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American poetry -- Texas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 978 Collections and/or Records:

"Plans of Action, SAISD, 1977-78 (Exercise ideas)", 1977 - 1978

 File — Box 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Writing prompts and descriptions, poem draft "My Body is a Mystery." 42 pages.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

Poem, Oversized, January 1, 2001

 File — Box 54, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

"Clean Slate," New York Times

Dates: January 1, 2001

Poems, circa 1970s - circa 2010s

 Sub-Series
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 - circa 2010s

Poems

 File — Box 12, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

With annotations.

Dates: 1998

Poems and lessons, 2005-2014, undated

 File — Box 39, Folder: 3
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: 2005-2014, undated

“Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, music by Laszlo Slomovits", 2010

 File — Box 45, Folder: 6
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2 audio CDs and correspondence from Slomovits

Dates: 2010

Poems, Oversized, Jan/Feb 1986

 File — Box 49, Folder: 16
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"Rain," Communities. "The Round Window Waits with its Eye Half Open," "Quiet of the Mind," "So There," "Concrete," ¡Tex! "The Traveling Onion," and Interview with Michael and Naomi Shihab Nye, Forum.

Dates: Jan/Feb 1986

Poetry

 File — Box 48, Folder: 4
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: 1981-2014 , undated

Poetry Editor, The Texas Observer, July 28, 1995

 File — Box 25, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Journals and magazines containing poems or prose by Nye. Also includes poetry edited by Nye and an interview. Incomplete runs of Cedar Rock and Organica, containing poetry and edited poetry. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: July 28, 1995

Poetry Editor, The Texas Observer, December 25, 1998

 File — Box 26, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Journals and magazines containing poems or prose by Nye. Also includes poetry edited by Nye and an interview. Incomplete runs of Cedar Rock and Organica, containing poetry and edited poetry. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: December 25, 1998

Poetry Editor, The Texas Observer, August 13, 2005

 File — Box 26, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Journals and magazines containing poems or prose by Nye. Also includes poetry edited by Nye and an interview. Incomplete runs of Cedar Rock and Organica, containing poetry and edited poetry. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: August 13, 2005

Poetry Editor,The Texas Observer, November 22, 2002

 File — Box 26, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Journals and magazines containing poems or prose by Nye. Also includes poetry edited by Nye and an interview. Incomplete runs of Cedar Rock and Organica, containing poetry and edited poetry. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: November 22, 2002

"Poetry workbook", circa 1976

 File — Box 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Annotated poems, "The Little Things Which Keep us Alive," "The Violin Teacher," "Lunch With the Cousins," "The Surgeon," "Bad Days," "She Sits in the Living Room," "Four Late Songs," "The World's Largest Pecan," "Kansas," "What the Indian is Looking At," "Man with a Clarinet," "Girl on the Rock, Galveston, Texas," "Roller-skating in 1976," "For Thomas Wolfe, If He'll Take It," "My Father and the Fig Tree," "Days Like This," "How Arabs Have Babies," "The Worst Agony is You Driving Away,"...
Dates: circa 1976

"PoetryLife" , 2013

 File — Box 2, Folder: 4
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...
Dates: 2013

Post-publication, 1992 - 1993

 File — Box 12, Folder: 5
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: 1992 - 1993

Post-publication

 File — Box 16, Folder: 11
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: 2005

“Prayer in My Boot", 2012

 File — Box 28, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

St. Louis County Attorney's Office 2012 Annual Report

Dates: 2012

Presents from Martha to Crumley: poetry and artwork , undated

 File — Box 1896, Folder: 6
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

“Presidential Memorial Veteran Certificate” , undated

 File — Box 1896, Folder: 11
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

Printed materials, Oversized

 File — Box 52, Folder: 13
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: 1981-2014 , undated