{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of correspondence between the staff of Parnassus and its writers and potential contributors. It is comprised mostly of letters from contributors to Leibowitz. There are also copies of Leibowitz's replies, most prevalent in the 1990s, throughout the correspondence; a file of some of his letters written between 1979 and 1983 (SEE Box 13, f. 11); and some correspondence between staff, including Donna Dorian, Suzanne Fox, Robert Carnavale, and Ben Downing, and contributors. The correspondence mainly addresses editorial matters, and often traces an essay's passage from idea to published work and sometimes includes edited typescripts and reader's reports. Personal letters, Christmas cards, wedding and birth announcements, as well as dedicated poems and drawings document Leibowitz's relationships with several poets and critics.</p> <p>The series is full of resumes, cover letters, dedicated essays and poems, and requests for written recommendations sent to Leibowitz from both unknown and notable critics, poets, and academics. These materials are evidence of the professional status and role of Leibowitz and his journal in the literary and academic communities. Young or unknown writers often wrote Leibowitz, sending him samples of their work, in the hopes that he would recognize their talents as critic or poets. Leibowitz often responded at length to these solicitations, sometimes forming relationships with young writers as he helped them work through their ideas or, later, specific editorial problems; some of these relationships lasted several years, continuing when the young writer had become a respected critic or poet and a regular contributor to the journal.</p> <p>Writers represented by large amounts of correspondence include Cal Bedient, R. W. Flint, Edwin Fussell, Judith Gleason, Rachel Hadas, William Harmon, Colette Inez, William Logan, Rick Lyon, Sherman Paul, Marjorie Perloff, M. L. Rosenthal, and Paul West.</p> <p> Recent additions to Correspondence includes includes Iain Bamforth, Star Black, Alice Fulton, Albert Goldbarth, Joy Ladin, John Matthias, Marjorie Perloff, Jonathan Williams, and Brenda Wineapple.</p>"}