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Vern Rutsala Papers
Rutsala, Vern
OLPb002RUT
3 cubic feet
5 boxes
1970-2006
This collection includes handwritten and typescript drafts of poems, short stories, essays, as well as the correspondence of the American poet, Vern Rutsala.
Special Collections
English
Vern Rutsala was born in 1934 in McCall, Idaho. He moved to Portland, Oregon in the early 1940s where he attended Milwaukie High School. Rutsala received his BA from Reed College in 1956 and an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1960. He taught English at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon from 1961-2004.
As a poet, Rutsala has published over 700 poems in poetry journals including
Atlantic Monthly, Times Literary Supplement, New Yorker, Midland, Poetry, Harper's, American Poetry Review, Chicago Review, Mississippi Review, Nebraska Review, Seneca Review, and New Letters. Rutsala has penned sixteen books of poetry, and has been featured in numerous anthologies. Poetry prizes received by Rutsala include the Carolyn Kizer Poetry Prize (twice), a Pushcart Prize, a fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, an Oregon Masters fellowship, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Juniper Prize for his book, the Oregon Book Award, the Richard Snyder Prize, the Kenneth O. Hanson Award, the Akron Poetry Prize, and a finalist selection for the National Book Award for The Moment's Equation.
Rutsala resides in Portland, Oregon.
This collection is composed of poetry drafts and typescripts. Most drafts are identified by date.
Arranged in one series: 1. Poems (alphabetical by title)
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
The Papers of Vern Rutsala, OLPb002RUT, Lewis Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
These papers were given to Lewis & Clark College in by Vern Rutsala in annual gifts from 2001 to 2005.
Additional materials will be added to this collection on an annual basis.
Processed in December of 2005.
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections also owns a complete set of Rutsala's publications in books, anthologies, and journals.
For more information about Rutsala's writings see: Muller, Erik. Vern Rutsala. Western Writers Series no. 132, Boise State University, 1998.
Muller, Erik. Vern Rutsala. Western Writers Series no. 132, Boise State University, 1998.
Rutsala, Vern
American poetry--20th century
American poetry--20th century
Poets, American--20th century
Poets, American--20th century
Literature
Poetry drafts--1970-2005
Series I: Drafts and typescripts
1970-2005
Box 1 A-E
Series 1
1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
1
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title. Folder entries note where the poem was published.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
"Adelfina" Three drafts; three full sheets and one small sheet. Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Summer 1986.
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"After the Dog Died" Five drafts; seven sheets. Portland Review, June 1994.
2
"Against Telephones" Six drafts; five sheets. College English, December 1986.
3
"Airport Thoughts" Ten drafts; fifteen sheets. Unpublished?
4
"All Day" One draft. Four sheets. Unpublished?
5
"An American Morning" Three drafts; three sheets. Poetry, January 1985.
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"American Names" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Three Rivers Poetry Journal, Summer 1986; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"American Song" Twelve drafts; twenty-three sheets. Unpublished?
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"Angels" Six drafts; ten sheets. Unpublished?
9
"Another Night" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"Another of the Lost" Two drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
11
"Approaching 1934" Three drafts; five sheets. A Handbook for Writers (2004)
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"April" Two drafts; two sheets. Interim Fall 1986.
13
"As Luck Would Have It" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
14
"At Four in the Morning" One draft; one folded sheet. Columbia, Spring/Summer 1982; Ruined Cities (1987).
15
"At Lydia's" [prose] One draft.; nine sheets. See "Going to Lydia's." Unpublished?
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"At This Point" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"August Memories" Six drafts; ten sheets. Moment's Equation (2004)
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"Aunt Fret" Three drafts; three sheets. published as "Fret" in Moment's Equation (2004)?
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"Back There" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"The Backyard at Night" Three drafts; three sheets. Poetry Kanto, 1985.
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"Backyard Elegy" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Bad Night" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Bandits" Six drafts; six sheets. Unpublished?
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"...Baudelaire's 'Carrion'" Two drafts; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"The Beast in the Cellar" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"Becoming American" One draft (incomplete); one sheet. Poetry, June 1992; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Being Away II" Eight drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
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"Behind That Door" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Big Tires" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
30
"Billie Holiday" Five drafts; nine sheets. Calapooya, 1998; Moment's Equation (2004); Berberis Press broadside (2006).
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"Black Map" Two drafts; two sheets. Chelsea, Fall 1991.
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"Blake in Idaho" One draft; three sheets. The Chariton Review, Fall 1998; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Bleached Grass" Nine drafts; one large folded sheet, ten full sheets. Calapooya, 1998; Moment's Equation (2004).
34
"Body Language" Four drafts; three sheets. Calapooya, 1998.
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"The Boneyard" Six drafts; six full sheets and one small sheet. American Poetry Review, September/October 1996; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Bravado and Rage: A Memoir" Seven drafts; nine sheets. Black Warrior Review, Winter 1984; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Broken Songs" [fragment] One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Calling up the Pain" Eight drafts; fourteen sheets. Earlier title: "Returning Your Call" Tar River Poetry, Fall 1988; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Camping with Ecclesiastes" Five drafts; twelve sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"The Cannery" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
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"Cannon Beach Meditation" Thirty-seven drafts; one hundred ten sheets (one folded and stapled). Earlier titles: "Sand Dollars at Cannon Beach" and "Striking It Rich at Cannon Beach." Eleven drafts; forty-six sheets. Open Spaces, Summer 1998; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Cards From My Aunt" Three drafts; three sheets. Crazyhorse, Fall 1984; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"The Carnival" [prose] Four drafts; forty sheets. Unpublished?
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"Carpe Diem" One draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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"Carpentry" Four drafts.; four sheets. Colorado Review, Spring/Summer 1991; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Carraway and the Ladies" [prose] One drafts; six sheets (unseparated). Unpublished?
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"Casualties" Three drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
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"Casualties" [prose] Three drafts; fifty sheets. Unpublished?
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"Cathleen and the Book of Blankness" [prose] One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"Choice" Unpublished? Five drafts; six sheets.
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"Close Reading" One draft; two sheets. The Quarterly, Summer 1990.
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"Cold Trees" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"Coming Home" Five drafts; five sheets. Poetry, January 1985; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Common Law Muse" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"Cousins" Six drafts; six sheets. The New Yorker, April 16, 1984; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Cooperation" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Cradle of Civilization" Three drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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"Dancing in the Attic" Fourteen drafts; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Dark Figure" Four drafts; three full sheets, one half sheet. Unpublished?
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"A Day Late and a Dollar Short" Seven drafts; fourteen full sheets, five small sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Day You Knew Would Come" Nine drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
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"Days" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"The Dead" One draft.; one sheet (torn at bottom). Jefferson Monthly, November 1994; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Deceptions" One draft; one sheet. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998
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"Departmental" Four drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
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"Detective Story" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Dilemma" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"The Disposal" Six drafts; six sheets. Unpublished?
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"Donning Armor" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"Door to Door" Nine drafts; eleven sheets. Chadakoin Review, Summer 1990.
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"Drawing Petroglyphs" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Driving North" Eight drafts; eight sheets. Labeled "Driving 101 North" Hubbub, vol 10 (1992?); How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Driving South in '44" Four drafts; four sheets. Nebraska Review Spring/Summer 1987.
