Found 3 collections related to American poetry -- 20th century

Kenneth Koch (1925-2002) was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. Kenneth Koch letters, 1961 and 1967, comprise his typed letter signed (2 pages) to "Don," dated [1961] February 10 at 69 Perry Street, New York City, and his typed letter signed (1 page) to poet James Schuyler ("Jimmy"), dated Thursday at 278 West 4th Street, with envelope postmarked 1967 June 1. The letter to Schuyler at Southampton, Long Island, encloses their collaborative poem "Titian Welds a Sculpture" (typescript with pencilled comment, 1 page), and a "mystery item," not present. The names James Schuyler & Kenneth Koch are typed below the poem's text. Koch's letter to Don discusses his work translating Haitian poetry and mentions his review of Frank O'Hara's poem "Second Avenue," appearing in the Partisan Review in 1961. Based on Koch's remarks regarding payment for his poems in The New American Poetry 1945-1960, it is likely that the recipient was Donald M. Allen, editor of the anthology less

Organized into 11 series: Series 1: Works by Laura Riding Jackson; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Diaries; Series 4: Book reviews of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 5: Criticism of Laura Riding Jackson’s works; Series 6: Photographs; Series 7: Documents; Series 8: Awards, bibliographies obituaries; Series 9: Ephemera; Series 10: Clippings; Series 11: Writings by others. less

Paul Auster (1947-2023) was an American writer, poet, filmmaker, and translator whose work often touched on themes of coincidence, chance, memory, and solitude. Notable works include the novels The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, and 4 3 2 1; the memoir The Invention of Solitude; and the films Smoke and Blue in the Face. The Paul Auster papers date from 1963 to 2022 and contain all aspects of Auster's professional work, including typescript and holograph drafts, notebooks, correspondence, audio and moving image recordings, clippings, and ephemera. less