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The last page of a letter from Gilbert Neiman to an unknown individual.

This item was found among Neiman's file of correspondence labeled, "Agents."

Personal names mentioned in the letter:

Henry (Miller)

Jean Stafford

Patience Ross

Friede

Brown

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Letter is dated April 22nd, but no year is provided.

Second part of letter is missing.

Personal names mentioned in the letter:

Jack Whoosit

Lilik (probably Schatz)

Woodburn (probably John)

Margaret (Neiman)

Ariane (Neiman)

Hugh (O'Neil)

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Header reads:

Letter to a friend

End of letter is missing.

Five pages.

Personal names mentioned in the letter:

Valery

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A single page of a letter, numbered "2". In this partial letter, Neiman appears to be making application for a teaching job. Neiman mentions his essay in "Poetry 1949, April" titled "To Write Poems Nowadays You Have to Have One Foot in the Grave."

Personal names mentioned in the letter:

Thomas Wolfe

Hemingway

Conrad

Melville

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Personal names mentioned in the letter:

Durrell

Henry (Miller)

Trilling

Barzun

Auden

Donald Allen

George Dillon

Fred Wieck

Lambert Davis

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This correspondence centers on Neiman's work titled, "The Heart is an Underworld."

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Note: There is also a piece of correspondence in the folder titled, "The American and The Frenchman, Folder 2, 1955," found in the "Gilbert Neiman Writings / Publications" sub-series. That correspondence is to Neiman from Byron R. Bryant of "Pacifica Foundation" regarding publishing.Note: There is also a piece of correspondence in the folder titled, "Essays - Artists," found in the "Other Papers" sub-series. That correspondence is a hand-written letter from an unknown author...

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"Blood Wedding" was authored by Federico García Lorca. Neiman did a translation of "Blood Wedding," which was published through New Directions of Norfolk Connecticut.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Note: There is also a piece of correspondence in the folder titled, "The American and The Frenchman, Folder 2, 1955," found in the "Gilbert Neiman Writings / Publications" sub-series. That correspondence is to Neiman from Byron R. Bryant of "Pacifica Foundation" regarding publishing.Note: There is also a piece of correspondence in the folder titled, "Essays - Artists," found in the "Other Papers" sub-series. That correspondence is a hand-written letter from an unknown author...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Note: There is also a piece of correspondence in the folder titled, "The American and The Frenchman, Folder 2, 1955," found in the "Gilbert Neiman Writings / Publications" sub-series. That correspondence is to Neiman from Byron R. Bryant of "Pacifica Foundation" regarding publishing.Note: There is also a piece of correspondence in the folder titled, "Essays - Artists," found in the "Other Papers" sub-series. That correspondence is a hand-written letter from an unknown author...