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"Eating Nuts" Four drafts; three sheets and one note card. Unpublished?
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"Empty Rooms" [1983] Four drafts; four sheets. Earlier title: "After People Leave"
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"Empty Rooms" [1986] One draft; one sheet. The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989.
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"The End of Waiting" One draft; one sheet. River Styx, 1993
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"An Evening with Chuang Tzu" [verse drama]. One draft; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
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"Every Year" Two drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
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"Explication de Texte" One draft; one sheet. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
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Box 2 F-J
Series 1
1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
2
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
"Families Returning" Four drafts; seven sheets. Mud Creek, Fall 1989; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Family" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"A Family Story" Two drafts; five sheets.
3
"Father Fear" Four drafts; four sheets. The Kenyon Review, Winter 1987.
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"Field Burning" Six drafts; sixteen sheets. Crazyhorse, Spring 1987; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Finns Have Long Memories" Two drafts; eight sheets. ZYZZYVA, Summer 1989.
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"Fishing" [prose] One draft; five sheets. Unpublished?
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"Folly" [prose] One draft; seven sheet (four folded and/or taped together). Unpublished?
8
"For Donald Hall" [prose] Four drafts; four sheets and one note card. Unpublished?
9
"Forest" Two drafts; two sheets. Earlier title: "My Forest" Poetry Kanto, 1985.
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"The Forgetful House" One draft; two sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring/Summer 1989.
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"From a Bestiary: Cobwebs, Broom, Desk Blotter, Telephone, Thermostat, Flowers" Three drafts; three sheets. Earlier title: "Six for a Bestiary" Portland Review, June 1994.
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"From Our Gift Catalog" Four drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Frozen Lake" [prose] Four drafts; thirty-three full sheets (five folded and/or taped), seven small sheets, eleven note cards. Northwest Variety: Personal Essays By 14 Regional Authors, 1987.
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"The Fruit Cellar" Nine drafts; nine sheets (one folded). Earlier title: "The Fruit Cellar: A Memoir" Three Rivers Poetry Journal, 1991.
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"Furniture" One draft; one sheet. Fireweed, June 1991 [?? that poem is listed as "The Furniture Factory" but there is an earlier poem under that same title from Harper's in June 1974.]
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"The Geek" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"Geography" Twelve drafts; seventeen sheets. Earlier titles: "Geography Lesson" "Lessons in Geography," "Geography Lessons." Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Getting and Spending" Eight drafts; sixteen sheets. Earlier title: "Neighborhood Sales" The Laurel Review, Spring 1996; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Getting Out of the Army" Six drafts; nine sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Getting Ready for Spring: Barnes" Eleven drafts; fourteen sheets. Unpublished?
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"Ghazal" Two drafts; three sheets. Free Lunch, 2000.
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"Ghosts" Two drafts; two sheets. Earlier title: "Mice" The Literary Review, Spring 1992.
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"Glory" Eight drafts; eight sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring 1987.
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"Going to England" Two drafts; three sheets. Stand, Spring 1984; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Going to Lydia's" [prose] Three drafts; thirty-three sheets (one torn off toward bottom, one taped and folded). See "At Lydia's." Unpublished?
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"The Goodbye Series: A Memoir" Seven drafts, seven sheets. Earlier titles: "One Summer in the Sixties: A Memoir" and "The Goodbye Series: One Summer: A Memoir" Massachusetts Review, Fall 1985; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Grandfather" Two drafts; two sheets. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1998.
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"The Great Day" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Great Night" Six drafts; six sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Guest" One draft; one sheet. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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"Guilty Secrets: Watching Game Shows" Eleven drafts; twenty sheets. Unpublished?
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"Hands and Faces" [prose] Four drafts; sixteen sheets. Earlier title: "The Photographer" Elkhorn Review, Winter 1983-84.
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"Hannalore" [prose] Seven drafts; twenty full sheets (one folded and taped) and two small sheets. The Prose Poem, 2000; A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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"Hard Cases" Six drafts; six sheets. Earlier titles: "Hard Times" and "Hard Scrabble." The New Yorker, August 29, 1985; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"The Hard Market" Seven drafts; nine sheets. The Kansas Quarterly, Summer 1990.
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"The Hard Night" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Hard Rock" Seven drafts; seven sheets. On verso a few lines of "Remembering a Return" Unpublished?
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"The Hard Song" Three drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"Having Your Picture Taken" Two drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"The History of Apples" Two drafts; four sheets. Tar River Poetry, Spring,1985 and Tar River Poetry, 2000. [same poem??]
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"The History of Disappointment" One draft; one sheet. College English, December 1986.
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"A History of Junk" Four drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
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"Hit Songs" Four drafts; six sheets. Unpublished?
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"Hollywood" One draft; two sheets (pages eight and twelve). Unpublished?
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"Homage to William Carlos Williams" Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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"Home Remedies" Four drafts; four sheets. College English, December 1986; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Home Thoughts" Four drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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"The House of Loneliness" One draft; one sheet. Prairie Schooner, Fall 1997.
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"The House of Perfect Attendance" [prose] Two drafts; six pages. Unpublished?
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"The House of Pleasure" One draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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"The House of the Past" One draft; one sheet. A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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"House Plants" Nine drafts; thirteen sheets. Unpublished?
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"How Deadshot Reed Got His Name" Twelve drafts; twenty-four sheets. Other title: "Deadshot Reed, His Story" Unpublished?
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"How It Felt" Two drafts; two sheets. published as "How it Feels"? in A Handbook for Writers (2004).
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"How to Leave Town" Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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"Hunting" Seven drafts; twelve sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Icestorm and Other Matters" Six drafts; six sheets. Earlier title: "Last Year" Unpublished?
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"Identities" Three drafts; seven sheets. River City, Summer 2000.
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"The Impossible Light" One draft; two sheets. Backtracking (1985).
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"In the Attic" Four drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
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"In the Dark" Six sheets; six drafts. Earlier title: "Figures in the Dark" Unpublished?
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"In the Midst of Life" [prose] Four drafts; one hundred fourteen sheets. Also contains four pages of "blood." Unpublished?
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"In the Next Room" Five drafts; five sheets. Mississippi Mud, 1990..
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"In Utah" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Industrial Relations" One draft; one sheet. Rain City Review, Fall/Winter 1996; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"It" One photocopy. Published.
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"It Happens" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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It Works This Way" Three drafts; six sheets. Calapooya 19, 1998.
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"The Jerrybuilt Dream" One draft; two sheets. Backtracking (1985)
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Box 3 K-O
Series 1
1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
3
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
"K.C. Jones and Me" [prose] One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
1
"K*y*k Poem" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
2
"Keeping It Together" Fifteen drafts; twenty-one full sheets, two smaller sheets. Earlier title: S.O.P. Oregon English, Fall 1988; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
3
"Kees" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
4
"Killing Flies in Georgia" Eleven drafts; forty-eight sheets. Ploughshares, Spring 1989; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Killing Time" Six drafts; six sheets. The Review (Ohio State), Spring 1997; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"The King of Childhood" Five drafts; five sheets. Earlier title: "Wally." Unpublished?
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"The Knocking" Eight drafts; eight sheets. Free Lunch, Summer 1990.
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"Largo" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
9
"Late Afternoon Class" One draft; one sheet. Portland Review, June 1994.
