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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

“Style Exercises Emulating Pieces in The House on Mango Street", March 21, 1995

 File — Box 264, Folder: 12
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...
Dates: March 21, 1995

Subject Files, undated

 Sub-Series
Sub-Series Description

Handwritten and typed notes, clippings, and photocopies, arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s subject categories, comprise the majority of this subseries. Also included are several folders of topographical and road maps of various Texas counties and other locations.

Dates: undated

Subject Files, undated

 Series
Series Description Subject files are divided into three sub-series: People (boxes 275-281); General Subject Files (boxes 281-282); and Publishing (box 283). The files include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other articles about the subjects. The bulk of the series is People – primarily other writers and artists such as Harriet Doerr, Andre Dubus, Louise Erdrich, Allen Ginsberg, Marga Gomez, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez, Jessica Hagedorn, Sophia Healy, Oscar Hijuelos, Frida Kahlo, Pat LittleDog, César Martínez,...
Dates: undated

Sullivan High School, Chicago

 File — Box 259, Folder: 9-10
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...
Dates: 2009

“Summer with Dennis and Michael Cunningham and friends,” Provincetown Massachusetts, 1982

 File — Box 172, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Michael Cunningham, Dennis Mathis, Jerry Mathis, Andres, Jamie, Katie, Sarah. (89 photographs)

Dates: 1982

Summer workshop, 1988

 File — Box 29, Folder: 11
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...
Dates: 1988

“Summer writing workshop” San Antonio, 2001

 File — Box 203, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

(10 photographs)

Dates: 2001

“Summer/Mexico – D.F. Chipas”, 1985

 File — Box 174, Folder: 5-6
Scope and Contents

Landmarks and markets; a few in houses. (2 folders; 87 and 79 photographs)

Dates: 1985

“Sunday, Sunday,” [poem], 3 photocopy pages, no corrections

 File — Box 45, Folder: 14
Subseries Description From the Series: Short Stories span 1982-2012 and are arranged alphabetically. A number of stories were originally housed in a folder title “Antojitos collection,” dating from 1982-1987. These stories were kept together in box 45, folders 1-15. The rest of the short stories follow, and are also arranged alphabetically. Many include multiple drafts, with stories such as “Machu Pichu,” “Martita te Requerdo,” and “The Snow Queen,” a poem inspired by former San Antonio mayor, Henry Cisneros, comprising several...
Dates: circa 1982-1987, undated

“Suppose a Wind”; Annotated typescript drafts

 File — Box 2779, Folder: 6
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials from author Miles Wilson dating 1965-2016. Material includes correspondence pertaining to the acquisition of the J. Frank Dobie papers by William Wittliff and the inception of the Southwest Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University) San Marcos, Texas, as well as annotated drafts of early poetry and short prose; submissions to various poetry and short story anthologies; rejection slips and editor correspondence. The bulk of the material...
Dates: 1965 - 2016

Susan Bergholz’s Caramelo Files, 1994 - 2001

 Sub-subseries
Contents

Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.

Dates: 1994 - 2001

“Sweetly Sings the Mocker” (typescript), undated

 Sub-Series — Box 23, Folder: 9
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: undated

Syllabi for English 143B/2 “Verse” and English 220B-01 “Advanced Fiction Writing,” class record book, letters of reference, student self-evaluations

 File — Box 31, Folder: 9
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...
Dates: 1987 - 1988

Syllabi for Humanities 170SB “Chicana Writers,” assignments, course packets, course report

 File — Box 32, Folder: 2
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...
Dates: 1989 - 1990

Syllabi for Humanities 29346 “Rediscovering the Short Story,” attendance sheets, class notes, course record, class evaluations, student self-evaluations

 File — Box 32, Folder: 7
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...
Dates: 1989 - 1990

Syllabus for “Gender and Literature / Ocho modo de sur / another way to be: Latina in the U.S.,” course description, notes

 File — Box 33, Folder: 2
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...
Dates: 1989-1990, 1993

Syllabus for “Poor Excuses to Get Us Writing: a creative writing workshop,” course offerings, class registry, student ‘zines

 File — Box 33, Folder: 7
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Professional Appointments represent a bulk of the series and documents numerous teaching positions Cisneros held from 1978-1993. Positions include those at Latino Youth Alternative High School, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Texas Lutheran University, California State University-Chico, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of New Mexico. Of note are various syllabi and readings Cisneros used for teaching. For example, at...
Dates: 1989-1990, 1993

“Symphony at the Herod Atticus Theatre,” 1 typed page, corrected

 File — Box 43, Folder: 61
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1982 - 1983

Synopsis, themes, and character analysis for Fire Season

 File — Box 2488, Folder: 10
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials following the career of Texas State University professor and writer, Miles Wilson from 1966-2016. Majority of the materials in the collection are manuscript drafts for Line of Fall and Fire Season. Included are book catalogs; royalties for the drafts; and characters analyses and synopsis for Fire Season. Some of the materials within the collection are in poor condition because they were charred in a fire. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Wilson’s original...
Dates: 1966 - 2014

Syosset High School, NY

 File — Box 255, Folder: 7
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...
Dates: 2004