This series consists of correspondence from the mid-1960s through the 1990s, with a strong emphasis the years immediately following Sonnenberg's retirement as editor of Grand Street magazine (1989-2000). In addition to written correspondence, materials include drafts and manuscripts of written work, photos, drawings, and other ephemera included with written letters. Of particular interest is correspondence with W.S. Merwin, James Salter, James Laughlin, Anne Carson, and Susan Minot, which spans multiple decades and provides a rich glimpse into their respective literary careers. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 1 Folder 1
A--General, 1971-2000 (Egbal Ahmad, Colin Amery, Kingsley Amis, Sallie Anderson, Gabriele Annan, Michael Arlen, Toby Armour, William Arrowsmith, Artists Space, James Atlas, Renata Adler), 1971-2000
Box 1 Folder 2
Adams, Bobby Neal, 1997
Box 15 Folder 1
Aitken, Will, 2001
Box 1 Folder 3
Amen, Grover, 1962-1997
Box 1 Folder 4
Arbus, Diane, 1959-1960
Box 1 Folder 5
B --General, 1997-2000 (Valerie Borchardt, Elena Brunet, Mark Brown, Eve Bates, Dorothy Braudy, Dierdre Bergson, David Bellos), 1997-2000
Box 15 Folder 3
Beaton, Roderick, 2003
Box 1 Folder 6-8
Benkert, Ernst, 1998-2001, (3 Folders)
Box 15 Folder 4
Bennett, Alan, 2001
Box 1 Folder 9
Bernard, Kenneth, 1990
Box 1 Folder 10
Brennan, Gerald and Gamel, 1960- 1961
Box 15 Folder 5
Bromwich, David, 1990s
Box 1 Folder 11
Brophy, Brigid, 1987-1995
Box 1 Folder 12
Belfrage, Cedric, 1990
Box 1 Folder 13
Belfrage, Sally, 1972-1994
Box 2 Folder 1
Belfrage, Sally, 1972-1994
Box 2 Folder 2
Brown, Saidee, 2000
Box 2 Folder 3
C --General, 1968-1999 ("Caldwell," Amy Campitt, Elias Canetti, Colin Campbell, Mary Campbell, Vincent Canby, Aristide Caratzas, E.M. Cioran, Benjamin Cheever, N.A. Choudhury, Angela Conner, Carolyn Cooke, Jane Coola, Alfred Corn, Richard E. Cytowic, Cyril Connolly, Prudence Crowther, Noam Chomsky), 1968-1999
Box 2 Folder 4-8
Carson, Anne, 1987-2001, (5 Folders)
Carson, Anne:
Box 3 Folder 1-2
1987-2001, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 3
Autobiography of Red
, 1996
Box 3 Folder 4
Autobiography of Red
, 1997
Box 3 Folder 5
The Beauty of the Husband
, undated
Box 15 Folder 6
Videotape: Decreation (preview of the opera), May 3-4, 2002
Box 3 Folder 6
General, undated
Box 15 Folder 8
General, 2001-02
Box 16 Folder 2
Gnosticism poems, February 1, 2003
Box 15 Folder 7
Herakies by Euripides. Translated by Anne Carson
Box 15 Folder 12
Hippolytos by Euripides. Translated by Anne Carson, 2002
Box 16 Folder 1
Hippolytos by Euripides. Translated by Anne Carson, 2002
Box 3 Folder 7
Canby, Vincent, 2000
Box 16 Folder 3
Cavafy, Constantine P. Photographs of
Box 3 Folder 8
Charkow, Natalie, 1981
Box 3 Folder 9
Cockburn, Alexander, 1986-1996
Box 3 Folder 10
Collins, Billy, 1999-2000
Box 16 Folder 4
Collins, Billy, 2001
Box 16 Folder 5-6
Correspondence, 1970s-2007
Box 4 Folder 1
D --General, 1969-1994 (Lynn Darling, Hope Hale Davis, Michael DeLisio, Michael Dirda, Tom Dirch, Carl Djerassi, Wilma Dobie, Morris Dickstein, Ethel de Croisset, Mark Doty, Debra Jean Douglas), 1969-1994
