BIB_ID
415250
Accession number
MA 5788.14
Creator
Strand, Mark, 1934-2014, sender.
Display Date
Fresno, California, between 1977 and 1978.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Dear Charlie."
Possible date of writing based on Strand being a visiting professor at California State University Fresno in 1977 and "The monument" being published in 1978.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "California State University Fresno. / Fresno, California 93740."
Possible date of writing based on Strand being a visiting professor at California State University Fresno in 1977 and "The monument" being published in 1978.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "California State University Fresno. / Fresno, California 93740."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Critcizing the format of the pamphlet of poems he has been working on, but praises the titles like "Note slipped under a door" and "Whispers in the next room"; stating that his project for "Selnzicki" will be insane; mentioning "The monument"; discussing what books and translations he has read, including Howard Norman's "The wishing bone cycle"; describing the wines he had at Napa Valley last weekend.
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