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Part III: Writings, 1947-1968 (continued)
Person to Person, 1964
Draft, typescript, annotated
(2 folders)
Galley proofs, A-B
(2 folders)
Page proofs
Printer's copy
(2 folders)
Scrappy the Pup, book reviews, 1960
Treat It Gentle: An Autobiography [of jazz musician Sidney Bechet], edited by Joan Reid, Desmond Flower, and John Ciardi, book reviews, 1960-1961
The Wish Tree, correspondence with publisher, 1962
Columns
Saturday Review, “Manner of Speaking”
“1962,” Ab-Ac
[The 1962 automobiles are currently having their horns blown...], undated
“About (Maybe) the Sources of Certainty,” undated
“Across the River and into New Jersey,” 1961
Ag-Al
“The Age of Permission,” undated
“The Air Age,” 1962
“Alcohol and Civilization,” undated
An-As
“Analogy and Mind,” undated
“And the Frame around It,” undated
“Aphorisms,” undated
“Aphorisms and Doodles,” undated
“Apocrypha,” undated
“The Armenian Heresy,” undated
[As it must be in a world whose poetry is mostly transmitted by school teachers...], undated
BOX III: 12 Ba-Bi
“Banned in Boston,” 1965
“The Be-piddlement of Great Concept,” undated
“Birth Control: Theology vs. Humanism,” circa 1968
Bl-Book
“Bless Our Town,” undated
“The Book Banners,” undated
“The Book Banners Again (And Again and Again),” undated
“Book Banning and Juvenile Delinquency,” undated
Bookkeepers
“Bookkeepers and Keepers of Books: A Note to (Some) Librarians,” 1961
Bre-Bri
“Bread Loaf Time, Mountain Time,” undated
“Bringing Down the Odds,” undated
Ca-Cho
“A Cadillac Full of Diamonds,” undated
[The Camels sign that has been blowing something like smoke rings into Times Square...], undated
“The Case of the Happy Plagiarist,” undated See same container, “Dear Reader, III,” and Container III:16, Notebook A, p.53
“The Categorizing Mind,” undated
“Caviar and the General: A Hamlet Diary,” 1963
“Choose Something like a Star,” undated
“Choosing,” undated
Chr-Col
“Chrysanthemums,” undated
“Class of ’38,” undated
“Coconuts,” undated
“Color, Creed, and Nation of Origin,” undated
Con-Cou
“Confessions of a Circuit Rider,” undated
“Confessions of a Circuit Rider, I,” undated
“Confessions of a Circuit Rider, II,” undated
“Confessions of a Circuit Rider, III,” undated
“Confessions of a Circuit Rider: Epilogue with Some Static,” undated
“Confessions of a Crackpot,” undated
“Congratulations to David Denker – And to the NYMC,” undated
“Contract for Poets,” undated
“The Courage of His Confusions,” undated
Cr-Cu
“Crèche (Advt.),” 1962
“Cross Country,” undated
“Cross Country Reports,” undated
“Cross Country, USA,” undated
“Cuckoo, Jug-jug, Poo-wee, Tu-wit-a-woo,” undated
Da-De
“Damnation of Pigeons,” undated
“Dear Editor: How Do I Become a Writer?” undated
“Dear Reader, I” (first essay published in “Manner of Speaking”), 1961
“Dear Reader, II,” undated
“Dear Reader, III,” 1961 See also same container, “The Case of the Happy Plagiarist”
Don-Dos
“Don't Answer That Letter,” undated
“Dossiers and an Atmosphere of Discussion,” 1962
Ed-Ep
“The Editors Regret,” undated
[Edward Estlin Cummings, later to become a literary revolution...], undated
“Elephantiasis,” undated
“End of Summer,” undated
“Epatez les Bourgeoises? Not Bloody Likely,” 1963
BOX III: 13 Ev-Ex
“Eve: An Expert View,” 1966
[Every nation tends to develop some central expression of that collective we call a culture], undated
[Everytime I set forth my opposition to book censorship...], undated
“Expert Witness,” 1965
Fab-Fat
“A Fable of Four Fools and a Bartender,” undated
“The Family of Ideas,” undated
“Fantasy Life, the Human Condition, and Deep Thoughts (Or, No Subject),” undated
“Fatso and Bourbon: A Last Mailbag on the Subject,” 1966
Fo-Fr
“Foamrubbersville,” undated
“The Formidable Young,” undated
“Fragment of a Document Found in Disabled Time Machine,” undated
“From an Old Diary,” undated
“From the Journal of Lazarus Smith (Or, No Subject Again),” undated
“Fruit,” undated
G
“Grant's Whom?” undated
“Green,” undated
Hair
“Hair Styles and Harebrains,” 1964-1965
Happy
“Happy New Orbit: 1967,” 1967
“Happy New Year Anyway,” circa 1968
“Happy Whichever New Year,” undated
Hi-How
“Hi Cult,” undated
“Homily,” undated
“Honesty,” undated
“How Free Is Free Verse?” undated
I-Im
[I don't know what any of you other parents got out of the genetic grab-bag...], undated
[I hope Captain Kyser will forgive...], undated
“I Hope He Made It,” undated
“Ideas of Progress (And of Orchestration),” undated
[If man's adaptability to change is the measure of his strength...], undated
“I'm Dreaming of an Unendowed Christmas,” undated
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