Creator:
Wieners, John, 1934-2002.
Inclusive Dates:
1955- 1970
Abstract:
Papers of the American poet. Incoming and out going correspondence (1956-1964); manuscripts and galley proofs for
Ace of Pentacles; typescript poems and short stories; a diary dated 1955-1956; a notebook containing holograph poems; and newspaper clippings and articles about avant-garde writers. Correspondents include James Broughton, James F. Carr, Cid Corman, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Archibald MacLeish, W.S. Merwin, Marianne Moore, Philip Whalen, and Jonathan Williams.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Galley proofs.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Poets.
Radicalism
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- American Fiction
American literature -- 20th century.
American poetry -- 20th century.
Poets, American.
Literature, Experimental.
Bohemianism -- United States.