10
"Late Innings" Nine drafts; eights sheets. Unpublished?
11
"Layers" One draft; two sheets. Crazyhorse, Winter 1996.
12
"Learning" Three drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
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"Learning Your Lesson" Eight drafts; nine sheets. Poetry East, Fall 1991.
14
"Leaving Town" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
15
"A Legend" Ten drafts; nineteen sheets. Other title: "The Legend of the Rocks" Unpublished?
16
"Lela and Others" Six drafts; thirteen sheets. Earlier title: "Going through the Album"; also includes drafts of "Going to School" and "Figures in the Dark." Poetry, November 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Letitia Loves Spud" [prose] Four drafts; thirty-eight sheets. Unpublished?
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"Letter from Cedars Road" Ten drafts; seventeen sheets. Tampa Review, Fall/Winter 1996.
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"Listening to a Russian Choir" Thirty-nine drafts; seventy-one sheets. Poetry, May 1994; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"A Little Night Music" One draft; one sheet. Black Water Review, Winter 1981; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"The Little Old Man" Four drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
22
"Lives Not Lived" Nineteen drafts; eighteen sheets. Earlier title: "Walking After Midnight" Unpublished?
23
"Living C.P. Snow" One draft; one sheet. Portland Review, 1979.
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"Living Somewhere Else" Five drafts; five sheets. Harvard Magazine, September/October 1987; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
25
"London Days" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
26
"Look, We Have Come Through" Four drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
27
Looking For Work" Nine drafts; six full sheets, three small sheets. Calapooya Collage 10, 1986; Greatest Hits (2002); How We Spent Our Time (2006).
28
"The Lost Barn" Twelve drafts; twenty-one sheets. Stand, Winter 1988-89.
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"The Lost Reader" Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
30
"Louver" Four drafts; four sheets. Earlier title: "Sea." The Chariton Review, Spring 1986.
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"Making a Living" Nine drafts; nine sheets. Tar River Poetry, Spring 1985; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Making Lists" Four drafts; seven sheets. The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Mavis" [prose] Three drafts; twenty full sheets, two small sheets. Unpublished?
34
"Menus From the Thirties" Thirteen drafts; nineteen sheets. Earlier title: "The Black Skillet" Unpublished?
35
"Missing It" One draft; one sheet. Crazyhorse, Winter 1991; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"The Modern Eye" Five drafts; eleven sheets. Unpublished?
37
"The Moment's Equation" Five drafts; eleven full sheets and one card. Includes correspondence with the editor of Sycamore Review. Sycamore Review, Summer 1990; The Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Moon Driving" Two drafts; two sheets. Earlier title: "No Problem." College English, March 1992; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Moonlight Walk: Li Po" One draft; four full sheets, one small sheet. Also includes "The Night Journey: Lu Chi" and "Everyone Knows." Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Morning Birds" Four drafts; seven sheets. Earlier titles: "Morning Notes" and "Morning." Unpublished?
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"The Muse in a Holding Pattern" Eleven drafts; eleven sheets. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998.
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"The Muse of Bedroom Monsters" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"The Muse of Self-Pity" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"The Muse of the First of the Month" nine drafts; ten sheets. Tampa Review Fall/Winter 1996.
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"The Muse of the South Lockers" Two drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Muses of Rooms" One draft; two sheets. Poetry, Winter 1990.
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"My Buddies" One draft; two sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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"My Father's Cousin" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"My Sense of Your Life" Three drafts; three sheets. Mr. Cogito, 1985.
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"A Mystery" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished? [or is this "Our Mystery" Seattle Review, Summer 2000.
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"The Mystery of Lost Shoes" One draft; one sheet. The Paris Review, Summer 1977; The Mystery of Lost Shoes (1984); Greatest Hits (2002); Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Near Puget Sound" One draft; three sheets. Unpublished?
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"Neighborhood Sales" Twelve drafts; twenty-five sheets. Earlier title: "Garage Meditation." Unpublished?
54
"The New Librarian" [prose] One draft; eleven sheets. Unpublished?
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"The New Stove" Two drafts; three sheets. Also includes a draft of "The Improvement" The Reaper, Spring 1983. ["The Improvement" is from The Literary Review, Summer 1962; The Window (1984); Backtracking (1985); Greatest Hits (2002).
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"The New Tree" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
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"The New World" Eight drafts; thirteen sheets. Panoply, Summer/Fall 1987.
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"Nickel and Dimed" One draft; two sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
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"No" Four drafts; four sheets. "Unpublished"
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"Numbers Game" Two drafts; two sheets. The Ohio Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 1994; Moment's Equation (2004).
61
"Of Lost Things" Three drafts; three sheets. Earlier title: "The Drawer of Lost Things" Unpublished?
62
"Office Hours Ancestors and Drought" Seven drafts; fourteen sheets. Southern Poetry Review, Summer 1993; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Old Flames" Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
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"The Old Place" One draft; one sheet. Portlander, 1992; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Old Workers" Seven drafts; nine sheets. Also a two-line draft of "Field Burning" Unpublished?
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"On Teaching Poetry Writing" [prose] One draft; eighteen sheets. Oregon English, Fall 1989.
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"On This Corner of the Map" Six drafts; twenty-two sheets. Alternative title: "This Corner" (see below). Unpublished?
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"Once Again" Five drafts; five sheets. The Poetry Review, April 1985.
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"One Life" Two drafts; four sheets.
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"The Other Place" One draft; one sheet. The American Scholar, Summer 1979; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"The Other Room" One draft; one sheet. The Sewanee Review, Summer 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
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"Our Story" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
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"Our Wars: A Memoir" Nine drafts; twenty sheets. Unpublished?
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"Owning Things" Seven drafts; thirteen sheets. Indiana Review, Winter 1989; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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Box 4 P-S
Series 1
1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
4
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
"Pablo, I'm Tired Too" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
1
"Pastoral" Two drafts; four sheets. Moment's Equation (2004).
2
"Pepper: 1940" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
3
"The Plank Bridge" Eight drafts; thirty-four sheets. Two sheets are folded and taped. Stapled to it is one draft, six sheets of "The Visit" [prose]. Earlier title of "The Plank Bridge": "The Return." Unpublished?
4
"Poetry and Vision: 1990" [prose] Two drafts; four sheets. Mississippi Review vol iii, no. 3 (1990?).
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"The Poetry of W.S. Graham" [prose] Two drafts; twenty-six sheets. Unpublished?
6
"Politics" Four drafts; ten sheets. The Seattle Review, Spring 1987; Little-known Sports (1994).
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"Poltergeist" [prose] Three drafts; thirty-seven sheets. Unpublished?
8
"Portland Hosts the Second Coming" Four drafts; eight sheets. Agni, Fall 1990; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"The Potato Cellar" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
10
"Progress" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
11
"Prospectus for Visitors" One draft; one sheet. Poetry, December 1980; Ruined Cities (1987).
12
"The Protocol of Shadows" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Tar River Poetry, Fall 1996.
13
"Pulling Up Stakes" Fifteen drafts; sixteen sheets. Unpublished?
14
"Quest" One draft; two sheets. Oregon Rainbow, Fall 1976; The Journey Begins (1976).
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"Raisins" Four drafts; four sheets. The Kenyon Review, Winter 1987; Moment's Equation (2004).
