Poetry

Series Description From the Series: The extensive correspondence files span 1980-2013 and are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Every correspondent is included in the container list, and when known, organizational affiliations are listed in parenthesis. Individuals with a significant quantity of letters include: Jeffrey Abrahams; Norma Alarcón; Dorothy Allison; Julia Alvarez; Beatrix Badikian; Gertrude Baker; Ruth Behar; Ronnie Burke; Norma Cantu; Ana Castillo; Denise Chávez; Carlos Cumpián; Ted Dvoracek; Gayle...

Series Description From the Series: The extensive correspondence files span 1980-2013 and are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Every correspondent is included in the container list, and when known, organizational affiliations are listed in parenthesis. Individuals with a significant quantity of letters include: Jeffrey Abrahams; Norma Alarcón; Dorothy Allison; Julia Alvarez; Beatrix Badikian; Gertrude Baker; Ruth Behar; Ronnie Burke; Norma Cantu; Ana Castillo; Denise Chávez; Carlos Cumpián; Ted Dvoracek; Gayle...

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Subjects include city and beach scenes, friends. (104 photographs)

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Europe Poems were originally housed together in one folder and date from Cisneros’ time abroad in Greece, 1982-1983. Some were later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman. The poems are arranged alphabetically, with untitled poems and fragments at the end.

Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...

Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Business correspondence relates to Vliet’s writing career, and covers such subjects as writing submissions, editing of works to be published, royalties for published works. Correspondents include various poetry and literary journals, Texas Institute of Letters, the Ford Foundation, and Vliet’s agent, Lucy Kroll, of the Lucy Kroll Agency. Two non-correspondence files were filed by the author with this business correspondence, and are located at the beginning of this group of...

Correspondents Scangarello, Elizabeth (Frederick Community College), 1995; Scanlon, Tom (Hacienda La Puenta School District), 1991; [Scarcliff], Robert and Lupe, 1995; Schaefer, Jan, 1993; Schaefer, Jay (Chronicle Books), 1994; Schaeffer, Glenn (Mandalay Resort Group), 2001-2002; Schenkel, Edna (Program Corporation of America), 1992; Scherer, Carol (American Academy in Berlin), 2011; Schiller, Anne (Gardening Volunteers of South Texas), 2011; Schley, Jim (Tupelo Press), 2010; Schmidt,...

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(13 photographs)

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Subjects include Ray. (33 photographs)

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(20 photographs)

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Pool party for Elvira Cordero Anguiano (24 photographs)

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Alfredo Cisneros de Moral at home with several visitors, Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano (68 photographs)

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Alfredo Cisneros de Moral mostly in bed at this point – Christmas opening gifts, Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano (67 photographs)

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“Road trip to Chicago with Gayle [Elliot]” (29 photographs)

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“I am glad my father is alive – weak and frail but still – Thank God – with us.” Subjects include Alfredo Cisneros de Moral, Elvira Cordero Anguiano (30 photographs)

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Alfredo Cisneros de Moral’s Birthday celebration, Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano (46 photographs)

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Subjects include dogs and Ray. (14 photographs)

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Subjects include Ray. (18 photographs)

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Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

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Drafts of plays (mostly handwritten in pencil and annotated) and typescripts (mostly mimeographs or photocopies with annotations) are arranged in this subseries in alphabetical order. For reviews and further information regarding the author’s plays, see Series II: Personal, Newsclippings.