American poetry -- Texas
Found in 978 Collections and/or Records:
Notebooks, Circa August 7, 1974 - circa September 18, 1974
Poems and prose writings. About 100 pages. "Son of Big Chief" writing tablet.
Notebooks, Circa January 15, 1975
Drafts and annotated poems. Includes "Texas series," and prose poem. 19 pages.
Notebooks, May 22, 1975 - circa June 1975
Oversized journal from trip to Canada. Includes laid in watercolor, various sketches, diary entries and notes, and laid- in correspondence to family. Two color snapshots of Nye and others.
Notebooks, June 6, 1976 - circa February 1982
Several diary entries, notes, and poems. 71 pages.
Notebooks, October 6, 1976 - undated
Notebooks, January 21, 1978 - May 31, 1979
Poetry drafts, sketches, "Sweet Home Saga," stories about driving across Texas, poem "Afternoon in Kerrville, Texas." 30 pages.
Notebooks, September 1978
Poems, notes to self. Includes original annotated draft of poem "Kindness," also "A Survey of Bread in Popayan Colombia," "One Thing Beside Another Does Not Shine," "The Stolen Camera," "A Letter Home," "Neruda," notes for poems, "It Is What It Is." 31 pages.
Notebooks, September 4, 1978 - circa October 11, 1978
Journal kept during Nye's honeymoon in South America. Mostly diary entries, some poem ideas and drafts. Includes laid-in correspondence from Aziz Shihab. 106 pages.
Notebooks, Before 1980
Poems and drafts. 10 pages. Includes draft of “Different Ways to Pray,” “Still Waiting on a Dull Moment,” and notes on instruction.
Notebooks, July 4, 1980 - circa February 23, 1998
"Traveling Journal-California July 4-6, 1980 - Additional Na Bolom notes 1985." Notes for story "Pablo," poem draft "Gabriel," draft story "Camel Like Only Camel," extensive notes labeled "Peter Mattheissen, Trinity, Feb. 23 '98," and some notes labeled "Coleman Barks UTSA, Feb, 1998." 23 pages.
Notebooks, December 23, 1984 - April 8, 1985
Diary entries for Nepal, Cairo, and Palestine, including family visits, and Delhi, India; sketch, notes on camels, "memorable characters." Poem drafts "San Cristobal," "Camel Like Only Camel," and prose "Mister Potato," and list of "homes enroute." 71 pages.
Notebooks, Circa April 22 - circa November 28, 1987
Notes, recipe, journal entries in Maine, poem draft "A Definite Shore," "The Endless Indian Nights," "Tea Seller, Rajasthan," "Winter in Your Part of the World," "At Mother Theresa's," "Eureka Springs, Arkansas," "Arizona," "Corsicana," "Call Me Ben," journal entries in Texas, "Thunder," Cuernavaca, Mexico, "Frida Kahlo's House," Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Denver, and others. 60 pages.
Notebooks, September 17, 1987 - May 1, 1995
Journal entries from San Cristóbal, poem drafts "Mercado," "Blue Island of Old Friends," "The Hidden Heart of Mexico," journal entry after father's surgery, "From Bangalore," "The Length of Red Tape," "Merwin's Wall," "Beyond the Kitchen Window," journal entries on traveling, " Aziz Meets a Bear Near Cloudcroft, New Mexico," "Where Nye, Oregon Isn't Anymore." 76 pages.
Notebooks, March 12 - August 4, 1991 and March 11, 1992 - undated
Journal entries New York City, poem drafts throughout, laid-in poems by others, Kim Stafford workshop notes from Our Lady of the Lake, sketched map of Nye's neighborhood, "Arts Magnet" notes, El Paso Community College workshop and elementary school workshop notes, About 120 pages.
Notebooks, September 8 - November 20, 1991 and circa April 11, 1992
Laid in annotated poetry writing workshop outline; journal entries from Hawai'i; Bonassi poem "One Hammer;" Madison Nye poem "Healed;" many annotated poem drafts; "The Burning House," "Violin," "School bell," and "Faces Under Occupation. About 120 pages.
Notebooks, November 28, 1991 - November 25, 1992
Annotated poem drafts. Sections titled "Thanksgiving at [W.S.] Merwin's," "Cairo," "Jordan," "Essay/letters to Alix," Rochester, Scranton PA, "Notes for Piece for Anton." Journal entries from Jerusalem. About 70 pages.
Notebooks, May, 1992 - circa December 1992, undated
First notes and lines of "Maintenance," annotated poem drafts, notes for reading and workshop. About 100 pages.
Notebooks, January 2, 1993 - circa November 19, 1993
Labeled "1993 Notebook." Annotated poems, journal entries. About 50 pages.
Notebooks, Circa March 22 - April 13, 1993
Notes for readings, journal entries in Jerusalem, annotated poems. About 100 pages.
Notebooks, Circa 1993, February 1998, and undated
Poems, notes, notes on other's readings. About 30 pages.