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"Reading: A Memoir" Six drafts; fourteen sheets. Poetry Northwest, Spring 1995.
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"Reading the Book of the Dead Man" One draft; one small sheet. Unpublished?
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"Reading the Days" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
19
"Reading the Sports Page" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
20
"Ready to Cook Still Life" Eleven drafts; eight sheets. Earlier title: "We Shall Overcome Finnish Creole Shrimp" Unpublished?
21
"Real Things" One draft; one sheet. Ohio Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 1984; Moment's Equation (2004).
22
"Recipe Protest Poem" Two drafts; two sheets. The International Examiner, October 16, 1991.
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"Reclaiming the House" Three drafts; three sheets. The Sewanee Review, Winter 1988; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
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"Recording" One draft; one sheet. Rain City Review, Spring 1993.
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"The Rest of Your Life" Five drafts; five sheets. Southwest Review, Winter 1989.
26
"Reunion on the Weekend of the Fourth" Ten drafts; thirty-one sheets. Southern Poetry Review, Fall 1993; Moment's Equation (2004).
27
"Revenant" [prose] Two drafts; twenty-five sheets. Unpublished?
28
"Review of Sufficiency by Doug Marx" [prose] Four drafts; seven full sheets, one small sheets. Unpublished?
29
"The Lost Reader" Five drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
30
"Rogers' Rangers, A Late Report" One draft; one sheet. Ruined Cities (1987).
31
"Romance" Four drafts; seven sheets. The Sewanee Review [date?] Republished in: Greatest Hits (2002); The Moment's Equation (2004).
32
"The Round Table" One draft; one sheet. Backtracking (1985).
33
"Run Sheep Run" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Tar River Poetry, Fall 1996; Moment's Equation (2004).
34
"Runes for a Totem" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
35
"Rutsala Weather" Sixteen drafts; thirty sheets. Barnabe Mountain Review, Winter 1997.
36
"Salvage" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
37
"Scene" One draft; one small sheet. Unpublished?
38
"Seasonal" Sixteen drafts; twenty-five sheets. Earlier titles: "Shadows," "Cold Trees," "Winter." Unpublished?
39
"Second Wives" Five drafts; seven sheets. Earlier titles: "Party: Second Wives," "Observations at a Party: Second Wives." Unpublished?
40
"Shame" Three drafts; three sheets. The American Scholar, Fall 1988; Greatest Hits (2002); Moment's Equation (2004).
41
"Shelter" Nine drafts; seventeen sheets. Poetry, November 1986.
42
"Shopping Carts" Two drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
43
"Signs Unseen: To My Brother" Six drafts; ten sheets. Earlier title: "Sharing the Grief: To My Brother."
44
"The Situation Tonight" Seventeen drafts; forty-four pages. Earlier title: "This Corner of the Map." See "On This Corner of the Map." Unpublished?
45
"Skaters" One draft; one sheet. Poetry, December 1980; Ruined Cities (1987).
46
"Sleep 101" [prose] One draft; two sheets. Open Space, 1985.
47
"Slinging Hash" Three drafts; three sheets. Missouri Review, Fall 1985.
48
"Slivers" Eight drafts; fifteen full sheets, one and a quarter note cards. Earlier titles: "My Father's Cousin," "A Family Story." Westbranch, Fall 1997; Moment's Equation (2004).
49
"Small Craft Advisories" Three drafts; three sheets. Hubbub, 1983; The Mystery of the Lost Shoes (1984).
50
"Small World" Eight drafts; seven sheets. Earlier title: "Street Scene." Unpublished?
51
"Some Houses" One draft; one sheet. The Sewanee Review, Spring 1982; Ruined Cities (1987).
52
"The Song" One draft; three sheets. The Antioch Review, Spring 1996.
53
"Sparrow" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
54
"Speaking Her Lonely Greek" One draft; one sheet. Black Warrior Review, Winter 1981; Ruined Cities (1987); Greatest Hits (2002).
55
"Specter" One draft; three sheets. The Georgia Review, Fall 1989; Moment's Equation (2004).
56
"Spending the Night" Ten drafts; forty sheets. How We Spent Our Time (2006)
57
"Spring in McCall, Idaho" Three drafts; three sheets. Interim, Fall 1986.
58
"Standing on the Corner" Eight drafts; eight sheets. Unpublished?
59
"Stories" [prose] One draft; seventeen sheets. Unpublished?
60
"The Story Without End" Twenty-three drafts; forty-two sheets. Earlier titles: "The End of the Line," "Taking the Old Road." Mid-American Review, Fall 1997; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
61
"Strangers' Beds" Nine drafts; twelve sheets (one torn). Earlier title: "Ten Years Later." Unpublished?
62
"Suitable Transportation" One draft; two sheets. The Reaper, Spring 1983; Backtracking (1985).
63
"Summer's End" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
64
"Sunday Drives" Ten drafts; ten sheets. Earlier title: "My Contract." Poetry East, Fall 1984.
65
"Sunday Morning Walk: A Memoir" Six drafts; twelve sheets. Nebraska Review, Spring/Summer 1987.
66
"Sunset and Dawn: T'ao Ch'ien" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Earlier title: "The Problem: T'ao Ch'ien" Calapooya Collage 8, 1984.
67
"The Super 99 Drive-In Cronicle" Five drafts; five sheets. Colorado Review, Spring-Summer 1991; Moment's Equation (2004).
68
"Surfaces" Nine drafts; seventeen sheets. Earlier title: "Travellers." Tar River Poetry, Fall 1988.
69
"SW13" Ten sheets: drafts of several poems including "Once Again", "Walking By the Old House", "Letter from Cedars Road", "House Plants". "Getting Ready For Spring", "Home Thoughts", "Back There", "Look We Have Come Through", and "Politics: There and Here."
70
Box 5 T-Z
Series 1
1970-2005
1/2 cubic foot
5
Poetry Drafts and Typescripts
Alphabetical by poem title.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
"Taking Down the Tree" Nine drafts; nine sheets. Unpublished?
1
"Taking Pictures" Three drafts; three sheets. Wigwag, December 1989; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
2
"Taking the Old Road" Eight drafts; fourteen sheets. Alexander, Robert and Mark Vinz and C.W. Truesdale, eds. The Talking of Hands (Minneapolis: New Rivers Press, 1998); How We Spent Our Time (2006).
3
"A Tale of the Fifties" [prose] One draft; twelve sheets. Earlier/alternative titles: "Art Macki's Fiftieth Year," "A Birthday Party: A Tale of the Fifties."
4
"Talking to Strangers" Eight drafts; ten sheets. The Hudson Review, Spring 1987; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
5
"Ten Years Later" Eleven drafts; eleven sheets. See also "Stranger's Beds" and "Walking By Our Old House." Unpublished?
6
"Thanksgivings" One draft; two sheets. Unpublished?
7
"That Other House" Six drafts; six sheets. Literature and Belief, Fall 1986.
8
"Theory of Fiction" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
9
"They" Four drafts; twelve sheets. Other title: "They Were Always Out There" Pebble 9 (1972?); Paragraphs (1978).
10
"Thieves" Twenty drafts; twenty sheets. Clackamas Literary Review, Spring 1998.
11
"This Corner" Fifteen drafts; twenty-nine sheets. Earlier/alternative title: "This Corner of the Map." See also "On This Corner of the Map." Unpublished?
