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Leading Contenders Announced for National Book Award clipping - Isabella Gardner contender for "The Looking Glass". Her book of poetry was one of twelve volumes of poetry chosen as leading contenders for the National Book Awards.

Four Collections of Poetry -- Surrealist to Pedagogic clipping featuring "West of Childhood" by Isabella Gardner. Alan Pryce-Jones gave a positive review of "West of Childhood"

Meeting on Books Opens Here Today- clipping about National Books Awards featuring Isabella Gardner. Article written by Gay Talese of the New York Times mentions who was nominated for the Awards and when Ceremony would take place, March 12, 1962.

Chicago Poet Candidate for Book Award clipping - Isabella Gardner contender for National Book Award for her book of poetry called "Birthdays From the Ocean"; article dated January 29, 1956 from Sun Times of Chicago , Illinois.

Mona Van Duyn to Isabella Gardner, May 27, 1965. Van Duyn responds to Gardner's inquiry if she received a letter from Gardner. Van Duyn tells her that perhaps Gardner's letters are not getting to Van Duyn because the words "Rare Book Room" are…

Watch for the National Book Award clipping - advertisement for National Book Award held February 7, 1956, in which Isabella Gardner was nominated in the area of poetry for "Birthdays From the Ocean".

Newspaper clipping of "Isabella Gardner: Poet in Search of an Audience" by Van Allen Bradley, June 30, 1962.

Newspaper clipping of "Actress Turned Poet Reads for Art Students" by Barbara Flanagan, circa 1961.

'U' Poet Allen Tate Weds Poetess clipping. Article mentions that Isabella Gardner married her fourth husband Allen Tate in August of 1959. Allen Tate was a University of Minnesota English Professor.

A Birthday for 'Poetry' clipping - celebrating 40 years of the Poetry Magazine where Isabella Gardner was Assistant Editor.