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Acknowledgments |
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Chronology |
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Editors' Introduction |
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Part One The Charm, 1945-1952: Burma, New Hampshire, Aix-En-Provence |
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Letter To Genevieve and Helen Creeley 1/20/45 |
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3 | (1) |
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Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 4/13/45 |
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4 | (2) |
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Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 5/10/45 |
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6 | (2) |
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Letter to Genevieve Creeley 5/15/45 |
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8 | (1) |
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Letter to Bob Leed 6/21/48 |
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8 | (5) |
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Letter to Bob Leed [ ca. August 1948] |
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13 | (5) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 2/11/50 |
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18 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 2/27/50 |
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19 | (3) |
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Letter to Larry Eigner [ ca. February 1950] |
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22 | (3) |
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Letter to Ezra Pound 4/14/50 |
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25 | (2) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 4/15/50 |
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27 | (1) |
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Letter to Cid Corman [ 4/23/50] |
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28 | (4) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 4/24/50 |
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32 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 4/24/50 |
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33 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 4/28/50 |
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34 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 6/5/50 |
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35 | (6) |
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Letter to Dorothy Pound 6/15/50 |
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41 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 6/21/50 |
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42 | (2) |
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Letter to Charles Olson [ 10/18/50] |
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44 | (5) |
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Letter to Charles Olson [ 11/9/50] |
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49 | (2) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn [ 11/29/50] |
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51 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson [ 12/7/50] |
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52 | (3) |
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Letter to Mitch Goodman [ 1951] |
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55 | (5) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov and Mitch Goodman 4/18/51 |
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60 | (4) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 4/22/51 |
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64 | (8) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 5/23/51 |
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72 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/29/51 |
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73 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/1/51 |
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74 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 9/27/51 |
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75 | (2) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 10/3/51 |
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77 | (5) |
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Letter to Mitch Goodman 10/3/51 |
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82 | (2) |
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Letter to Horace Schwartz [ late 1951] |
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84 | (2) |
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Letter to Larry Eigner [ undated, 1951] |
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86 | (2) |
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Letter to Rene Laubies [ 5/25/52] |
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88 | (2) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 6/22/52 |
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90 | (5) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/27/52 |
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95 | (2) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 7/15/52 |
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97 | (6) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 7/19/52 |
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103 | (4) |
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Part Two Black Mountain Review, 1953-1956: Mallorca, Black Mountain, San Francisco |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/9/53 |
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107 | (2) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 4/8/53 |
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109 | (5) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 7/19/53 |
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114 | (3) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 9/17/53 |
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117 | (1) |
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Letter to Jonathan Williams 9/23/53 |
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118 | (2) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 10/15/53 |
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120 | (3) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 2/3/54 |
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123 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/6/54 |
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124 | (1) |
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Letter to Kenneth Rexroth 8/14/54 |
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125 | (1) |
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Letter to Kenneth Rexroth 8/19/54 |
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126 | (3) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/21/54 |
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129 | (1) |
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Letter to Louis Zukofsky 11/10/54 |
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130 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 11/25/54 |
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131 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/6/54 |
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132 | (4) |
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Letter to Cid Corman 12/24/54 |
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136 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/26/55 |
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137 | (2) |
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Letter to Alexander Trocchi 4/23/55 |
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139 | (2) |
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Letter to Jack Spicer 9/5/55 |
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141 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 9/6/55 |
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142 | (3) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 9/24/55 |
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145 | (2) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 10/31/55 |
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147 | (2) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 5/17/56 |
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149 | (1) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 5/26/56 |
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150 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 5/28/56 |
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151 | (6) |
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Part Three For Love, 1956-1963: New Mexico, Guatemala, Vancouver |
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Letter to Mitch Goodman 7/18/56 |
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157 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/8/56 |
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158 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg [ 9/19/56] |
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159 | (3) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 10/11/56 |
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162 | (1) |
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Letter to Mitch Goodman 11/4/56 |
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163 | (2) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/1/57 |
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165 | (3) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 1/23/57 |