12
"This Otherness" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
13
"Throwing: A Memoir" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
14
"Time" One draft; one sheet. Poetry, June 1989; Ruined Cities (1987).
15
"To the Canadian Immigration Officials at Blaine, WA" Three drafts; six sheets. The Wilmington Review, Fall 1987.
16
"To Whom it May Concern" Three drafts; four sheets. unpublished?
16B
"Tom Pete" Two drafts; two sheets. Poetry NOW, no. 6 (1975??); Moment's Equation (2004).
17
"Toothbrushes" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
18
"Traffic Watch" Eight drafts; eight sheets. The Atlantic, February 1987; Moment's Equation (2004).
19
The Trailer" [prose] Three drafts; seven full sheets, two half sheets, three note cards. Unpublished?
20
"Translations from Rilke" ["From a Childhood", "End of Autumn" and "The Neighbor."] Three sheets. Unpublished?
21
"Travelling East" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
22
"Travelling One Way" Two drafts; four sheets. Calapooya Collage 12, 1988; Greatest Hits (2002); How We Spent Our Time (2006).
23
"Trees and Wind" Six drafts; five sheets. Unpublished?
24
"Trust" Eight drafts; eleven sheets. The Chariton Review, Fall 1988.
25
"The Truth About Us: William Carlos Williams" Four drafts; twenty-six full sheets, five small sheets, thirty-two note cards. Earlier title: "Getting the News." New England Review/Breadloaf Quarterly, Fall 1985.
26
"Two Rooms" Five drafts; nine sheets, one note card. Earlier title: "The Sadness of Two Rooms." Unpublished?
27
"Two Weeks" [prose] One draft; three sheets. Unpublished?
28
"Uncle" Five drafts; six sheets. Poetry, November 1983; Ruined Cities (1987).
29
"Vanport" [prose] Three drafts; eleven full sheets, seven small sheets, six note cards. Unpublished?
30
"Walking By Our Old House" Nine drafts; nine sheets. Earlier title: "Ten Years Later" (see above). Unpublished?
31
"Wallace Stevens and the Malady of the Quotidian" [prose] Two drafts; twenty-six sheets. Unpublished?
32
"Watching Game Shows" Twenty drafts; twenty-five sheets. Unpublished?
33
"The Way We Live Now" Three drafts; three sheets. The Chowder Review, 1985; Ruined Cities (1987).
34
"We Count on Brady" Twenty-one drafts; fifty-eight sheets. Unpublished?
35
"We Count on Brady" [prose poem] One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
36
"We Learned It At the Movies" Twelve drafts; fifteen sheets. Earlier titles: "An Education at the Movies" and "Going to School at the Movies." Prairie Schooner, Fall 1997.
37
"We Save What We Can: A Memoir" Five drafts; six sheets. Calapooya Collage 16, 1992.
38
"Wedding Gift" Five drafts; ten sheets. Unpublished?
39
"What Days Do" Five drafts; eight sheets. Unpublished?
40
"What Have You Done?" Two drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
41
"What Needs to Be Said?" Eleven drafts; twenty-one sheets. Unpublished?
42
"What the World Does" Twenty drafts; thirty-five sheets. Earlier title: "Aunt Jenny and the American Dream" Agni, Spring 1997; Moment's Equation (2004).
43
"What They Did" One draft; one sheet. The Massachusetts Review, Summer 1996.
44
"What Thou Lovest Well Remains: Ezra Pound" [prose] Two drafts; seven full sheets, one small sheet, three note cards. What Thou Lovest Well Remains: 100 Years of Ezra Pound, ed. Ardinger (Limberlost Press, 1986).
45
"What We Owe" Sixteen drafts; nineteen sheets. Winter Springs, Willow 1999.
46
"What We Really Want" One draft; one sheet. Advancing Poetry [Class Antholog-Advanced Poetry Writing 422], 1992; The Mystery of the Lost Shoes (1984).
47
"Whatever It Is" Eight drafts; eight sheets. Earlier titles: "One Day" and "Routine." Indiana Review, Winter 1989.
48
"What's Out There Now" Nineteen drafts; twenty-one sheets. The Gettysburg Review, Summer 1997; Moment's Equation (2004).
49
"Where the Path Disappears" One draft; one sheet. Unpublished?
50
"Where We Live" Four drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
51
"White Water" Five drafts; four sheets, one note card. Poetry, November 1986.
52
"Wilderness" One drafts; two sheets (one torn). Brown Journal of the Arts, Spring 1984. Reprinted in Pushcart Prize X; Ruined Cities (1987).
53
"The Windowsill Over the Sink" Three drafts; three sheets. The Atlantic, August 1984; Moment's Equation (2004).
54
"Winter" Three drafts; two sheets. Unpublished?
55
"Without Words" Four drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
56
"The Woman in the Pub" [prose] One draft; nineteen sheets. The Massachusetts Review, Fall 1998.
57
"Words" One draft; one sheet. Washington Post Bookweek (reprinted)
58
"Writing to the Past" One draft; one sheet. College English, March 1992; How We Spent Our Time (2006).
59
"Yard Sales, Garage Sales…" Four drafts; four sheets. Unpublished?
60
"A Year Away" Seven drafts; seven sheets. Unpublished?
61
"Yet Another of the Lost" Three drafts; three sheets. Unpublished?
62
"You Said I Should Look" Four drafts; four sheets. River Styx, 1993
63
"You Should Pay Attention" Three drafts; three sheets. Panoply, Summer/Fall 1987.
