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American poetry -- Texas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 978 Collections and/or Records:

9 optical discs, 1991-2014, undated

 File — Box 31, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: The largest series by far is Works. Subseries include Diaries, Notebooks, Appointment Books, Artwork, Early Work, Music, Poems, Monographs-Poetry, Monographs-Edited Poetry, Monographs-Prose, Editor Correspondence, Short Stories, Essays, Publications, Artbooks, Broadsides, and Talks.Diaries and Notebooks are arranged chronologically and include diary entries starting at age eight, and ideas and drafts for poems and longer writings. Individual works are noted where possible....
Dates: 1991-2014, undated

"(13) Ways to Look", 1984-1999, undated

 File — Box 39, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Instruction Series documents Nye’s considerable teaching work for twelve years in public schools across Texas as part of the Texas Commission on the Arts Writers in the Schools Programs, and in other parts of the United States and particularly the Arabic-speaking world. The bulk of the materials consists of student poems, collected into photocopied or mimeographed publications, many from San Antonio Independent School District schools. Also included are single poems and songs, and...
Dates: 1984-1999, undated

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, 2002

 Sub-subseries
Scope and Contents

See also Editor's Correspondence, 2001-2002 for correspondence with Virginia Duncan, including drafts of introduction.

Dates: 2002

“2007 File”- Magazine articles; USA Today reviews (including Crumley’s review of “Lonesome Dove”); correspondence, 2007

 File — Box 1894, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates: 2007

2014-140

 Series
Scope and Contents Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates: circa 1962-2014

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 File — Box 31, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Aaker, Linda. Abu Nab, Ibrahim (Trimedia). Adamo, Ralph (The Barataria Review). Adams, Michael (The University of Texas at Austin). Adamshick, Carl. Ahmed, Kamaluddin (Ahmed Publishing House). Alejandro, Ann. Alexander, Kwame. Alexander, Meena. Ali, Ahmed. Allyn, Pam. Amico, Sam. Amir, Ronny. Anderson, Teresa. Anker, Mary. Aragon, Margo and Horace Axtell. Araguz, Jose Angel. Armitage, Simon. Atlee, Champ (The Lawrenceville School). Atwan, Robert (The Best American Essays). Austin, Brad.

Dates: circa 1970s - 2010s

A

 File — Box 7, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents “Abandoned Post Office, Big Bend, Texas,” “Above the Weather,” “Acrostic,” “Acupuncture,” “The Address Book of a Lonely Man,” “Adios,” “After Being Recognized at the Museum,” "After Everything," "After Him Everything Changed,” “After School,” “Air,” “The Air Inside Each Car,” “Aleppo,” “Alice,” “All day long a poem has been coming and here it is,” “All Our Early Words,” “All We Will Not Know – for Adriana Corral,” “Allah Sees You Whip the Dog,” “Alma Mater,” “Alphabet,” “Am I your horizon,”...
Dates: circa 1970s - circa 2010s

A-B

 File — Box 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents "The Albany Song,” "Aleppo Song," "Amigo of the City - Henry B. [Henry Barrientos],” "And I Don't Know if It's Possible," "And if I came to See you Now," "The Ants Dance," "Anyway," "April's Creed," "The Ballad of Empty Hook," "Balloon,” "Behind the Blind," "Believer From a Long Way Back," "Beloved, I listen hard through all the quiet days," "Beloved, we've traveled far through all the distant days," "Blue," "Board of Trustees," "The Breaking of Blue," "Bridge cross the river," "Bridge over...
Dates: circa 1978-1980, undated

“A Few Notes on Humility", August 20, 1995

 File — Box 33
Scope and Contents

Texas

Dates: August 20, 1995

A Maze Me: Poems for Girls, 2005

 Sub-subseries
Scope and Contents

Correspondence including draft of introduction in Editor Correspondence, Feb.-March 2004.

Dates: 2005

“A Message from the Corner of Space and Time” short story draft, undated

 File — Box 1892, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates: undated

“A No-Poem for Here and Now” and Untitled Poem, 1972

 File — Box 23, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

The Folder

Dates: 1972

“A Story Book”, 1959

 File — Box 49, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Illustrated handmade book of poetry, Central School, Ferguson, Missouri. 21 pages.

Dates: 1959

“A Strange Thing Happened", 2010

 File — Box 27, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Dear Frau Bleibtreu, LiteraturRaum

Dates: 2010

A Taste of Palestine, 1993

 File — Box 47, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Works by Others include musical and theatrical adaptations of Nye’s works, Artist Files compiled by Shihab Nye, and Collected and Received materials. Artist Files include clippings on Ashley Bryan, who illustrated Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets. Artist Files also include drafts, clippings, publications, correspondence, and other materials by Texas writers Roberto Bonazzi, Sandra Cisneros, Albert Huffstickler, Jack Myers, John Phillip Santos, and San Antonio politician Maury...
Dates: 1993

A-Z, circa 1970s - 2010s

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Correspondence Series is divided into A-Z and Family. Note that correspondence with Virginia Duncan is included in Works-Editor Correspondence. Correspondence A-Z is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and includes personal and business correspondence. Letters and emails may include poems by correspondent; this information and the institution and/or related work by Nye is noted when known. Correspondents with multiple letters are housed in separate folders; these include Roberto...
Dates: circa 1970s - 2010s

About - Bridging

 File — Box 21, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

"About," "Affirmations of of Loyalty," "All Trekked Out: A Non-Trekkie at a Star Trek Convention," "The Alpine Express," "The American Cultural Center in Dhaka, Bangladesh," "At Once," "Banned Poem (East Jerusalem, 1992)," "Beautiful Strangers," "Before you gobble that dinner," "Blood," "Bread," "Breaking the Sound Barrier," "Bridging the Waters"

Dates: circa 1970s - 2010s

Adaptations, 1997 - 2015

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series: Works by Others include musical and theatrical adaptations of Nye’s works, Artist Files compiled by Shihab Nye, and Collected and Received materials. Artist Files include clippings on Ashley Bryan, who illustrated Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets. Artist Files also include drafts, clippings, publications, correspondence, and other materials by Texas writers Roberto Bonazzi, Sandra Cisneros, Albert Huffstickler, Jack Myers, John Phillip Santos, and San Antonio politician Maury...
Dates: 1997 - 2015

Adlai Shihab, 2005, 2013, undated

 File — Box 37, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the series is composed of correspondence between Naomi Shihab Nye and her parents, Aziz and Miriam Shihab. Also contains correspondence from Nye’s husband, Michael Nye, and their son, Madison Cloudfeather Nye. Correspondents also include Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Allwardt (Miriam Nye’s parents), Nina and Paul Nye (Michael Nye’s parents), Ellen R. Fehr, a cousin, and Nye’s brother Adlai and his wife Janis.

Dates: 2005, 2013, undated

"Adolph's Store & Cafe"

 File — Box 21, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Series: The largest series by far is Works. Subseries include Diaries, Notebooks, Appointment Books, Artwork, Early Work, Music, Poems, Monographs-Poetry, Monographs-Edited Poetry, Monographs-Prose, Editor Correspondence, Short Stories, Essays, Publications, Artbooks, Broadsides, and Talks.Diaries and Notebooks are arranged chronologically and include diary entries starting at age eight, and ideas and drafts for poems and longer writings. Individual works are noted where possible....
Dates: circa 1970s - 2010s