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168 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 2/6/57 |
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169 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 4/27/57 |
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171 | (3) |
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Postcard to Donald M. Allen [ undated, ca. 1958] |
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174 | (1) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 1/31/58 |
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174 | (1) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 3/8/58 |
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175 | (3) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 4/22/58 |
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178 | (1) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov and Mitch Goodman 8/13/58 |
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179 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 11/16/58 |
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181 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 8/20/59 |
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182 | (2) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 9/7/59 |
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184 | (3) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 9/28/59 |
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187 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan [ undated, ca. October 1959] |
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188 | (2) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 10/20/59 |
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190 | (1) |
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Letter to Genevieve Creeley 10/26/59 |
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191 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 10/26/59 |
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193 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 10/31/59 |
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194 | (2) |
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Letter to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) 11/8/59 |
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196 | (2) |
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Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 12/16/59 |
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198 | (2) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/24/59 |
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200 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 12/24/59 |
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201 | (5) |
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Letter to Jonathan Williams 1/5/60 |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (3) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/10/60 |
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210 | (3) |
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Letter to Donald M. Allen 1/16/60 |
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213 | (1) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 3/16/60 |
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214 | (3) |
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Letter to Louis Zukofsky 3/30/60 |
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217 | (1) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 4/24/60 |
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218 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 9/14/60 |
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220 | (3) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 9/21/60 |
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223 | (2) |
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Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 11/6/60 |
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225 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 11/20/60 |
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227 | (2) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/18/60 |
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229 | (1) |
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Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 12/18/60 |
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230 | (3) |
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Letter to Hugh Kenner 12/18/60 |
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233 | (2) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/11/61 |
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235 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 1/19/61 |
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237 | (3) |
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Letter to Tom Raworth 1/23/61 |
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240 | (2) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 1/29/61 |
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242 | (2) |
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Letter to Louis Zukofsky 3/17/61 |
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244 | (3) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 3/26/61 |
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247 | (2) |
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Letter to Louis Zukofsky 6/26/61 |
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249 | (2) |
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Letter to Ed and Helene Dorn 10/9/61 |
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251 | (1) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 1/19/62 |
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252 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 4/6/62 |
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253 | (2) |
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Letter to Jack Kerouac 5/30/62 |
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255 | (2) |
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Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/4/62 |
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257 | (2) |
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Letter to Warren Tallman 6/12/62 |
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259 | (1) |
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Letter to Rosmarie Waldrop 8/17/62 |
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260 | (1) |
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Postcard to Jack Kerouac 11/25/62 |
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261 | (4) |
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Part Four Pieces, 1963-1973: New Mexico, Buffalo, Bolinas |
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Postcard to Warren Tallman 5/7/63 |
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265 | (1) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 8/30/63 |
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265 | (1) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 9/13/63 |
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266 | (3) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 10/19/63 |
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269 | (2) |
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Letter to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) 10/21/63 |
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271 | (1) |
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Letter to Clark Coolidge 10/26/63 |
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272 | (1) |
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Letter to Alexander Trocchi 11/1/63 |
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273 | (2) |
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Letter to Andrew Crozier 11/15/63 |
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275 | (2) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 11/16/63 |
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277 | (3) |
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Letter to Tom Raworth 2/7/64 |
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280 | (2) |
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Letter to Stan Brakhage 3/28/64 |
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282 | (1) |
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Telegram to Charles Olson 3/31/64 |
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283 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 4/1/64 |
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283 | (1) |
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Letter to Alexander Trocchi 7/16/64 |
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284 | (1) |
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Letter to Ed Dorn 7/26/64 |
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285 | (1) |
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Letter to Louis Zukofsky 12/29/64 |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/2/65 |
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288 | (1) |
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Letter to Tom and Valarie Raworth 6/23/65 |
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289 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 10/16/65 |
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290 | (2) |
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Letter to Stephen Rodefer 1/11/66 |
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292 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 1/26/66 |
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293 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 4/8/66 |
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293 | (1) |
