LETTER: Rising Tides: Correspondence Archive.
The First Anthology Of American Women Poets
[Anthologies] Correspondence Archive: Rising Tides: 20th Century American Women Poets. Introduction by Anais Nin. New York: Washington Square Press, 1973.
Together with:
Correspondence Archive: Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1988.
A voluminous archive of letters, postcards, and biographical information from and about the hit parade of 20th century female poets whose contributions appeared in these two compendiums of the 1970s and ’80s. Archive highlights include a typed draft of Nin’s Introduction to Rising Tides, galleys, and an extensive correspondence between anthology editor and novelist Laura Chester and her publisher with much emphasis and exploration of censorship among women writers.
The Rising Tides volume includes work by 51 writers: over 150 letters and notes, with an additional 100 leaves (approximately) of publishers’ correspondence, four manuscript or typescript poems, drafts of Nin’s introduction, the editor’s note, and about fifty pages of manuscript and typescript biographical material on the contributors, among them Nikki Giovanni, Erica Jong, Anais Nin, Adrienne Rich, and Anne Sexton.
Deep Down includes the work of 54 writers—some 211 missives—and about fifty pages of editorial correspondence. Contributors include Ann Beattie, Barbara Guest, Denise Levertov, Alicia Ostriker, and Diane Wakoski.
A full inventory of each volume is attached .
A unique significant collection of feminist material, the majority unpublished, regarding the first anthology of 20th-century American women poets, and its sequel.
Inventory:
Archive Of Contributors To Rising Tides: 20th Century American Women Poets: Introduction By Anais Nin. Edited By Laura Chester. New York: Washington Square Press, (1973).
Anita Barrows 5 Tls
Helen Wolfert 9 Als
June Jordan 1 Tls 2 Typed Poems
Adirenne Rich 1 Tls 1 Apcards
Muriel Rukeyser 1 Als 1 Tls
Susan Griffin 1 Tls 1 Apcard
Colette Inez 2 Als 1 Promotional Sheet With Holograph Notes
Judy Graham 5 Als
Nikki Giovanni 1 Als
Kathleen Fraser 1 Als
Deena Metzger 2 Tls 1 Als 1 Tpcard
Wong May 1 Als
Carolyn Kizer 1 Tpcard
Barbara Howes 1 Tls
Rochelle Owens 1 Apcard
Leatrice Emeruwa 1 Als
Daisy Aldan 1 Als
Nancy Willard 1 Tls
Erica Jong 5 Als 8 Tls 1 Apcard
Lyn Lifshin 19 Tls 3 Als 5 Tpcards
Lynn Sukenick 2 Tls
Carolyn Stoloff 4 Tls 1 Als 1 Apcard
Besmilr Brigham 7 Tls
Barbara Guest 1 Tls 1 Apcard
Babette Deutsch 3 Tls
Grace Butcher 1 Als 2 Tls
Mary Swenson 1 Tls
Anne Waldman 1 Tls 2 Als 1 T Signed Poem
Anais Nin 3 Als 5 Apcards 1 Typed Draft Of The Intro to Rising Tides
Laura Chester 5 Als Drafts To Nin
Kay Boyle 1 Als
Diane Diprima 2 Apcards
Anne Sexton 2 Tpcards 2 Tls
Lynn Strongin 3 Tls 1 Als 1 T Signed Poem
Miriam Palmer 3 Tls 1 Apcard
Marge Piercy 2 Tls 1 Tpcard
Daniela Gioseffi 3 Tls 1 Als
Sonya Dorman 2 Tls
Sandra Mcpherson 4 Tls
Lisel Mueller 1 Tls 1 Tpcard
Shirley Kaufman 1 Als
Isabella Gardner 1 Apcard
Joanne Kyger 1 Als
Mona Van Duyn 1 Apcard
Lenore Kandel 1 Apcard
Jean Valentine 1 Tls
Linda Pastan 1 Tls
Josephine Miles 3 Apcards
Laura Chester Some 100 Pages Of Correspondence Between Publishers
Laura Chester 4 Drafts Of Laura’s “Editor’s Note”
Biographical Info Some 50 Pages
Archive Of Contributors To Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing By Women. Edited By Laura Chester. Boston: Faber And Faber, (1988).
Ann Beattie 1 Apcard
May Swenson 1 Tpcard
Alcia Ostriker 2 Als 2 Apcard
Marge Piercy 3 Tls
Susan Minot 2 Tls
Olga Broumas 2 Tls 2 Apcard
Carol Berge 8 Tls
Bernadette Mayer 2 Als 4 Tls
Denise Levertov 1 Als
Nikki Giovani 1 Als
Marilyn Hacker 2 Als 8 Tls 2 Apcard
Kathleen Fraser 4 Als 3 Tls 2 Apcard
Kathy Acker 1 Als 2 Tls 1 Apcard
Summer Brenner 2 Als 1 Tls
Jane Hirshfield 3 Tls
Daphne Marlatt
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