American poetry -- Texas

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"Leaving Home," "The Little Boy and the Sun," "Little Dog of Sadness," "Little Nomad," "Local Hospitality," "Long Overdue," "The Losing Book," "Lost Camel at McKenzie Bridge."

Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal and Biographical materials contain legal, family, and biographical materials, and photographic materials. Legal documents include contracts and copyright papers for very early works and songs, library card, vaccinations and passport. Biographical material includes multiple vitas, online biographies and publication lists, and school and family documents. Of note is a college reunion questionnaire and a Guggenheim application with reference letter from Charles Busch. Photographs many...

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...

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...

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Include poems or drawings

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Include poems or drawings

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Donnelly, Timothy (Poetry Society). Elleman, Barbara (Book Links). Gwynn, Sam (Lamar University). Jones, Margot C. Karl (Pitt Poetry Series). Karakashian, Levon. Landers, Ann. Madden, Hope. Merrill, Chris (Ars Poetica anthology). "To the Editor." Villareal, Marti (Arts America Program).

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The Alan Review

Scope and Contents “Like a spectator at a football game,” “Linked,” undated, “Little Blanco River,” “Little Boy Calling Mama,” “Little Neighborhood Things,” “The Little Pitcher,” “Live Models,” “Lives of the Women Poets,” “Living Alone Inside One’s Own Body,” “Living at the Airport,” “Living Where We Do,” “Living With Art,” “Lizard,” “Lobster Knocking on the Lid of a Pan,” “Locusts’ Lament,” “The Loneliness of Having a Baby,” “Long Distance,” “Longview County Fair,” “Long Match,” “Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga...

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Includes contributor list and multiple drafts removed from Editor's Correspondence.

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...

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...

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Stories

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....

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Mackechnie, Anne. Mackechnie, Bill. MacMillen, Ann. Maksoud, Hala (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee). Maher, Terre. Majaj, Lisa Suhair. Manack, Jessica. Marans, Leonard. Marchant, Fred. Martinez, Dionisio. Mathers, Doug. Mathers, Petra. Mattawa, Khaled (Princeton University). Matthews, Joanne. Matthiessen, Maria and Peter. Maverick, Julia Orynski. Maynard, James (University of Buffalo).

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"Meditation," "More Like Me," "Mostly now my dreams have been serene," "My body is a mystery," "My closet is a little place," "My Heart is Torn Like a Chicken Bone in Two," "My Song," "New Year Song," "Nice," "No Inclinations," "Nobody Home," "Nobody Thinks of Dying in the Middle of the Day."

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...

Scope and Contents “Mad," “Made of Wood,” “Magician,” “Magnetic Poetry Kit,” “Mail,” “Maître D’,” “Making a Fist,” “The Man Who Hated Trees,” “The Man Who Makes Brooms, Jerusalem, 1983,” “The Man Who Quoted Thoreau in the Laundromat,” “The Man Who Screamed in His House,” “The Man Who Steals Newspapers,” “The Many Hats of William Yale,” “Map,” “Margaret,” “Marilyn,” “Marriage,” “Martita y Luisa,” “Maui—In Trade,” “Max,” “Meat,” “Meditation," “Memphis – for Carmon,” “Message,” “Message in the thin wind before...

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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.

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....