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Letter to Bela Zempleny, U.S. Department of State 4/8/66 |
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294 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 5/3/66 |
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295 | (1) |
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Postcard to Robert Duncan 5/6/66 |
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296 | (1) |
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Postcard to Allen Ginsberg 9/10/66 |
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297 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 9/24/66 |
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297 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 3/6/67 |
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298 | (1) |
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Letter to George Oppen 3/19/67 |
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299 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 10/26/67 |
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300 | (1) |
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Letter to whom it may concern 11/30/67 |
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301 | (1) |
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Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/15/68 |
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301 | (2) |
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Letter to Louis Zukofsky 9/7/68 |
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303 | (1) |
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Letter to the Albuquerque Journal 9/16/68 |
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304 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 2/12/69 |
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305 | (2) |
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Postcard to Gregory Corso 10/21/69 |
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307 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Olson 1/1/70 |
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308 | (1) |
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Telegram to Hon. Byron McMillan 2/23/70 |
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308 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/20/70 |
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309 | (1) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 9/3/70 |
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309 | (1) |
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Postcard to Sarah Creeley [ 9/4/70] |
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310 | (1) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) [ ca. 1970] |
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310 | (1) |
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Letter to Genevieve Creeley 8/29/71 |
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311 | (2) |
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Postcard to Armand Schwerner 10/10/71 |
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313 | (1) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 11/9/72 |
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313 | (4) |
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Part Five Echoes, 1973-1989: Buffalo, Maine, Helsinki |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 1/17/73 |
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317 | (2) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 1/28/73 |
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319 | (3) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 1/29/73 |
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322 | (2) |
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Letter to Kate Creeley 4/26/73 |
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324 | (1) |
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Letter to Ted Berrigan 1/16/74 |
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325 | (2) |
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Letter to Diane Di Prima 3/12/74 |
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327 | (1) |
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Postcard to Barrett Watten 12/13/74 |
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328 | (1) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 9/29/75 |
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328 | (2) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 11/1/75 |
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330 | (1) |
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Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Power (Helen Creeley) 3/16/76 |
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331 | (1) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/4/76 |
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331 | (2) |
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Postcard to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/10/76 |
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333 | (1) |
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Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/21/76 |
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333 | (2) |
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Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/24/76 |
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335 | (2) |
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Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/27/76 |
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337 | (2) |
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Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/27/76 |
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339 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Grenier 7/4/76 |
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340 | (2) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 11/17/76 |
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342 | (2) |
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Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 11/21/76 |
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344 | (2) |
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Letter to Robert Grenier 11/24/76 |
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346 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 2/2/77 |
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347 | (2) |
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Letter to Robert Grenier 5/17/77 |
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349 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Bernstein 2/6/79 |
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350 | (1) |
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Letter to George Butterick 4/12/79 |
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351 | (2) |
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Letter to John Taggart 6/12/79 |
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353 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 3/15/80 |
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353 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/11/80 |
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354 | (1) |
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Letter to John Taggart 7/3/80 |
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355 | (1) |
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Letter to Stan and Jane Brakhage 10/13/80 |
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356 | (1) |
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Letter to Stan and Jane Brakhage 1/29/81 |
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357 | (1) |
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Postcard to Charles Bernstein 1/30/81 |
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357 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Bernstein 1/5/82 |
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358 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 11/14/82 |
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359 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 1/18/83 |
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360 | (1) |
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Letter to Alice Notley 7/5/83 |
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361 | (1) |
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Postcard to Ed and Jennifer Dorn 10/9/83 |
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361 | (1) |
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Letter to Denise Levertov 2/1/84 |
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362 | (2) |
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Letter to Robert Duncan 3/22/84 |
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364 | (1) |
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Letter to John Taggart 11/3/84 |
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364 | (1) |
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Postcard to Barrett Watten 11/23/84 |
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365 | (1) |
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Letter to Tom Clark 1/9/85 |
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366 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Bernstein 9/17/85 |
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367 | (1) |
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Letter to Carl Rakosi 2/16/87 |
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367 | (1) |
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Letter to Tom Clark 2/23/87 |
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368 | (1) |