64
Series III: Miscellaneous
Sub-Series I: General Correspondence
American Poetry Review
6
1
American Scholar
1981-1993
6
2
Antioch Review
2004
6
3
Associated Writing Programs
1985-1997
6
4
Atlantic
1991
6
5
Allanson, Sherry
1969
6
6
Anderson, Maggie
1991
6
7
Artquake
1979
6
8
Armsbille Elementary School
1980
6
9
Averill, Diane
1999
6
10
Baker, Lois
2006
6
11
Baldwin, Gary
1979
6
12
Balliet, Vivien
1994
6
13
Baxter, Charles
1998-2008
6
14
Bedbug Press
2006
6
15
Bell, Marvin
1969-2000
6
16
Berke, Judy
1980
6
17
Berner, Bob
2005
6
18
Bierman, Judah
1992
6
19
Binni, Francesco
1992
6
20
Blue Heron Publishing
1992
6
21
Robert Bly
2005
6
22
Booth, James
6
23
Bosselaar, Laure-Anne
2003
6
24
Braden, Bill
1991-1992
6
25
Braun, Ted & Alice
2003
6
26
Brown, Curt
2005
6
27
Brown, John/Lewis & Clark Provost and Dean of Faculty
1979
6
28
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
1997
6
29
Budbill, David
1980
6
30
Cady, Jack
1991
6
31
Camden House
1993
6
32
Cannon Beach Book Company
1993
6
33
Carlile, Henry
1994-2004
6
34
Carlsen, Susan/ A Forest Gathering of Poets
1992
6
35
Chuang, Angie
6
36
Cline, Hilary Bragdon
1995
6
37
Cole, Robert/ Columbia Gorge Community College
1996-1997
6
38
Contemporary Literature
1991
6
39
Cooley, Cris
1980
6
40
Costanzo, Gerald/ Carnegie Mellon University Press
1990-1995
6
41
Crawford, Tom
1981-1992
6
42
Daedalus Books
1992
6
43
Dassori, Jr, F. Davis
1992
6
44
Daver, Lesley
1998-2006
6
45
Derry, A
1998
6
46
Denver Quarterly acceptance note
6
47
Davis, Barbara
1992
6
48
Doolittle, Jim & Barbara
1968
6
49
Doty, BJ & St. John, Primus
2004
6
50
Drake, Barbara
1981-1998
6
51
Emmons, David
1992
6
52
Engle, Hualing Nieh
1995
6
53
England, Eugene/Brigham Young University
1986-1993
6
54
Enright House
1992
6
55
Esquire/ Lee, Yishane
1994
6
56
Ferté, Tom/ Calapooya College
1986-1999
6
57
Fine Madness
6
58
Fort, Charles
1994-1995
6
59
Four Way Books
2005
6
60
Francis, Justin
1996
6
61
Friedman, Norman
1991
6
62
Fund to Support and Advance the Teaching of English
1994
6
63
Gale, Vi/ Prescott Street Press
1976-1996
7
1
Gardner, Doll
1991
7
2
Correspondence with The Georgia Review
1996
7
3
Germain, Carmen/Peninsula College
7
4
Gettysburg Review
1997
7
5
Gildner, Gary
1999
7
6
Goodrich, Charles
1998-2003
7
7
Green, Eugene
1987
7
8
Greenberg/ Macalester College
1969
7
9
Green Haven Correctional Facility
1994
7
10
Greenwood, Georgianna
2002
7
11
Groves, Michael
1993
7
12
Guggenheim Foundation
1984-2004
7
13
Hall, Donald
1978-1989
7
14
Halperin, Mark
1978-2005
7
15
Hart, Emily
2005
7
16
Hart, Jack
1999
7
17
Hartigan, Endi F./ Spectaculum
2004
7
18
Hathaway, Dev/ The Black Warrior Review
1982
7
19
Hausing, Jim
1993
7
20
Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts
2005
7
21
Hazel, Robert
1989
7
22
Hilberry, Conrad/ Kalamazoo College
1979
7
23
Holder, Russel
1987-2004
7
24
Horovitz, Michael
7
25
Howell, Chris
1998
7
26
Hubert, Jim
1978
7
27
Hudson Review
1981-1996
7
28
Idaho Commission on the Arts
2001
7
29
Inada, L.
1966-2006
7
30
Indiana University
1992
7
31
International Authors and Writers Who's Who
1998
7
32
Jarman, Mark
1979-1998
7
33
Johnson, Kenneth E.
1979
7
34
Johnson, Mel
1990
7
35
Jones, Fay
2004
7
36
Justice, Donald
1990-2002
7
37
Keithley, George
1979-1995
7
38
Kessler, Milton
1992
7
39
Koal, Karin
1968
7
40
Kogan, Nicolaus
1994
7
41
KPBS
1973
7
42
Kuehl, Linda Kandel
1999
7
43
Kuzma, Greg
1978
7
44
Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce
1980
7
45
Laurel Review
1995
7
46
Lerman, Jonas
2003-2004
7
47
Levin, Susan J.
1991
7
48
Library
2000
7
49
Lewis, William Oliver
1996
7
50
Lewis & CLark College, Department of English
1992
7
51
Lindberg, Stanley W./ The Georgia Review
1978
7
52
Literary Arts
1998-2006
7
53
LitEruption
1992
7
54
Letter from The Loess Press
1990
7
55
Looking Glass Books
7
56
Lorts, Jack
1990-2001
7
57
Lower Columbia College
1995
7
58
Lucht, Philys
2003
7
59
Lum, Pam
7
60
Lynn, Bill
1969
7
61
Magowan, Robin
2002
8
1
Malloy, Mike and Ruth
2004
8
2
Malone, Hank
1988
8
3
Mapes, Linda
1999
8
4
Marcus, Morton
1969-2004
8
5
Marks, S.J.
1974
8
6
Marlboro Review
2003
8
7
Marlowe, Vaughn
1991
8
8
Massachusetts Review
1963-1998
8
9
Matthews, William
1969-1992
8
10
McFarland, Ron
2000
8
11
Melnicove, Mark
1979
8
12
Merwin, W.S.
2005
8
13
Metropolitan Events
1992
8
14
Misiura, Yalina
1989
8
15
Mississippi Mud of America
1989
8
16
Mitchell, Roger/Indiana University
1991-1992
8
17
Monitor Book Company, Inc/Alan Pater
1979
8
18
Moody, Roger
1999
8
19
Mooney, Michael
1999
8
20
Moore, George
1980-2005
8
21
Morgan, Robert
1985-1993
8
22
Morrison, John
2005
8
23
Morton, Carol
1990
8
24
Mountain Writers Series
1990
8
25
Mud Creek
8
26
Mukand, Jon
1994
8
27
Muller, Erik
1992-2005
8
28
Nathanson, Donald
1992-1996
8
29
National Endowment for the Arts
1992
8
30
Nebraska Review
8
31
New England Review
1980-1985
8
32
New Rivers Press
1994-2004
8
33
Nicolett, Stephanie
1996
8
34
Nims, John
1992
8
35
Nobles, Edward
8
36
Norris
1980
8
37
North American Review
2001-2005
8
38
Northwest Review
1966-1994
8
39
Northward
1993
8
40
Nye Beach Writers Series
1994-1998
8
41
Oberlin College
1980-1993
8
42
Offen, Ron
1980-1994
8
43
Ohio University
1998
8
44
Olson, Yvonne
1991
8
45
Orlen, Steve
1997
8
46
On The Bus
1992
8
47
Orchard Books
1995
8
48
Oregon Arts Comission
1976-1989
8
49
Oregon Arts Foundation
1980
8
50
Oregon English
1990
8
51
Oregon Episcopal School
2000
8
52
Oregon Historical Society
1995
8
53
Oregon Institute of the Literary Arts
1991-1992
8
54
Oregon Review
1993
8
55
Orr, Verlena
1998-2005
8
56
Ostroff, Anthony
1969
8
57
Letter from Parry Center for Children
1991
9
1
Pearl, Daniel
1998
9
2
PEN Northwest
1992
9
3
Peterson, Paulann
1997-2003
9
4
Petrs, Bob
1980
9
5
Pittsburgh
1990
9
6
Poetry
1981-1994
9
7
Poets' Digest
1992
9
8
Note from Katha Pollitt
1990
9
9
Card from Charles Potts
1989
9
10
Portland Poetry Festival Inc.
1992
9
11
Portland State University
1992-1998
9
12
Pushcart Press
1985-2001
9
13
Pennsylvania Review
1991
9
14
Quarterly
1990
9
15
Rachel, Naomi
1980
9
16
Rankin, Paula
1988-1989
9
17
Letter from Heikki Ratalahti
1989
9
18
Reunion News
1993
9
19
Reyes, Carlos
9
20
Rhea and Seymour Gorsline Poetry Competition
9
21
Robinette, Janice
1999
9
22
Rubottom, Otis
1997-1998
9
23
Rutsala, David
1992
9
24
Rutsala, Kristen
9
25
Rutsala, Vern
1989-1998
9
26
Ryskind, Allan H.
