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New York, 8 April 1946. Letter. Normal creases from folding. Near Fine and a superb letter. Exceptional two-page Autograph Letter of @435 words on two separate sheets completely in the hand of and SIGNED by Charles Olson to poet, editor, and librettist Ronald Duncan, a literary acquaintance of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. In part: "I have had [T.S.] Eliot's regrets on 'our' mss, as you are gracious to call it. His letter crossed me from [Ezra] Pound urging him to publish. Eliot said he thought it ought to be published, but in America first. It looks now as though it will be. Reynal & Hitchcock plan to take it, with changes, and expansions in the second half.... The fact is England has always been more hospitable to Melville, from his own books on.... It would be luck if Eliot would consider.... Pound said: Duncan will help. Will you please--and take my thanks? I am asking Eliot, if the new plan doesn't take, to let you have the mss. Do with it what you think best. It may well be that Eliot's doubts…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) TO RONALD DUNCAN REGARDING THE IMPENDING PUBLICATION OF HIS FIRST BOOK
by OLSON, Charles
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
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New York, 5 January 1968. Letter. Normal creases from folding. Near Fine. Interesting 4-1/4-page handwritten letter on four sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" yellow paper completely in the hand of and SIGNED by Charles Olson to Douglas Calhoun, editor of ATHANOR JOURNAL, which often showcased the work of Olson and other Black Mountain School poets. A rambling letter in which Olson muses about language and syntax. With a stamped hand-addressed and SIGNED envelope.
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THE VENETIAN GRAVE
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(Conway, MA), (1973). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Large (11-1/8" x 15") single sheet of thick deckle-edged paper folded to make 4 pages containing an essay on Ezra Pound by MacLeish. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.
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