A Guide to a Katherine Anne Porter Letter, 17 April 1959 Porter, Katherine Anne Letter, 17 April 1959 10219-d

A Guide to a Katherine Anne Porter Letter, 17 April 1959

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Accession Number 10219-d

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10219-d

Title

Katherine Anne Porter Letter, 17 April 1959

Physical Characteristics

1 letter; TLS; 1 page

Language

English

Abstract

The collections consists of one letter, dated 17 April 1959, in which Katherine Anne Porter writes about jacket blurbs, and mentions [Walter?] Clemons and Edith Sitwell.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Katherine Anne Porter, Letter, 1959, Accession #10219-d, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the Library from Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., 16 March 1988.

Scope and Content Information

In this letter, dated 17 April 1959, Katherine Anne Porter writes to Anne [?], expressing her negative opinion concerning the writing of book jacket blurbs, writing that they are a bore and perhaps even valueless to new authors, and stating that she had never written anything for a blurb, except for Edith Sitwell out of gratitude for her anthology of poetry. By the end of the letter she relents a little, agreeing to let "Anne" use her sentence concerning [Walter?] Clemons, "I think him an admirable, a superb writer, it rejoices my heart as always to see another brave new talent come forward," in advertising.