1957
9
27
Schneberg, Willa
2005
9
28
Sears, Peter
1992-2001
9
29
Seattle Review
9
30
Shevin, Dave
1994-1997
9
31
Sills, Rick
1979
9
32
Skloot, Floyd
2003
9
33
Letter from Gibbs Smith, Publisher
2000
9
34
Southern California Anthology
1992-1996
9
35
Stafford, Dorothy and William
1985-1988
9
36
Stalker, Doy
1995
9
37
Stanton, Maura
1984-2005
9
38
Starck, Clemens
1991-1993
9
39
Steinman, Lisa and Shugrue, Jim
1985-2005
9
40
Stone, Sandra
1998
9
41
Story Line Press
1990-1998
9
42
Stoves, Dave
1993
9
43
Sukrungrvang
2003
9
44
Syndicated Fiction Project
1993
9
45
Talking River Review
1994
9
46
Tampa Review
1996
9
47
Tar River Poetry
1995-2002
9
48
Thielen, Jim
1993-1998
9
49
Thompson, Gary and Linda
2002-2005
9
50
Tremblay, William
1995-1998
9
51
Tomei, Carolyn
2005
9
52
Trask House Books
1979
9
53
Trusky, Tom
1979
9
54
Turco, Lewis
1969-2004
9
55
Letter from Uiversity Press of New England Re:Paragraphs
1990
9
56
Correspondence with Wesleyan University Press
1978-1994
9
57
Correspondence with White Pines Press Re:A Handbook for Writers
2001-2004
9
58
White Pine Press Author's Questionare
9
59
Note to Bruce Wilcox, UMass Press, and response
2003
9
60
Sub-series II: Hubbub Correspondence
Hubbub: Special British Issue-Vol. 3, No.1
1985
10
1
Medbh McGuckian
10
2
Tony Harrison
1984
10
3
Douglas Gunn
1984
10
4
D.J. Enright
10
5
Glym Jones
1986
10
6
John Davies
10
7
Roy Fuller
1984
10
8
Vernon Scannell
1984
10
9
Peter Porter
1984
10
10
Tony Curtis
1984
10
11
Ian Caws
1984
10
12
Robert Gittings
1984
10
13
Stewart Brown
1984
10
14
Jon Stallworthy
1984
10
15
Craig Raine
1984
10
16
Andrew Motion Correspondence
1984
10
17
Carol Rumens
1988
10
18
Robert Morgan Correspondence
1984
10
19
John Fuller Correspondence
1984
10
20
Alan Brownjohn Correspondence
1984
10
21
Jon Silkin Correspondence
1984
10
22
Leslie Norris
1984
10
23
Michael Hamburger
1984
10
24
Alan Bold
1984
10
25
Dannie Abse
1986
10
26
Michael Blackburn
1984
10
27
Editor's Notes
1984
10
28
Sub-series III: MISC Correspondence
Anderson, Erland
1981
11
1
Ardinger, Rick
1985
11
2
Arrowood Books, Inc.
1986
11
3
Back Door Press
1981
11
4
Bumpus, Jerry
1962
11
5
Capes
1966
11
6
Central Washington University
1981
11
7
Crenner, Jim
1966
11
8
Davies, Robert A.
1966
11
9
Davis, Charles
1985
11
10
Fish Lips Productions
1992
11
11
Gilgun, John
1981
11
12
Gordon, William; Jewish Community Center
1961
11
13
Gottfried, Herb
1969
11
14
Harper, Michael S.
1966-1968
11
15
Harper's
1974
11
16
Hart, Jack
1968
11
17
Harvey, Byron
1981
11
18
Hitchcock, George
1967
11
19
Homer, Britt; Spring Church Book Company
11
20
Honder, Russell
1986
11
21
Hongo, Garrett
1981-1984
11
22
Katz, Dori
1969
11
23
Kempe, Melita
1981
11
24
King Broadcasting Company
1966
11
25
Knox
1970
11
26
Lea, Sydney
1985
11
27
Lewis & Clark College
1985
11
28
Lowenfeis, Walter
1966
11
29
Lowerfels, W.
1966
11
30
Machaffie, Ingeborg S.
1985
11
31
Malloy, Mike
1975
11
32
McClelland
1969
11
33
Menci, Tanya
1966
11
34
Mike Berryhill
1969-1970
11
35
Miller, Conny
1998
11
36
MISC Correspondence
11
37
MISC Postcards and cards
11
38
University of Missouri-Kansas City
1981-1986
11
39
The Missouri Review
1985
11
40
Mt. Hood Community College
1975
11
41
The New Republic
1986
11
42
The New Yorker
1981
11
43
Niflis, Michael
1976
11
44
Northeast Technical Community College
1984
11
45
The Ohio Review
1981
11
46
Oregon Journal
1974
11
47
The Paris Review
1974
11
48
Pavlich, Walter
1985
11
49
Pen/Nelson Algren Fiction Award
1985
11
50
Poison Claw Press
1966
11
51
Portland Area Writers
1966
11
52
Reed College
1981
11
53
Regional Writers Project
1991
11
54
Schmitz
1985
11
55
The Sewanee Review
1985
11
56
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
1985
11
57
Silkin, Jon
11
58
Slisinger, Havier
1969
11
59
The Southern Review
1981
11
60
Stalker, Douglas A.
1977
11
61
St. Francis College
1969
11
62
Syndal, James
1985
11
63
University of California, Irvine
1981
12
1
University of Cincinnati
1979
12
2
University of Iowa
1961-1970
12
3
The University of Massachusetts Press
1984
12
4
University of Nebraska
1998
12
5
University of New Haven
1985
12
6
University of Strathclyde
1966
12
7
University of Washington
1968
12
8
University Press of Florida
1992
12
9
University Press of New England
2005
12
10
University Publishing
12
11
Venn, George
1979-1980
12
12
Vesta Publications Limited
1986
12
13
Wallace, Ron
1988
12
14
Wallaert, Josh
2004
12
15
Weber, Marsha
2003
12
16
Western Oregon University
12
17
Western Washington State College
1966
12
18
Willson, John
1979-1999
12
19
Williams, Sandra
1991-2003
12
20
Wong, Flo
1989
12
21
Woznick, Maureen
1990
12
22
Zietlow, E.R.
