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Series I: Papers related to "Conversations with American Writers" (1984), circa 1984
Eight folders of papers relating to Ruas's 1984 book "Conversations with American Writers." Primarily corrected typescripts, also interview releases and a small amount of correspondence.
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Normal Mailer (corrected typescript)
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Toni Morrison (corrected typescript)
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Susan Sontag (corrected galley)
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Gore Vidal (letter, corrected typescript)
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Eudora Welty (corrected typescript)
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Marguerite Young (corrected typescript)
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Introduction; Susan Sontag; Maxine Hong Kingston; Scott Spencer (typescript)
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Releases
Series II: Audio recordings, 1970s-1980s
Series is closed pending digitization.
Recordings of interviews/radio broadcasts with notable literary persons (some are interviews by Charles Ruas), while others appear to be discussions about people or recordings of performances. 95 large reel-to-reel tape boxes; 34 small reel-to-reel tape boxes; 16 audiocassette tapes. The open-reel tapes are primarily WBAI-related material. The cassette tapes cassettes contain literary interviews conducted for outlets such as the Soho Weekly News, The New York Times, and The Paris Review.