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Letter from Allen Ginsberg, New York, to Bill Merwin and Dana Naone, 1979 March 13 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
385879
Accession number
MA 8686.3
Creator
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1979 March 13.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.9 x 21.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to "WS Merwin / Dana Naone / 227 Waverly Place / New York City / 10014."
Postmarked "MAR 14'79" from Boulder, Colorado.
Part of a collection that includes an autograph letter signed "Stephen" to William [Merwin] and Dana [Naone] (MA 8686.1); a typed letter signed from Allen Ginsberg to Bill [Merwin] and Dana [Naone], with an autograph postscript signed by Peter Orlovsky (MA 8686.2); two autograph letters signed from Allen Ginsberg to Bill [Merwin] and Dana [Naone] (MA 8686.3-4); a photocopy of an autograph letter Allen Ginsberg sent to Tom Clark (MA 8686.5); and a photocopy of a typescript titled, "When the Party's Over: an Interview with Allen Ginsberg," with Ginsberg's corrections (MA 8686.6). Items are described in individual records; see MA 8686.1-6.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Noting that he is enclosing the "Boulder Magazine" he mentioned in his letter; adding that he "spoke to Ed Sanders today -- neither he nor Tom Clark thought it necessary to ask [Merwin] about using [his] name"; remarking that he is "sorry he is involved" with the matter and "feel[s] like a sucker."
Housed in
Black cloth drop-spine box (34 cm)