1968
12
23
College and English Department Materials
1989-2000
13
1
Correspondence with Lewis and Clark Administration regarding 1982 Guggenheim Fellowship
1982
13
2
Correspondence with campus bookstore
1997
13
3
Lewis and Clark Developmental Review
13
4
Letter from the University of Pennsylvania re: creative writing position
1994
13
5
Oregon Literary Coalition, Agenda (Oct 6, 2000) and Mission
13
6
Invitation, Oregon Poets List
1998
13
7
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th century invitation
1999
13
8
Who's who in the West entry/ Who's who in American Education entry/ Who's who in America and others
1990-1996
13
9
Pushcart Prize: Correspondence
1989-1997
13
10
Poems by students ( Washington Writers Workshop)
13
11
Washington Writers Workshop, correspondence and evaluation forms
1996
13
12
MISC Correspondence
1990-2007
12
24
Professional Correspondence
1987-1989
12
25
Contract, Washington State Arts Commission
1989
13
13
Mountain Writers Pacific MFA Residency Evaluation (Student Activities)
13
14
Student Evaluations, Haystack Program
1987
13
15
Evaluations: Across the River Reading Series
1989
13
16
Poetry Judging for Cloudbank Books and the Oregon State Poetry Association
2001
13
17
Oregon State Poetry Association newsletter March 1976
1976
13
18
PEN Northwest
1990-1991
13
19
Lists of poets and writers
13
20
Iowa Writers' Workshop Newsletter
1990-1991
13
21
Portland Poetry Festival, Correspondence
1991
13
22
List of possible blurb writers
13
23
Membership Card, AARP
1990
13
24
Schedule Northwest Film Center
1994
13
25
William Stafford Birthday Event, Correspondence
2001
13
26
Request for support, miscellaneous organizations
1990-1991
13
27
Events
1989-2000
13
28
Royalty statements, honoraria, book sales
1966-2001
13
29
List of poetry reading payments and other payments
13
30
Poetry reading notes
13
31
Poetry reading announcements
1989-2000
13
32
Poetry Minutes, Radio Reading
1996
13
33
Reed College poetry reading
2000
13
34
Invitation to reading: associating writing programs
1990-2001
13
35
Introduction by John McClelland
1996
13
36
Acceptance Letters
1982-1986
14
1
Correspondence with Publishers
1988-2000
14
2
Miscellaneous notes and cards
1989-2005
14
3
Fragments
14
4
Letter drafts
14
5
Rejection letters
1988-2001
14
6
Vern Rutsala correspondence, course descriptions, misc.
1989-1996
14
7
Submission requests
1989-1997
14
8
Working drafts of collections
14
9
Series II: Correspondence
The American Poetry Review, September/October 1989, "On the Fifties and Eighties"
1989
15
1
C.V.s and Acknowledgements
15
2
"A Chairperson"-Drawing
15
3
Ghazal, page proof from Free Lunch
1990-2000
15
4
Guggenheim material
1977-2000
15
5
Lists of poems and publishers
1988
15
6
List of publications
15
7
National Endowment for the Arts Certification
1979
15
8
Northwest Poets & Artists Calendar
1990
15
9
Notice from the Chronicle
1992
15
10
Oregon Arts Commission, Fellowship Notification
1989-1990
15
11
Photocopies of printed poems
1981
15
12
Photographs
1990-1998
15
13
Poetry Now Article on Rutsala
15
14
Reflections and Notes
15
15
Reviews, Little Known Sports
15
16
Reviews of selected poems
15
17
Reviews of The Window
1963-1970
15
18
The Signal
1991
15
19
Wesleyan Poetry Collection
1969-1993
15
20
To-Do Lists
15
21
Unidentified poems and stories
15
22
Reed College Poetry Themed Calendar
2005
15
23
Rushdie
1989
15
24
Local Prexies
1988-1989
15
25
The Prose Poem notes
15
26
Sketches and notes
15
27
Series IV: Drafts and Manuscipts
Greatest Hits
16
1
A Handbook for Writers
16
2
Histories
16
3
Houses
16
4
The New Yorker Oct 27,1985, contains 'Walking Home From the Icehouse"
16
5
Aisling, Summer '75
16
6
Déja Vu: Thoughts on the Fifties and Eighties, title page and note
16
7
Shame and Other Poems, title page
16
8
New Poems, contents
16
9
Selected Poems, cover copy
16
10
Manuscript and Reader Responses-"On Teaching Poetry Writing"
16
11
Backtracking
16
12
Backtracking, manuscript
16
13
Backtracking Drafts
1974-1980
17
1
Backtracking Drafts, annotated
1975
17
2
Backtracking notes and trascript
1975-1980
17
3
The Jerrybuilt Dream
17
4
The Window album
Box 17
5
How We Spend Our Time, manuscript and notes
18
1
How We Spend Our Time, manuscripts and draft Table of Contexts
18
2
How We Spend Our Time, manuscripts and correspondence
18
3
Shame/The Moment's Equation
18
4
The Moment's Equation, manuscript
18
5
The Moment's Equation, manuscript and correspondence with Copper Canyon Press
18
6
Photocopies of Poems
19
1
Selected Poems
19
2
Little-Known Sports:copy
19
3
Little-Known Sports
19
4
Drafts of Poems
19
5
Drafts of Poems
19
6
Adjectives [prose poem]
19
7
Baxter
19
8
Chekovian
19
9
Conversation Piece
19
10
Course Description
19
11
Don't Lock the Barn Door
19
12
Driving in the Rain
19
13
The End of the Year
19
14
Estrangement
19
15
Gardening
19
16
Geography Lesson
19
17
Going Back to Work
19
18
Good Guests
19
19
Hardyesque
19
20
Henry As It Were James
19
21
How It Feels
19
22
How We Get By
19
23
A Kafka Prophecy
19
24
Leaving
19
25
Local Game
19
26
Night
19
27
Night Games
19
28
Nouns [prose-poem]
19
29
Wow
19
30
The Old Man and the Menu
19
31
The Other
19
32
Drafts of "Other Lives"
19
33
The Pen or My New Pen
19
34
Plagiarism
19
35
The Shop Steward
19
36
Storm
19
37
To Borges
19
38
The Walker in the House
19
39
Verbs [prose-poem]
19
40
Vowels [prose-poem]
19
41
Prose Versions of "The House of..."
19
42
Series V: Publications/Messages from Other Authors and Teaching Notes
A Garland of Rubliws for Lewis Turco
20
1
Detours, poems by Sandra Williams
20
2
Illustrated notes/messages
20
3
Rutsala Tractor, GrowBoy
20
4
Tiffen University
1993
20
5
Carslaw's Sequence, Lise M. Steinman
1998
20
6
Massacre in Peacetime--July 1947, Pat Clifton
2005
20
7
Stranger in Town, Ron McFarland
1999
20
8
The Brink, Peter Sears
1999
20
9
New Rivers Press, Morton Marcus
1994
20
10
Carslaw's Sequences manuscript, Lisa M. Steinman
20
11
The Furious Standing Still, George B. Moore
20
12
Flowers and Whistling, Charles Goodrich
1998
20
13
Striking Through the Masks, Morton Marcus
20
14
Poems from Garrett Kaoru Hongo
20
15
Martin Robbins, "One Illness, Long Life..." off print
20
16
Student Poems
1989-2000
20
17
John Willson, "Black House"
20
18
Lewis Turco
20
19
"Cannon Beach Meditation" edits for Anthology
2006
21
1
Notebook
1991
21
2
Western States Book Awards
1990
21
3
Story Line Press, photocopy of Rutsala'a Selected Poems
1991
21
4
Story Line Press, Author's Questionnaire
1989
21
5
2007 Publications
2007
21
6
Mississippi Review: On Vision 1990
1990
21
7
Oregon Literary Review
2007
21
8
The Paris Review
2007
21
9
Before, Maxine Scates
2006
21
10
Selected Poems/Story Line
1988-2007
21
11
Rutsala Teaching Notes, authors, A-D
22
1
Rutsala Teaching Notes, authors, E-N
22
2
Rutsala Teaching Notes, authors, P-W
22
3
Poetry Festival Reading
22
4
Reed Lecture
2006
22
5
Let's Talk About It (lecture material)
22
6
On Teaching Poetry Writing
22
7
Notebook
22
8
Series VI