, Baudelaire, James, Eliot and others.

Box 14 Folder 18 Object Permanence Magazine, 1994-1995

Issue 1-3; contains related correspondence from Robin Purves.


Box 17 Osman, Jena -- An Essay in Asterisks, 2004

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Pearson, Ted -- Planetary Gear, 1991

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Perelman, Bob -- Face Value, 1988

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Perelman, Bob -- The Future of Memory, 1998

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Perelman, Bob -- IFLIFE, 2006

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Perelman, Bob -- Virtual Reality, 1994

by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 19 Perlman, John -- 15 Poems, circa 1978

Staple bound poems; contains handwritten poetry by James Sherry on back pages.


Box 17 Phillips, Patrick R. -- we plié, 2015

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Piombino, Nick -- The Boundary of Blur, 1993

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 20 Poetry Journal Special Issues, 1998

Contains the premier issue of the journal Kenning and a staple bound copy of Anne-Marie Albiach's "A Geometry," trans. Keith and Rosemary Waldrop.


Box 17 Pommy Vega, Janine -- Candles Burn in Memory Town: Poems from both sides of the wall, 1988

Edited by Janine Pommy Vega; published by Segue Books.

Box 17 Pommy Vega, Janine -- No Boundaries: An Anthology of Poetry from Woodburne Correctional Facility, 1996

Edited by Janine Pommy Vega; published by Segue Books.

Box 17 Pommy Vega, Janine -- Voices Under the Harvest Moon: An Anthology of Writing from Eastern Correctional Facility, 1999

Edited by Janine Pommy Vega; published by Segue Books.

Box 17 Price, Larry -- The Quadragene, 2008

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 21 Printed Material, 1992, 1996

Copies of Long News: In the Short Century Issue 3 and Michael Gottlieb's "The River Road" published by Potes & Poets Press; contains related correspondence.


Box 17 Raworth, Tom -- Clean & Well Lit: Selected Poems 1987-1995, 1996

Signed; published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance, 2002

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Reilly, Evelyn -- Apocalypso, 2012

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Reilly, Evelyn -- Styrofoam, 2009

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Retallack, Joan -- Procedural Elegies / Western Civ Cont'd /, 2010

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Robins, Corinne -- Marble Goddesses with Technicolor Skins, 2000

Published by Segue Books.

Box 17 Robinson, Kit -- Balance Sheet, 1993

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Robinson, Kit -- Democracy Boulevard, 1998

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Robinson, Kit -- Ice Cubes, 1987

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 22-24 ROOF Magazines (3 Folders), 1976-1979

Complete set, no. 1-10


Box 17 Rosenfield, Kim -- Good Morning--Midnight--, 2001

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Saidenberg, Jocelyn -- Dead Letter, 2014

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Salah, Trish -- Lyric Sexology Vol. 1, 2014

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Scalapino, Leslie -- Objects in the Terrifying Tense Longing from Taking Place, 1993

Published by Roof Books.

Box 17 Seaton, Peter -- The Son Master, 1982

Published by Roof Books.


Box 18 Shaw, Lytle -- The Lobe, 2002

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Shaw, Lytle -- Nineteen Lines: A Drawing Center Writing Anthology, 2007

Edited by Lytle Shaw; published by The Drawing Center/ Roof Books.

Box 18 Sherry, James -- CONVERSES, 1982

Limited edition (400 copies); published by Awede Press.

Box 18 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage, 1991

Published by Sun & Moon Press.

Box 18 Sherry, James -- PART SONGS, 1978

Limited edition (350 copies); published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Sherry, James -- Popular Fiction, 1985

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Silliman, Ron -- The Age of Huts, 1986

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Silliman, Ron -- The New Sentence, 2003

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Silliman, Ron -- N/O, 1994

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Smith, Rod -- Music of Honesty, 2003

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Smith, Rod -- Protective Immediacy, 1999

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Stefans, Brian Kim -- Free Space Comix, 1998

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Stefans, Brian Kim -- Kluge: A Meditation and other works, 2007

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 25 Stevens -- "Rearranging the Branches on a New Tree of Life" -- Article (Newspaper), 1999 August 31

New York Times article; related material for Sherry's "Sorry," later titled "Oops!"


Box 18 Sullivan, Gary -- PPL in a Depot, 2007

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 26 Taproot Reviews #4 (Spring) -- Periodical, 1994


Box 18 Tardos, Anne -- Both Poems, 2011

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Tarkos, Christophe -- Ma Langue Est Poétique--Selected Works, 2000

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Templeton, Fiona -- Cells of Release, 1997

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Templeton, Fiona -- The Medead: An Epic of Medea, 2014

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Templeton, Fiona -- You - The City, 1990

Published by Roof Books.


Box 17 The Prize Budget for Boys -- The Spectacular Vernacular Revue, 2004

Published by Roof Books.


Box 18 Torres, Edwin -- The All-Union Day of The Shock Worker, 2004

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Torres, Edwin -- Yes Thing No Thing, 2010

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Tysh, Chris -- Cleavage, 2004

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Vallejo, César -- Against Professional Secrets, 2011

Trans. Joseph Mulligan; published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Ward, Diane -- Human Ceiling, 1995

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Ward, Diane -- Never Without One, 1984

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Ward, Diane -- Relation, 1989

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Ward, Diane -- Theory of Emotion, 1979

Limited edition (350 copies); Published by Segue/ O Press.

Box 18 Watson, Craig -- Free Will, 2000

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Watten, Barrett -- Progress, 1985

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Weiner, Hannah -- LITTLE BOOKS/INDIANS, 1980

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Weiner, Hannah -- Page, 2002

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Weiner, Hannah -- We Speak Silent, 1996

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Wellman, Mac -- Miniature, 2002

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Wellman, Mac -- Split the Stick: A Miniaturist-Divan, 2012

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 Wellman, Mac -- Strange Elegies, 2005

Published by Roof Books.


Box 14 Folder 27 Widemouth Tape -- #8625 Accumulation, circa 1980s

Includes audio tape


Box 18 Wolsak, Lissa -- Pen Chants or nth or 12 spirit-like impermanences, 2000

Published by Roof Books.

Box 18 XUL No. 6 -- Magazine, 1984

Box 18 Yasusada, Araki -- Doubled Flowering: From the Notebooks of Araki Yasusada, 1997

Published by Roof Books.

Series VI: Archived Web Site, 2018

Archived web site captures of the official web site of Segue Foundation, at http://www.seguefoundation.com/. Captured semi-annually, 2018-present.

Link to archived website