Box 15 Folder 9
Crowther, Prudence, 2001-2004
Box 4 Folder 2
Danto, Arthur, 1989-2000
Box 16 Folder 7
Danto, Arthur. "The Abuse of Beauty", December 2001
Box 16 Folder 8
Dench, Judi, 2007
Box 16 Folder 9
Douglas, Jean, 2007
Box 4 Folder 3
Douglas, Keith, 2000
Box 4 Folder 4
E --General, 1989-1996 (Richard Eder, Leon Edel, Gavin Ewart, William Eppes), 1989-1996
Box 4 Folder 5
Epstein, Helen, 1998-1999
Box 16 Folder 10
Epstein, Jason, 2008
Box 4 Folder 6
F --General, 1989-1996 (Robert Fagles, Harry Ford, Gerry Fremlin, Sue Friedrich, Isabel Fonseca, Anne Frydman, Feldman, Anna Fels), 1989-1996
Box 17 Folder 10
Fagles, Lynne, 2008
Box 4 Folder 7
Fainlight, Harry and Ruth, 1954- 1997
Box 4 Folder 8
Feldman, Irving, 1988-1994
Box 4 Folder 9
General, 1960-1988
Box 4 Folder 10
G--General, 1972-1996 (Fred Gardner, Deborah Garrison, Ron Gault, Alice Rose George, General Electric Young Writers Award, Jack Gilbert, Elise Simon Goodman, Peter Green, Martha Greenwald, Margaret M. Gallette, Red Grooms), 1972-1996
Box 4 Folder 11
Gallagher, Dorothy, 2001-2002
Box 4 Folder 12
Gardinier, Suzanne, 1989-2000
Box 4 Folder 13
Gardinier, Suzanne--The Gathering of Intelligence, , 1997
Box 5 Folder 1
Gifford, Henry, 1989-1995
Box 5 Folder 2
Gill, Brendan, 1970-2000
Box 15 Folder 10
Gill, Brendan, 1978-1991
Box 5 Folder 3
Gilliatt, Penelope, 1988-1993
Box 15 Folder 11
Gillmore, Ian, 2001
Box 16 Folder 11
Gilford, Henry, 1991
Box 5 Folder 4
H --General, 1960-1997 (Marilyn Hacker, Anna and Philip Hamburger, Josef Hamersky, Michaela Harari, Kent Haruf, Ronald Hayman, John Hess, Lillian Hellman, Greta Hellstrom, Frank Hewitt, Daryl Hime, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Hoffman, John Hollander, Liz Hollander, Michael Holroyd, Glenn Horowitz, Maureen Howard, Suzanne Hyman, Linell Hanover), 1960-1997
Box 5 Folder 5
Haas, Diana, 1995
Box 16 Folder 12
Haffenden, John, 2007
Box 5 Folder 6
Hart, Emma, 1990-2001
Box 5 Folder 7
Hauser, Frank, 1962-2001
Box 16 Folder 13
Hecht, Anthony, 2003
Box 5 Folder 8
Hempel, Amy, 1991-1995
Box 5 Folder 9
Hollander, John, 1999
Box 16 Folder 14
Hollander, John & Charkow, 2001
Box 5 Folder 10
Howard, Richard, 1989-1999
Box 16 Folder 15-16
Howard, Richard, 2001-2003
Hughes, Ted
Box 5 Folder 11
Articles, 1957- 1971
Box 5 Folder 12
Articles and poems, 1996
Box 5 Folder 13
Books and pamphlets, circa, 1966
Box 5 Folder 14
General, 1987-1998
Box 16 Folder 17
MPT 3, Spring 1967
Box 16 Folder 17
Photocopies of letters and articles, 1982-86
Box 17 Folder 1
Photograph, Hughes timeline, Australian Book Review, 2000-01
Box 17 Folder 2
Hughes, Olwyn & Carol. Letters (photocopies), 1961-99
Box 17 Folder 3
Ben's correspondence with Olwyn & Carol, 1998-2003
Box 17 Folder 4
Olwyn & Carol, 2002-03
Box 16 Folder 18
Ben's letters to Ted, 1990s
Box 5 Folder 15
Photos, 1978-1998
Box 5 Folder 16
Obituaries, 1999
Box 5 Folder 17
I--General, 1971-1987 (Manahnaz Ispahani, Robert Indiana), 1971-1987
Box 5 Folder 18
J--General, 1993-1996 (Thom Jones, Barbara Jones), 1993-1996
Box 5 Folder 19
