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Typescript draft with corrections of "Our Seven Senses and How to Stay Human" by May Swenson given at annual meeting of the Northeast Regional Conference on English in the Two-Year College at Nassau Community College, October 17, 1980.

A Poem Happens to Me. Swenson talks about the process in which she writes poems. She says that many times she is suddenly inspired to create a poem . She finds it difficult to write on a schedule. Swenson reviews some of her earlier work and gives…

Typescript draft of "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age" by May Swenson as part of the Voice of American forum lectures series, "American Poetry," circa 1965.

A Matter of Diction. Swenson writes about the last time she met with Marianne Moore and how revealing the interview was. Swenson marvels at how Moore gives perceptions about things without emphasizing self as a subject. To Swenson, Moore is modest,…

Meeting Sylvia Plath at Yaddo. Swenson mentions that she met Plath at Yaddo in the fall of 1959. She went to dinner at the home Plath shared with Ted Hughes. Plath was in bed ,ill and pregnant, so Swenson met her at her bedside. They had a quick…

For John Ciardi: Thanks 30 Years Late from the 3rd Poet. Swenson thanks John Ciardi for helping to get her noticed in her field and for encouraging her with her first book. Swenson refers to herself as the third poet because her first book was part…

Typescript draft with corrections of "For John Ciardi: Thanks 30 Years Late from the 3rd Poet" by May Swenson.

Typescript draft of May Swenson's introduction for Ben Belitt and Howard Nemerov's reading at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA Poetry Center, November 15, 1965.

Typescript draft of May Swenson's introduction for Howard Moss and Elizabeth Bishop's reading at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA Poetry Center, October 10, 1977.

Portion of a page proof of article promoting William Gaddis and his first novel, THE RECOGNITIONS, from Harper's Bazaar (June 6, 1955).