BIB_ID
444609
Accession number
MA 4733.11:6
Creator
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1943 July 27
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.9 x 21.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope postmarked from New York, and addressed to "Mr. Herbert Cahoon / West Chatham / Massachusetts".
Provenance
Herbert Cahoon.
Summary
Offering advice on the creative process; cautioning against writing about one's childhood, saying, "One tends to get fearfully heated up about the whole thing"; affirming to Herbert that having the inclination to write about one's childhood is normal, but insisting, "If one just goes back and wallows, it will be just like 8 million other childhoods in print, and no one will care"; referencing Rilke's "Journal of My Other Self" and recommending the title to Herbert.
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