Subseries I.F. Prose, Plays, Contributions, and Other Works

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{"value"=>"1966-2022", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966/2022"}

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{"value"=>"Subseries I.F. Prose, Plays, Contributions, and Other Works"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The Prose, Plays, Contributions, and Other Works subseries dates from 1966 to 2022 and hold various writings and projects undertaken by Auster. Works are represented through typescript and holograph drafts, notebooks, correspondence, and proofs.</p> <p>Held here are examples of Auster's early work, including college essays from the 1960s and reviews written for various publications in 1970s; early one-act plays written by Auster such as <span class=\"title\">Black Outs</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Builders</span>, <span class=\"title\">Hide and Seek</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Squeeze Play</span>; notebooks with early drafts and notes for various projects; Auster's writing and blurbs on a variety of authors including Jacques Dupin, Samuel Beckett, Joe Brainard, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Salman Rushdie; recordings and transcripts of Auster's 1981 interview with George and Mary Oppen; the short story \"Auggie Wren's Christmas Story;\" and Auster's various writings on baseball, including material related to his patented card game Action Baseball.</p> <p>Also held in this subseries are files from the National Story Project, including transcripts and recordings of various programs.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Files are arranged alphabetically by title.</p>"}

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1966

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1966

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2022

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1966

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2022

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1. "The Acceleration of Freedom"
2. "The Accidental Rebel"
3. Joel Agee
4. "Alone"
5. American Academy of Arts and Letters -- Literature Awards Committee
6. "The Art of Worry" [5/1]
7. "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story"
8. "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story" -- Illustrated [3/1]
9. Russell Banks
10. Baseball [5/1]
11. Samuel Beckett [4/1]
12. Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Celebrations
13. David Blaine
14. Maurice Blanchot
15. "Blank Slate"
16. "The Book of Questions"
17. "Bookstores" [2/1]
18. Borges
19. Joe Brainard [5/1]
20. Paul Celan
21. "The Ceramics of Miro and Artigas"
22. "Chaos and Beauty"
23. "The City and the Country" [7/1]
24. College Essays
25. Columbia [2/1]
26. The Columbia Daily Spectator
27. Robert Creeley -- American Academy of Arts and Letters
28. Curator's Statement [2/1]
29. Celine Curiol -- Introudction to Voice Over
30. "The Day I Disappeared" [4/1]
31. "The Death of Sir Walter Raleigh"
32. "Dear X"
33. Philippe Denis
34. Double Game [3/1]
35. "Dream Days at the Hotel Existence"
36. Andre du Bouchet
37. Jacques Dupin [5/1]
38. "Early History of a Writer"
39. Eulogies and Obituaries
40. First Editions Second Thoughs
41. F. Scott Fitzgerald
42. "Francis Ponge: A Memoir"
43. Gabriel Fried
44. "Going Home"
45. "Happiness, or a Journey Through Space"
46. "Hawthorne and his Children" [8/1]
47. Oscar Hijuelos
48. "Hugo Ball"
49. "Ideas and Things - The painter's ear and the musician's eye"
50. "in support of jailed Israeli soldiers who refused to serve in the occupied territories"
51. "Interview with Edmond Jabes" [2/1]
52. "In The Margins: Notes on Five Poets"
53. "Invasions" and "The Hlumes"
54. Inventing Peace
55. Jim Jarmusch [2/1]
56. "Jetzt Bbeginnt das 21. Jahrhundert"
57. "King George Blues"
58. Barbara Laugwitz
59. Ann Lauterbach
60. David Lehman
61. "Letters from the City"
62. Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors -- Review
63. "A Life in Art"
64. "Life of a Man"
65. "La Ligne de Rupture"
66. "Lorsque J'ai commence a traduire"
67. Major/Minor
68. Stephane Mallarme
69. "Moonlight in the Brooklyn Museum"
70. The National Story Project [4/1]
71. "Natty Man Blues" [2/1]
72. "Northern Lights"
73. Notebooks [12/1]
74. "Notes on Godard's Weekend"
75. "Notes: the dis-jointed skeleton of something less than an argument"
76. Notre Dame -- Statement
77. Hilton Obenzinger
78. Toby Olson
79. "On Becoming a Movie Director"
80. "On the Form of Arabian Nights: (The Tale within the tale, or: Salvation through speaking)"
81. George Oppen [4/1]
82. "P.A. on P.A."
83. "Pages for Kafka" [2/1]
84. "The Panic Variations"
85. "Parable of the Drowning Man"
86. Parrot and Olivier in America
87. "Pens"
88. Georges Perec [2/1]
89. Photographs of My Father
90. Polish Editor's Retirement
91. "The Poem as Object"
92. Plays [12/1]
93. "The Poetry of Exile"
94. "The Poetry of William Bronk"
95. "Proculision: The Clown's Universe"
96. "Random Notes—September 11, 2001—4:00 pm;"
97. "The Rebirth of a Poet"
98. David Reed [2/1]
99. Charles Reznikoff [3/1]
100. Laura Riding
101. Jean-Paul Riopelle
102. "Rosebud..."
103. Claude Royet-Journoud
104. Rubicon Beach
105. Running Through Fire -- Introduction
106. Salman Rushdie [8/1]
107. The Scarlet Letter
108. Maurice Sceve
109. Werner Schmitz
110. James Schuyler
111. The Sonic Memorial Soundwalk -- Script
112. Philippe Soupault
113. "A Summer in Provence"
114. "The Surveyor's Letter"
115. "Talking to Strangers"
116. "Text"
117. To The End of the World
118. "Underground
119. Untitled Remarks on Film
120. Various notes and notecards
121. Various prose and reviews
122. Various Reviews
123. Leonor Watling
124. Jeanette Watson
125. "Weather Report"
126. "Where Have All the Young Men Gone"
127. "Why Write?"
128. "William Gaddis: A Portfolio"
129. "The Wolves of Stanislav"
130. Lu Xiaobo