Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014, Epton, Bill, and Dorn, Edward
- Abstract:
- The Dorn mss., 1959-1965, consists of the letters of poet LeRoi Jones, 1934-2014, living in New York City, to author Edward Dorn, 1929-1999, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Pocatello, Idaho.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Dorn mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Edward Dorn, 1929-1999, was an American poet. He was born in 1929 in Eastern Illinois. He attended Black Mountain College and became associated with the Black Mountain Poets, a group of postmodern poets centered around the experimental college. Among Dorn's poetic influences were William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, and Allen Ginsberg. His first book of poetry, The Newly Fallen, was published by Amiri Baraka's Totem Press in 1961. Dorn's most famous work was his epic poem Slinger, published in four volumes from 1968 to 1974.
- Scope and Content:
The Dorn mss., 1959-1965, are the letters of LeRoi Jones, 1934-2014, poet, living in New York City, to Edward Dorn, 1929-1999 , author, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Pocatello, Idaho. Matters of common interest, the writing of books and articles, the publishing of poetry magazines, poetry readings, teaching experiences are discussed. Personalities in the literary world, jazz musicians, and artists who figure in the intellectual life of the times in New York City are mentioned. Some of the letters bear the letterhead of Totem Press and Corinth books. A letter of William Epton, labor leader, to Jones about the Harlem riot of 1964 is forwarded to Dorn for his information.
Seven poems are included in typescript form: Citizen Cain, Footnote to a Pretentious Book, Hegel, Houdini, LindaBJ, Major Bowes' Diary, The Politics of Rich Painters.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 1973
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged following original order.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Poets, American
- Names:
- Dorn, Edward --Correspondence.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Dorn mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu