Karen Swenson Papers
Call Number
MSS.069
Dates
1945-2002, inclusive
; 1974-1999, bulk
Creator
Swenson, Karen
Swenson, Karen (Role: Donor)
Extent
11 Linear Feet
in 14 manuscript boxes, 5 record cartons, and 1 card box
Language of Materials
Materials primarily in English.
Abstract
Karen Swenson (born 1936) is an American poet, educator, and journalist. Born in New York City, Swenson attended Barnard College and New York University. She taught for fifteen years at City University in New York and is a celebrated published author and world traveler. The collection dates between 1945 and 2002, with the bulk dating between 1974 and 1994. Materials include literary journals and print publications, newspaper and magazine articles; correspondence; poems; photocopied manuscripts; photographs; and four audiocassettes.
Biographical / Historical
Karen Swenson (born 1936) is an American poet, educator, and journalist. Swenson was born in New York City and grew up in Chappaqua, New York. She attended Barnard College and New York University, and was a poet in residence at Skidmore College, University of Idaho, Denver University, Clark University, Scripps College, and Barnard College. She taught for fifteen years at City University in New York and is a celebrated published author and world traveler. Swenson wrote of her travels for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Leader, and several magazines.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series, with each series arranged at the folder level, in alphabetical order by topic:
Series I. Clippings
Series II. Correspondence
Series III. Ephemera
Series IV. Poetry
Series V. Photographs
Series VI. Printed Publications
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials created by Karen Swenson that document her personal and professional interests throughout her career as an American poet, educator, and journalist. Materials include printed publications, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, poetry, and photographs. The printed publications from Swenson's personal library include inscribed literary journals and books that she collected between 1973 and 2002. The correspondence files include professional and personal letters, postcards, and greeting cards written to and from Swenson between 1963 and 1985, some featuring her poems. Many letters to Swenson include analysis of specific poems she sent to friends and colleagues. The bulk of the collection includes Swenson's typed and handwritten poems, and photocopied manuscripts of published poems between 1945 and 2002. Most of the poems are undated and include Swenson's handwritten annotations.
Subjects
Donors
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedure
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596, with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection created by Karen Swenson was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Karen Swenson Papers; MSS 069; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Location of Materials
Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Karen Swenson in 1996; accretion donated in 2005. Accession numbers related to the donations are 1996.069 and 2005.069.
Separated Materials
Printed publications selected for deacession will be reviewed by the curator and added to the Library collection or the Library's duplicates collection.
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Processing Information
The collection maintains intellectual order with like materials housed together. The bulk of the collection was rehoused in archival folders and rearranged by series in the existing boxes. Existing folder labels were maintained and the folders were renumbered. Metal and plastic clips were removed. Audiocassettes were rehoused in cassette cases.
Revisions to this Guide
March 2019:
Edited by Weatherly Stephan to reflect addition of printed material in Series VI
Repository
Fales Library and Special Collections
Series I: Clippings, 1973-1990, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes photocopied magazine articles, and original and photocopied newspaper articles.
