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Southern Illinois University Press catalog from Spring 1996 with advertisement for The Writer In Politics book

A.G. Mojtabai speaks at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, she relates her experience as a hospice worker, focusing on an encounter with a man's granddaughter who refused the offer to "read a poem" on the…

Indian writer Amitav Ghosh speaks at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, he discusses moments of conversion among international writers, illuminating their significance as cross-overs "from one current of…

Literary critic Heide Ziegler speaks at the October 24, 1994 International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, she discusses the co-evolutions of fiction and poetry alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.

A.G. Mojtabai speaks at the International Writers Center conference "The Writer and Religion". Here, she relates her experience as a hospice worker, focusing on an encounter with a man's granddaughter who refused the offer to "read a poem" on the…

Mail brochure for The Writer in Politics

Cover and first 25 pages of theVoices from Sandovervideo script, final draft, with corrections. This was an expanded version of the dramatic reading/stage version. With Hooten's connections in the film industry, it was possible for "highly talented…

Cover page, title page and four sample pages from the limited edition chapbook of "Volcanic Holiday"--a "wary love poem" to Peter Hooten--with stanzas printed on separate sheets accompanied by etchings by Dorthea Tanning.

Cover of David Jackson: Scenes from His Life - a "lavish chapbook" James Merrill produced for Jackson's 70th birthday, containing fourteen of David's sketches and paintings from the 1950s to 70s - each image paired with a related passage from…

Selections from For James Merrill: A Birthday Tribute, a 60th birthday present from J. D. McClatchy with tributes from friends, including Anthony Hecht, Robin Magowan, John Hollander, Mary McCarthy, Tony Parigory and Bernard de Zogheb. Scans feature…