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 File — Box: 9, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

“Poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye,” includes “Voices,” “For the 500th Dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh,” “If God Won’t Take Me, Why Won’t the Devil?,” “Making a Fist,” “Shoulders,” “Morning Paper, Society Page,” “Famous,” “Texas, the First Time,” and “What Is Supposed to Happen,” 2 typewritten pages. “Poetry Reading on Wednesday, February 11, 1987," a selection of 10 poems from Yellow Glove, including “The Gardener,” “Looking for the Cat Grave,” “Telling the Story,” “What is Given, What Is Not Given,” “The Use of Fiction,” “Two Countries,” “Jerusalem,” “When the Flag is Raised – for Judith McPheron,” “Rain,” and “Dew.” 2 typewritten pages. “The Porch of Mr. Laguna,” “Teacher, Teacher,” “Sometimes the Indians,” and “At my 20th high school reunion,” 4 printout pages. “Shoulders,” “How to Paint a Donkey,” “Famous,” “Rebellion Against the North Side,” “The Flying Cat,” “Rain,” “The Mother Writes to the Murderer: A Letter,” “The Little Brother Poem,” and “One Boy Told Me,” 2 typewritten pages. “Sky Pie Written in Houston Traffic,” “I guess I’ll just do what I can see,” “God Bless You Little Old Nowhere Man on the Corner,” “While on a Trip to Florida,” “Sequel to Even When I’m Not With You,” “For Stephen Foster,” “Those Coming In and Those Coming Out,” “I can imagine being old and dying inside,” “My Protest Poem (No Belligerence, Just Fact),” “Protest Song #2,” “A Letter to My Love Who is Far Away Down the Same Coast,” “Long,” 11 handwritten pages with corrections. “Thinking of an Island Far Away,” "On My Father's 65th Birthday," and "Two Boys and a Hose in May," 3 handwritten pages with corrections. “Two Pages of Moments,” circa 1974, “The Hair,” “Monday,” “While Sitting in My William Blake Class,” “So You Are Going to be a Writer,” “The Same Old Songs,” “Upon Visiting Your Room for the Second-to-Last Time,” “Our Job,” “New Skills,” 2 typewritten pages. “Two Pictures – for Jane,” circa 1968, “Be Willing – In Celebration of the Life of Jane Browne Bove,” 1 printout page with handwritten note. "The United States is Not the World," "Our Best Selves," and "Wee Path," 4 printout pages. “An Unobscure Poem for William Blake,” circa 1972, “We have traveled, we have been to other countries,” “Dying,” “On Counting Chickens,” “Soft Returns,” “Pockets,” and “So You Are Going to be a Writer,” 3 typewritten pages. “The Whole Self,” “The Shopper,” “Over the Fence,” and “Making a Fist,” photocopy of 1 typewritten page.

Dates

  • circa 1970s - circa 2010s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Series: 30 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the The Wittliff Collections Repository

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