BIB_ID
184823
Accession number
MA 5755
Creator
Wright, Anne (Edith Anne), sender.
Display Date
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1968 June 25.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (7 pages) ; 18.1 x 16.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Addressed to "Dear Bill."
Postmarked and stamped.
Envelope addressed to "Mr. William Merwin / Lacan de Loubressac / Par Bretenoux / Lot, / France."
Postmarked and stamped.
Envelope addressed to "Mr. William Merwin / Lacan de Loubressac / Par Bretenoux / Lot, / France."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Saying that they will be in Milwaukee for a month and have sublet an apartment from the same woman as last year; discussing their trip to France in June; discussing how Robert Bly's speech went, the reactions, and how Jonathan Kozol's speech moved her; mentioning his book "Death at an early age" which she will get Merwin a copy for when he visits in the fall; sharing two lovely stories, despite two terrible deaths, threat of riots, destruction of the Poor People's March, etc.; detailing the story of running into a former student and his little brother and the day they shared and the approval for her school to accept more students and become more racially balanced; expressing how excited they are to see him this summer and meet Dido; adding that if they hear of an empty flat, she will let him know; concluding that she will get James to France and leave him there for a while; giving the summer schedule of the Wrights which will include: June 20-July 22 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 22-August 12 in Cupertino, California, August 12-August 22 in New Concord (New Columbus), Ohio, and August 22-August 30 in Weekapoong, Rhode Island.
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