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Author: Edward Dorn
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Category : American poetry
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The papers contain items relating to the life and work of the American poet Edward Dorn, primarily from the late 1980s to his death in 1999. Some correspondence, notebooks, and files date from earlier periods of his life. The collection is organized into eight series. Series 1 includes Dorn's general correspondence of ca. 1992-1999, mostly incoming, with about 300 different individuals; 154 pieces of correspondence with Tom Clark, beginning in 1980; Dorn's letters to Jennifer Dunbar, his wife-to-be, from 1967 and 1968; photocopies of correspondence with LeRoi Jones (later known as Amiri Baraka); a digital file of certain of Dorn's letters; correspondence relating to publishers and poetry readings; and condolences addressed to Jennifer upon his death. It also includes 28 letters from Dorn to Gordon Taylor that were given to Jennifer Dorn after Dorn's death. Series 2 includes Dorn's manuscripts, mostly in the form of printouts and proofs for works such as Abhorrences, Chemo Sábe, Gunslinger, Hi Plane, and Langue d'Oc, among others. An extensive collection of Dorn's notebooks, address books, and calendars is also in Series 2. Series 3 contains files relating to Dorn's education and career at Black Mountain College and at the University of Colorado, including a two-page letter from Robert Creeley on behalf of Dorn's graduation from Black Mountain College and a certificate signed by Charles Olson. Series 4 holds the archives of the literary magazine Rolling Stock. Miscellaneous items such as broadsides by Dorn appear in Series 5, while Series 6 contains manuscripts by other individuals about Dorn and other subjects. Series 7 holds audio recordings that include 18 cassettes by Stan Brakhage, an interview with Amiri Baraka, and readings by Charles Olson among others. Series 8 includes the original folders that housed the collection; many are labeled in Dorn's hand.