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Raining All Across the Country (anthology), 1986-1988

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 46-47

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: 1986-1988

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

Collection published in 1991 as Dancing the Fault. Multiple drafts of the anthology. Poems included “Walking” “Meeting My Father at the River” “From the Underworld” “Ironing” “Country Road in October” “Recognizing” “Leaving: A November Departure Poem” “Trying to Remember” “Orchids” “The Old Ways” “Celebrating the Mass” “Easter Saturday” “The Last Bear Poem” “Purple Finches” “Snow in April” “Letters to My Daughters” “The Cottage Poems: Lake Michigan” “The Mount Pleasant Journal” “Six Poems for Nine Crows” “Meditation on Friendship: Getting Lost in the Woods with Deena” “Small Deaths” “Walking the Riverbed to Wilder Ranch” “Letter About the End of All Flesh” “Letter About Guilt from California to the Snow Country” “The Gray Whale” “Hawk” “A Sense of Place” “Flying from Boston to Portland on Christmas Eve” “Brunch at David’s in a Storm” “Raining All Across the Country” “Christine, On Her Way to China: An Earthquake Poem” “Meeting My Father at the River” “Trees” “First Thaw” “Breathing in the Woods” “Destroying the Cormorant Eggs” “Walking” Draft table of contents page entitled “For the Snow Country” “Brunch at David’s in a Storm” “Walking the Riverbed” “Letter About Guilt from California to the Snow Country” “The Last Bear Poem” “The Gray Whale” Draft table of contents page entitled “Letters to the Snow Country” Draft Acknowledgements page “Celebrating the Mass: Three Variations” “Brunch at David’s in a Storm” “Snow in April” “From the Underworld” “Christine, On Her Way to China: An Earthquake Poem”

Repository Details

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

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