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Postcard to Leslie Scalapino 3/6/88 |
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369 | (1) |
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Letter to Susan Howe 9/25/88 |
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370 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Grenier 12/18/88 |
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371 | (1) |
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Letter to Helen (Creeley) and Wayne Power 3/12/89 |
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372 | (2) |
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Letter to Susan Howe 3/24/89 |
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374 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 4/23/89 |
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375 | (4) |
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Part Six If I Were Writing This, 1989-2005: Maine, Buffalo, Providence |
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Letter to Robert Grenier 8/10/89 |
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379 | (1) |
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Letter to Paul Auster 8/17/89 |
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380 | (1) |
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Letter to Susan Howe 2/15/90 |
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380 | (2) |
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Letter to Susan Howe 3/17/90 |
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382 | (1) |
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Letter to Charles Bernstein 3/31/90 |
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383 | (1) |
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Fax to Charles Bernstein 8/21/90 |
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384 | (1) |
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Letter to Robert Grenier 6/4/91 |
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385 | (1) |
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Letter to Allen Ginsberg 1/1/92 |
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386 | (1) |
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Fax to Barbara Jellow, University of California Press 3/12/92 |
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386 | (1) |
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Fax to Barbara Jellow, University of California Press 3/16/92 |
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387 | (2) |
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Fax to Tom Thompson, The National Poetry Series 5/18/92 |
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389 | (1) |
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Letter to Warren Tallman 9/25/92 |
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389 | (1) |
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Fax to Allen Ginsberg 6/16/93 |
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390 | (1) |
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Fax to Allen Ginsberg 6/18/93 |
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391 | (1) |
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E-mail to Peter Gizzi 10/12/93 |
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392 | (1) |
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E-mail to Charles Bernstein 3/1/94 |
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392 | (1) |
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Letter to Eric Mottram 3/5/94 |
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392 | (1) |
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Fax to Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi 11/13/94 |
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393 | (1) |
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Letter to Jim Dine 12/12/94 |
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394 | (1) |
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Fax to Elizabeth Fox 1/26/95 |
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395 | (1) |
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Fax to Peter Quartermain/Peter Glassgold [ 2/24/95] |
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395 | (2) |
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E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander 4/10/95 |
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397 | (1) |
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E-mail to Peter Gizzi and Elizabeth Willis 2/15/96 |
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398 | (1) |
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Letter to Kurt Vonnegut 5/23/96 |
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399 | (1) |
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Letter to Kurt Vonnegut 6/17/96 |
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400 | (1) |
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E-mail to Simon Pettet 10/11/96 |
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400 | (1) |
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E-mail to Tom Raworth [ October 1996] |
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401 | (1) |
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Letter to Marjorie Perloff [ 11/10/96] |
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402 | (1) |
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E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander [ 4/7/97] |
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402 | (1) |
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E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander [ 4/19/97] |
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403 | (1) |
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E-mail to Charles Bernstein [ April 1997] |
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404 | (1) |
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Letter to Denny Moers 5/31/97 |
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405 | (1) |
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Letter to William Wadsworth, Executive Director, Academy of American Poets 2/21/99 |
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405 | (1) |
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E-mail to Barrett Watten 1/20/00 |
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406 | (1) |
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Letter to Sarah Creeley 8/2/00 |
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407 | (1) |
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Letter to Francesco Clemente 1/31/01 |
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407 | (2) |
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Letter to Joel Kuszai 2/13/01 |
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409 | (1) |
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Letter to Henry Reath, President, Board of Directors, Academy of American Poets 10/1/01 |
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409 | (1) |
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E-mail to Sarah Creeley 8/18/02 |
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410 | (1) |
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E-mail to Will Creeley 8/21/02 |
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411 | (1) |
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E-mail to UB English Department Listserv 9/19/02 |
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411 | (1) |
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E-mail to Penelope Creeley 10/8/02 |
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412 | (1) |
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E-mail to Barrett Watten 7/9/03 |
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412 | (1) |
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E-mail to Rod Smith 7/17/03 |
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413 | (1) |
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Letter to Carl Rakosi 9/22/03 |
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414 | (1) |
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E-mail to Ammiel Alcalay 12/1/03 |
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415 | (1) |
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E-mail to Angelica Clark 5/17/04 |
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416 | (1) |
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E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 6/17/04 |
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417 | (1) |
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E-mail to Donald Revell 11/6/04 |
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418 | (1) |
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E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/4/05 |
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419 | (1) |
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E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/5/05 |
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419 | (2) |
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E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/6/05 |
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421 | (1) |
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E-mail to Lisa Jarnot 1/16/05 |
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421 | (1) |
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E-mail to Michael Kelleher 3/7/05 |
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422 | (3) |
Notes |
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425 | (34) |
Acknowledgments of Permissions |
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459 | (2) |
Index |
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