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A Guide to the Additional Charles Wright Papers, 2003-2005 Wright, Charles, Additional Papers, 11437-e

A Guide to the Additional Charles Wright Papers, 2003-2005

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Accession Number 11437-e


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession Number
11437-e
Title
Additional Charles Wright Papers 2003-2005
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Additional Charles Wright Papers, Accession #11437-e, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This addition to the Charles Wright Collection was purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Charles Wright, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, on October 19, 2005.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of additional papers of American poet and University of Virginia English professor, Charles Penzel Wright (1935-), ca. 450 items (3 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1 linear foot) chiefly correspondence, post cards, and greeting cards. Also present is a single poetry notebook containing original hand-written poetry by Wright, 2002-2005, an article, "Donald Justice " by Mark Strand (2004), and a Times Literary Supplement news clipping mentioning Charles Wright (October 13, 2006).

Most of the correspondence consists of letters, cards, and post cards sent to Charles Wright by fellow poets, fans, and colleagues. These letters have been arranged by the last name of the correspondent. Many of the same correspondents found in the earlier accessions of Charles Wright Papers (#11437, etc.) are also represented in this addition to his papers.

Correspondence about awards, conferences, workshops, poetry readings and other professional engagements, poems submitted to or accepted by poetry magazines and anthologies, requests for permissions to reprint, and requests for Wright to judge poetry contests, write recommendations or evaluate candidates for academic positions are in correspondence folders labeled Requests and Invitations and are arranged chronologically within the folders. Greeting cards and post cards are also arranged chronologically within their folders.

Contents List

Correspondence: A, 2003-2005
Box-folder 1:1

Correspondents include: Chris Agee; Debra Allbery (includes her poem, "All We Need "); American Academy of Arts and Letters; Lisa J. Ampleman; Michael Anania; and Dean Edward L. Ayers.

Correspondence: B, 2003-2005
Box-folder 1:2

Correspondents include: Aaron Baker (includes his poems, "Spirits of the Low Ground " and "Notebook "); Lee Bassett (includes his poem, "Sirmio "); Bruce Beasley; Danny Becker; Marvin Bell; Joelle Biele; Suzette Bishop; Nick Boke; Lucius H. Bracey, Jr.; Jim Brasfield; and Christopher Buckley.

Correspondence: C, 2003-2005
Box-folder 1:3

Correspondents include: John Casteen (includes his poem, "Pausing to Sharpen Tools, I Recall a Line of Russell Annabel "); Scott Challener; Jennifer Chang; Danielle Chapman; Mike Chitwood; Jim Churchill; Steve Coyner; and Tony Crunk.

Correspondence: D-F, 2003-2005
Box-folder 1:4

Correspondents include: Alan DeNiro; Robert D. Denham; William Dutcher; Jonathan Enfield; Peter Everwine; Jeff Fallis; and David Freed.

Correspondence: G, 2003-2005
Box-folder 1:5

Correspondents include: Joseph Garrison (includes his poem "Under the Common Skin "); Joseph Giannelli; Elton A. Glaser (includes his poem "At the Casino with Justice "); and Michael Guista.

Correspondence: Greeting Cards and Post Cards, 1985, 1997-2001
Box-folder 1:6
Correspondence: Greeting Cards and Post Cards, 2002-2003
Box-folder 1:7
Correspondence: Greeting Cards and Post Cards, 2004 January-October
Box-folder 1:8
Correspondence: Greeting Cards and Post Cards, 2004 November-December
Box-folder 1:9
Correspondence: Greeting Cards and Post Cards, 2005
Box-folder 1:10
Correspondence: Greeting Cards and Post Cards, n.d.
Box-folder 2:1
Correspondence: H, 2003-2005
Box-folder 2:2

Correspondents include: Connie Hale; Cathryn Hankla; Henry Hart; Kevin Hart; Richard Harteis; Hugh Hennedy; Brian Henry; Gill Holland; Garrett Hongo; and Jeannette Hopkins.

Correspondence: J, 1987, 2000-2005
Box-folder 2:3

Correspondents include: Paul Jacobs; Leland Jamieson; Mark Jarman; and Donald Justice.

Correspondence: K, 2003-2005
Box-folder 2:4

Correspondents include: Maxima Kahn; Edmund Keeley; Jack Kehoe; Emma Kimberley; and Karl Kirchway.

Correspondence: L, 2003-2005
Box-folder 2:5

Correspondents include: Jill Leininger; Phil Levine; Judy Loest; James Longenbach; Rupert Loydell (includes his poem "Poetry Letters "); and Dave Lucas.

Correspondence: M, 2003-2005
Box-folder 2:6

Correspondents include: Lynne McMahon; Gerard Malanga (includes his poems "Elsa's History, ""Circa '67 Montale, " and "canicule "); Michelle Margolis; Boyce F. Martin, Jr.; David Martin; John McKernan (his poem "Thick Shadows Buried in Dust and Sand ";); James McMichael; Sue Ann Mead; Darren J.N. Middleton; Warren L. Molton; Joshua Morison; R.B. Morris; Andrew Mulvania; and Ryan Murphy.

Correspondence: N-Q, 2003-2005
Box-folder 2:7

Correspondents include: Greg Nix; Philip Pardi; Joseph Parisi; John M. Pelton; Mike Peterson (includes his poem "Landscape 8 "); W.T. Pfefferle; Robert Pinsky; Donald Platt; Nancy and Ed Preston; and Alice Quinn.

Correspondence: R, 2003-2005
Box-folder 2:8

Correspondents include: Richard Rand; Dave Roeser; Bobby Caudle Rogers, Mark Rosenberg; Lex Runciman; and John Rybicki.

Correspondence: Requests and Invitations, 2001-2003 April
Box-folder 2:9
Correspondence: Requests and Invitations, 2003 July-December
Box-folder 2:10
Correspondence: Requests and Invitations, 2004 January-April
Box-folder 3:1
Correspondence: Requests and Invitations, 2004 May-December
Box-folder 3:2
Correspondence: Requests and Invitations, 2005
Box-folder 3:3
Correspondence: S, 2003-2004
Box-folder 3:4

Correspondents include: David St. John; Mary Ann Samyn; Lynne M. Santos; Francesca Serragnoli; Dave Smith; Katherine Smith; Ellison A. Smyth; Sam Stephenson; and Mary Szybist.

Correspondence: T, 2003-2005
Box-folder 3:5

Correspondents include: Dorothea Tanning; Eleanor Ross Taylor (1920- ); Phillip Taylor; Sean M. Teaford; John Teschner; Richard Tillinghast; Daniel C. Turner; and Chase Twitchell.

Correspondence: Mac Test, 2001-2004
Box-folder 3:6
Correspondence: Unidentified and V (Helen Vendler), 2003, 2005, n.d.
Box-folder 3:7
Correspondence: W, 2003-2005
Box-folder 3:8

Correspondents include: Rosanna Warren, Randy White; Dara Wier; Lisa Williams; Chris Wiman; Jonah Winter; Shannon Worrell; Franz Wright; and Edith Wylder.

Correspondence: Y-Z, 2004
Box-folder 3:9

Correspondents include: Margaret Young and Andrew Zawacki.

"Donald Justice " by Mark Strand, 2004
Box-folder 3:10
Poetry Notebook, containing original poetry in the hand of Charles Wright, 2002 October 19-2005 September 8
Box-folder 3:11
Poetry Notebook, loose materials removed from the volume and placed in numbered insert files, ca. 2002-2005
Box-folder 3:12
Times Literary Supplement news clipping mentioning Charles Wright, 2006 October 13
Box-folder 3:13