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May Swenson at Purdue, Campus Beat, May 6, 1967. Swenson is interviewed about her teaching position at Purdue. She talks about her poetry, how she is inspired to write based on what she views about life, her students, and her future.

Typed and autograph drafts of "Landing on the Moon" by May Swenson. Drafts contain autograph annotations

5 1/4 inch floppy Lexitron diskettes use by Stanley Elkin to produce George Mills.

Prospectus for Half Sun Half Sleep by May Swenson, 1967. Post card announcing Half Sun, Half Moon, a new collection by May Swenson. Post card also has an order form.

Typescript draft of poem selections for Half Sun Half Sleep by May Swenson, June 29, 1965.

Synopsis of The Guess and Spell Coloring Book by May Swenson.

Comments about Another Animal. Various authors make comments about Swenson's Another Animal including Mary Britton Miller, Mark Van Doren, Leonie Adams, Louis Untermeyer, Elizabeth Bishop. Swenson, along with Harry Duncan and Murray Noss were…

Recommendation for Donald Finkel for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, December 1, 1965. Swenson tells how long she has know Finkel and his wife, Constance Urdang. Swenson met them on a visit to Washington University in St. Louis. She…

What's the Use of Poetry?, Pitt Press Poetry Conference, March 1967. Swenson debates if poetry influences society and opens the readers minds to what is happening in society.

Shape Poems, reading given at Washington University and University of Arizona, February 12, 1965. Swenson lectures about how she constructs shapes for some of her poems. Swenson calls attention to a few of her own poems that she eventually shaped.…