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Poems, Undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 38

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Contains handwritten and typed drafts of poems, prose, and notebooks (bulk 1970s-2000s), including interfiled correspondence, reviews, and articles related to these materials. Minty’s original order has been preserved, which is loosely alphabetical by title of poem or poetry collection. Notebooks are listed chronologically.

Dates

  • Other: Undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to research.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.

Extent

From the Collection: 20 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

JM’s file name and ordering. Typed drafts, including complete manuscript of Dancing the Fault and "Alone at Prairie Creek,” “Family Dinners,” “The Dog,” “After the Storm,” “Starlings,” “Leland,” “First Snow,” “California Quail,” “Houses,” “The Boats: Coming and Going,” “Raising Pastels,” “Flying People,” “Tending the Animals," “On Fidelity,” “Renting Out Rooms,” “Starlings,” “The Nun,” “The Butcher,” “The Cats in the Barn,” “Why Do You Keep Those Cats?,” “November Morning,” “Making Music,” “The Lake Road,” “The End of Summer,” “Black Bear,” “Raven,” “Driving East,” “Ice Storm,” “The Black Bear – Spring,” “The Black Bear – Fall,” “Letters to My Daughters” Nos. 3, 6, 9, 11; “Hawk,” “From the Underworld,” “Ironing,” “Destroying the Cormorant Eggs,” “The Last Bear Poem,” “Christine, On Her Way to China: An Earthquake Poem,” “Meeting My Father at the River,” “Winter Tree,” “A Sense of Place,” “Orchids” “Trying to Remember” “Celebrating the Mass” “October Light,” “Waiting for Rain,” “Deer at the Door,” “Bringing My Father to the Yellow Dog,” “Letter About Guilt from California to the Snow Country,” “Recognizing,” “Brunch at David’s in a Storm,” “The Last Bear Poem,” “The Old Ways,” “Country Road in October,” Dancing the Fault. Manuscript of the poetry collection, with table of contents, acknowledgements, dedication page and handwritten notes. See Box 1 Folder 22 also. “On Fidelity,” “California Quail,” “Starlings,” “First snow,” “Destroying the Cormorant Eggs,” “Walking the Beach in Fog,” “Raising Pastels,” “Tending the Animals,” “Fog Along the Coast,” “God’s Palm,” “The Language of Whales,” “Wild Turkey,” “Night Passages,” “The Butcher,” “Alone at Prairie Creek,” “The Fathers,” “Bringing Back the Dead,” “Laying Out My Aunt,” “Two Husbands,” “Finding Religion,” “The Nun,” “Flying People,” “Renting Out Rooms,” “The Boats: Coming and Going,” “Deer at the Door,” “Last Bear Poem,” “Black Bear,” and “Meeting My Father at the River.”

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

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