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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Hudson Review, 1961 - 1980

 File — Box 32, Folder: 18
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...
Dates: 1961 - 1980

Wilson Hudson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-117
Abstract

The Wilson Hudson Collection consists of his papers and includes off-prints, manuscripts and drafts, correspondence, photographs, newspapers, obituaries, and personal papers. There is also a substantial amount of material relating to the Texas Folklore Society.

Dates: 1936-1998

“Huelo a Viejo,” 1 typed page, minor corrections

 File — Box 42, Folder: 17
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1971 - 1985

Hughes Lali “Sandra Cisneros The House on East Guenther Street A journal of the Poet, author and feminist original", undated

 File — Box 266, Folder: 14
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: undated

“Huipiles,” multiple drafts; 11 page Spanish translation by Liliana Valenzuela (2 folders), June-October, 2007

 File — Box 38, Folder: 25-26
Series Description From the Series:

Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

Dates: June-October, 2007

Hull, Sonia [see also box 137, fldr 6], 1986, 1989-1991, 2003, undated

 File — Box 121, Folder: 10
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...
Dates: 1986, 1989-1991, 2003, undated

“Husband in the Garden”; Typescript copy of poem

 File — Box 2778, Folder: 37
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

“Hydra – 4 A.M.,” 1 photocopy page

 File — Box 43, Folder: 27
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

Hydra (4 photo albums), 1984

 Item — Box 168
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Photo Albums comprise nine intact albums from Hydra, Greece (1984), Yugoslavia, now Croatian Republic of Herzog-Bosnia (1985), the Dobie Paisano Ranch, Texas (1985), and various travels (1990s).

Dates: 1984

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 File — Box 121, Folder: 11
Correspondents Ibarreche, Alejandro Elias, 1994; Idalia, Hector and Elsa, 1999; Illinois Center for the Book, 1995; Illy, 2012; Imagine Publications, 1986, 1991; Inez, Valéntina, undated; Ingber, Stacy, 2001, 2003, 2006-2007; Innocentes, Los, 1998; International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, undated; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, undated; Isaman, Jim and Ray Pulido, 1993; Isele, Elizabeth, 1995, 2002, undated; Isenberg, Steven (PEN American Center), 2011;...
Dates: 1980 - 2013

“I am Going to Write a Poem,” 1 typed page, corrected; 1 typed page, no corrections, January 1992

 File — Box 44, Folder: 11
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Later Poems span 1985-2014 and did not come in any original order. They are arranged alphabetically. Most poems are single drafts, but or insight into Cisneros’ revision process, there are eight progressive drafts of the 1995 poem “Morning After Tango.”

Dates: January 1992

“I am on My Way to Oklahoma to Bury the Man I Nearly Left My Husband For,”1 typescript page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, no corrections; 1 photocopy of published version [correspondence with Joan Frederick (Denton) for the inspiration for this poem is restricted], December 3, 1990

 File — Box 55, Folder: 16
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: December 3, 1990

“I am So Depressed I Feel Like Jumping in the River Behind My House but Won’t Because I Am Thirty-Eight and Not Eighteen,” 1 photocopy page, no corrections (4 copies), July 3, 1993

 File — Box 55, Folder: 17
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: July 3, 1993

“I am So Dumb,” 1 typed page, no corrections

 File — Box 42, Folder: 18
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1971 - 1985

“I am So in Love I Grow a New Hymen,” 1 photocopy page (2 copies), July 14, 1992

 File — Box 55, Folder: 18
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: July 14, 1992

"I Awake in the Middle of the Night and Wonder if You’ve Been Taken,” 1 photocopy page, no corrections, June 3, 1993

 File — Box 55, Folder: 15
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: June 3, 1993

“I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work,” presented as the keynote speech for “Redefining Legacies: Power in Transition,” Women’s Caucus for the Arts National Conference, San Antonio. [Later published in La Voz de Esperanza, March 1995] 10 pages, no corrections, January 24, 1995

 File — Box 38, Folder: 28
Series Description From the Series:

Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

Dates: January 24, 1995

“I Don’t Like Being in Love,” 1 typed page, no corrections; 3 print out pages, no corrections

 File — Box 55, Folder: 19
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: 1988-1993; 1997

“I Let Him Take Me,” 1 typed page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, October 17, 1991

 File — Box 55, Folder: 20
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: October 17, 1991

“I Want to Be a Father Like a Man,” 1 typed page, no corrections, Spring 1982

 File — Box 55, Folder: 21
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: Spring 1982