K--General, 1985-2000 (Walter Kaiser, Murray Kempton, Frances Kiernan, Andrew Kopkind, Karl Kirchwey, Marthe Keller, Hilton Kramer, Andrew Kopkin), 1985-2000
Box 6 Folder 1
Kavanagh, Patrick, 1989-1996
Box 6 Folder 2
Keeley, Edmund (Mike), 1989-1999
Box 17 Folder 5
Keeley, Edmund (Mike), 2007
Box 6 Folder 3
Kendall, Tim, 1998-2001
Box 17 Folder 6-7
Kendall, Tim, 2003
Box 6 Folder 4
Klawans, Stuart, 1995-2001
Box 6 Folder 5
Knox, Bernard, 1989-1999
Box 6 Folder 6
L --General, 1960-1999 (Elinor Langer, Laurie Lee, David Lehman, Robin Lehman, Herb Leibowitz, Wendy Lesser, William Levitan, William Logan, Deacon Derek Lindsay, Bill Logan, Kennett Love, Albert LaFarge, Michael Levey, Michael de Lisio), 1960-1999
Box 6 Folder 7
Laughlin, James, 1991-1997
Box 6 Folder 8
Leaf, June, 1991-2001
Box 17 Folder 8
Leaf, June, 2002
Box 17 Folder 9
Lesser, Wendy, 2007
Box 6 Folder 9
Lutyens, Elisabeth and Mary, 1961- 1990
Box 6 Folder 10
M--General, 1967-2000 (Norman Mailer, Janet Malcolm, Philip Mansel, Maria Margaronis, Sandy McClatchy, Daniel Mendelsohn, Karl Miller, Rick Moody, Lucas Myers, Elena Margaronis, Charles Monteith, Alex, Carrie Minot Bell, Robert Mitchell), 1967-2000
Box 17 Folder 20
Mailer, Norman, 1979
Box 17 Folder 11-13
Marias, Javier, 2005-2008
Box 17 Folder 14
McClatchy, J.D., 2003-2004
Box 6 Folder 11
McCullers, Carson, 1957-1958
Box 6 Folder 12
Menaker, Daniel, 1990-1999
Box 6 Folder 13
Merwin, W.S., 1960-2000
Box 17 Folder 15-16
Merwin, W.S., 2002-2008
Box 6 Folder 14
Michie, James, 1962-1990
Box 19 Folder 7
Michie, James, n.d.
Box 17 Folder 17
Miller, Karl, 2001
Minot, Susan
Box 7 Folder 1
1984-2000
Box 7 Folder 2
Articles, 1996
Box 7 Folder 3
The Bedroom Ceiling
, undated
Box 7 Folder 4
Dancing by Myself
, 1995
Box 7 Folder 5
Dancing by Myself
, 1994
Box 7 Folder 6
Drawings and Photographs, 1987
Box 7 Folder 7
General, 1986-1999
Box 17 Folder 18-19
General (photos, correspondence, short-story), 2001-2006
Box 18 Folder 1
General, 2001-2006
Box 7 Folder 8
Poems, 1995-1996
Box 7 Folder 9
Short Stories, 1987-1992
Box 18 Folder 2-4
Miscellaneous: Billy Collins; Michael Levey; M. Gifford; James; Alan Silittoe; Ruth; Paul Muldoon; Tom Paulin; Stephen Klonimos; Guy Davenport; Scott Donaldson; Robin Robertson; Michele Slung; P.J. Kavanagh; Patricia C. Willis; Jonathan Demme; Rosamond Gifford (with photo.); Diane Middlebrook, 2000
Box 18 Folder 5
Morporgo, Horatio, 2002
Box 7 Folder 10
Morris, Herbert, 2000
Box 18 Folder 6
Muldoon, Paul, 2007
Box 7 Folder 11
Munro, Alice, 1990-2000
Box 18 Folder 7-9
Munro, Alice, 2001-2009
Box 7 Folder 12
N--General, 2001 (Annie Nocenti), 2001
Box 7 Folder 13
Nehamas, Alexander, 1997-1998
Box 7 Folder 14
Nelson, Graham, 1998
Box 7 Folder 15
O--General, 2000 (Jules Olitski), 2000
Box 8 Folder 1
P --General, 1961-1999 (Francis Partridge, Tom Paulin, John Peet, Martin Peretz, Charles Platt, George Plimpton, Allison Prete, Kathrin Perutz), 1961-1999
Box 19 Folder 4
Paris Review, 2003
Box 18 Folder 12-13
Parker, Jill, 2002-2003
Box 18 Folder 14
Parker, Peter, 2001-2002
Box 8 Folder 2
Parker, Robert A., 1997-2001
Box 18 Folder 11
Parker, Robert A., n.d.
Box 18 Folder 16
Paulin, Tom, 2003
Box 8 Folder 3
Perillo, Lucia, 1998-2001
Box 18 Folder 15
Perillo, Lucia, 2002
Box 19 Folder 1-2
Perillo, Lucia, 2004-2010
Box 8 Folder 4
Peterson, Lewis, 2000
Box 8 Folder 5
Plachy, Sylvia, 1989-2000
Box 18 Folder 10
Plachy, Sylvia, 1991-1992
Box 9 Folder 1
Poirier, Richard, 1987-2000
Box 9 Folder 2
Powell, Padgett, 1990-1998
Box 9 Folder 3
Quinn, Alice, 1995-2000
Box 9 Folder 4
R --General, 1990-1999 (Henry Rago, Raritan(Richard Poirier), Henry Reed, Donald Revell, Adrienne Rich, Robin Robertson, Ned Rorem, Suzanne Ruta, Kitty Ross, Royal Society of Literature), 1990-1999
Box 9 Folder 5
Raine, Craig, 1991-2000
Box 9 Folder 6
Reid, Christopher, 1991-2000
Box 19 Folder 3
Reid, Christopher, 2008
Box 9 Folder 7
Ricks, Christopher, 1969-2000
Box 19 Folder 5
Ricks, Christopher, 2004-2010
Box 19 Folder 6
Riding, Laura (photocopies), 1981-82
Box 9 Folder 8
Rofihe, Rick, 1989-1997
Box 9 Folder 9
S --General, 1962-2000 (Harvey Sachs, Lee Savage, Nora Sayre, Salvatore Santagati, Senopolous, Mira Schor, Lloyd Schwartz, Elaine Segal, Gilbert Seldes, Roger Shadduck, Israel Shahak, Jim Shepard, Dennis Silk, Alan Silltoe, Michael Silverblatt, Ken Silverstein, Ilena Smith, Yolanda Sonnabend, Pat Strachan, Muriel Spark, Francis Steegmuller, Max Steele, Donald Stewart, Mark Strand, Paul Strand, René Servoise, Marina Somer, Gerald Silk, Jack Shoemaker, Charles Sarka), 1962-2000
Box 9 Folder 10
Saba, Fauzi, 1998-2000
Box 10 Folder 1
Said, Edward, 1977-2000
Box 10 Folder 2
Salter, James, 1973-1998
Box 19 Folder 8-9
Salter, James, 2003-2007
Box 10 Folder 3
Saunders, Frances Stonor, 1997-1998
Box 10 Folder 4
Savidis, George, 1975-1999
Box 10 Folder 5
Schmidt, Michael, 1997-2001
Box 10 Folder 6
Schneider, Stephen, 1999-2001
Box 10 Folder 7
Schulman, Grace, 1982-1998
Box 10 Folder 8
Sherrill, Robert, 1989-1996
Box 19 Folder 10
Simon, John, 2007
Box 10 Folder 9
Sonnenberg, Susanna, 2000
Box 10 Folder 10
Sorel, Edward, 1990-2000
Box 10 Folder 11
Steinberg, Saul, 1988-1999
Box 19 Folder 11-13
Steinberg, Saul, 1978-1993
Box 10 Folder 12
Stewart, Lucretia, 2000-2001
Box 19 Folder 14
Strand, Paul, n.d.
Box 10 Folder 13
Sweeney, Sean, 1997
Box 10 Folder 14
T--General, 1989-2000 (Dorothy Tanning, Eleanor Ross Taylor, William Tester, Deborah Thomas, Lori Toppel, Jeremy Treglown, Holly Eley Treglown, William Trevor, Jeannie Tift), 1989-2000
Box 10 Folder 15
Tambimuttu, 1956-1960
Box 10 Folder 16
Tanning, Dorothea, 1998-2000
Box 11 Folder 1
Thompson, Virgil, 1960-1989
Box 19 Folder 15
Tift, Jeanne, 2001
Box 11 Folder 2
Train, Michael, 2000
Box 19 Folder 16
Train, Michael, 2001
Box 11 Folder 3
U--General, 1997 (George Urban), 1997
Box 11 Folder 4
V--General, 1999-2000 (Minos Volanakis), 1999-2000
Box 11 Folder 5
W--General, 1989-2000 (Scott Wallace, Marina Warner, Robert A. Wilson, Lindsay Waters, Mike Wallace), 1989-2000
Box 19 Folder 17
Wade, Sidney, 2002
Box 11 Folder 7-10
Wade, Sidney, 1983-2001, (4 Folders)
Box 11 Folder 11
Wade, Sidney--Poems, undated
Box 11 Folder 12
Wheatley, David, 1998-1999
Box 11 Folder 13
Wheelock, John Hall, 1956-1959
Box 11 Folder 14
Williams, Hugo, 1999-2000
Box 11 Folder 6
Wolff, Daniel, 1989-1990
Box 20 Folder 1
Woood, Michael, 2003
Box 20 Folder 2
Wright, Warren Keith, 2007
Box 11 Folder 15
Wypijewski, JoAnn, 1998-1999
Box 11 Folder 16
XYZ--General, 1991-2000 (T. Yoshida, Gavin Young, Kathleen Zane), 1991-2000