"Beyond the Killing Fields" in "Dance" October 1990, 1990
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspaper Articles, 1974-1980, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Printed Material. Book Reviews of An Attic of Ideals, 1973-1974, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Clippings, 1968-1989, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Clippings, 1978-1990, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Printed Material, 1953-1997, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Series II: Correspondence, 1964-1997, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes typed and handwritten letters, postcards, greeting cards, original envelopes, and attachments, including photographs. The bulk of the correspondence was received by Karen Swenson but there are a few folders of letters written by Swenson. Folders in boxes 1, 2, and 3 note correspondence with Bruce Berger, Michael Blumenthal , Charles Altieri, [?] Bell, Carol Berge, Robert Boyers, Christopher Brookhouse, Helen Brown, Michael Browne, Jean Burden, John Ciardi, Tony Connor, Mary Crow, George Cuomo, Ki Davis, Richard Eberhart, Kathleen Fraser, Dana Gioia, Jorie Graham, W. S. Graham, Hilda Gregory, Rachel Hadas, Leo Hamalian, Marie Harris, Samuel Hazo, George Hitchcock, Richard Hugo, Lucille Iverson, June Jordan, Donald Justice, George Keithley, X. J. Kennedy, Ismith Kahan, Gallaway Kinnel, Carolyn Kizer, Linda Krenis, Maxine Kumin, Greg Kuzma, Karen Lindsay, Ernest Lookridge, Albert B. Lowenfels, Robert Lowell, Naomi Lazard, Denis Leverton, A. L. Levine, Larry Lieberman, Lyn Lifshin, Pat Madden, Harold Q. Masur, Bill Matthews, Heather McHugh, David Milofsky, Jack Myers, Josephine Nilo, Edward Pennant, Robert Poek, Nilda Raz, M. L. Rosenthal, Stephen Sandy, Reg Saner, Grace Schulman, Peter Sears, Jane Shore, Harry Smith, Kathleen Spirack, Ann Stanford, Ruth Stone, [Mother] Swenson, Helen Susskind, Rawdon Tomlinson, John Updike, John Williams, Martha Winston, Carolyn Wright, Jane Yolen, Al Young, William Zaranke, Betty Kray, Pat Madden, Frank Walker, Elizabeth West, and New York Magazine.
Corresp. From, 1978-1983, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1979-1982, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1976-1982, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1978-1982, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1973-1987, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1964-1978, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1980-1987, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1982-1986, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1973-1981, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1968-1986, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1975-1981, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1979
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1974-1981, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1973-1985, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1976-1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1973-1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1978
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1975-1978, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1966
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1981-1985, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1977-1979, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1977-1980, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1981-1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1972-1979, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1975-1983, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1972-1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1971-1978, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. Form, 1976-1985, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1980-1985, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1982-1985, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1980-1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1974, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1973-1980, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1978-1982, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1968-1986, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1967
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. From, 1978
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. To, 1987-1990, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. To, 1986
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Corresp. To, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1987-1992, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1992-1995, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1989-1997, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1988-1991, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1990-1992, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1987-1992, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1983-1992, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1990-1997, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1993-1997, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1993-1995, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1993-1988, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1987-1991, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1993-1998, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1989-1997, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Correspondence, 1996-1997, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Series III: Ephemera, 1976-1990, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes poetry reading fliers, a list of fellowship awards, newsletters, and collected poems.
Printed Material Misc., undated
Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Printed Material. Poems by Other People, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Printed Material. Broadsides, 1976-1990, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Series IV: Poetry, 1945-1988, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection, this series includes typed and handwritten poems, and photocopied manuscripts of Swenson's published works. Most of the poems are undated and include Swenson's annotations. This series includes four audiocassettes. Cassette labels indicate three audio recordings of poetry readings and one sample poetry reading.
Poems A-ANS, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems ANT-AX, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems B-Bh, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Bi-Bu, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems C, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems D, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems E, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems F-Fl, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Fo-Fu, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems G-Go, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Gra-Grou, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems H, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems I-K, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems L-Les, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Let-Lov, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Ma-Mr, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Mo-My, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems N, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems Pe-Pr, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems R, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems S-Sen, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems So-Sur, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems T, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poem U-V, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems W, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poems XYZ, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Untitled Poems: Themes of Familial Relations, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Untitled Poems: Subjects of Men and Individual Men, 1945, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Untitled Poems: On Nature and the Natural, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Untitled Poems: Themes of Objects and Places, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Untitled Poems: Subject of Poetry, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Untitled Poems: Selfhood, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Unidentified Poems: Subjects of Women and Individual Women, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Misc. Prose, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1994
Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1980-1989, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1980-1992, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1980-1981, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1990-1993, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1989-1991, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1979
Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1986-1991, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1989-1991, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Early Versions of Asian Poems and Non-Asian Poems, 1985-1998, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1987-1988, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
C-D, undated
Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
E-F, undated
Box: 10, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
G-K, undated
Box: 10, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
L-M, undated
Box: 11, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
N-O, undated
Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
P-R, undated
Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1973, undated
Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1998
Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1998
Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, undated
Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Poetry, 1997
Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Karen Swenson [audiocassette], undated
Box: Shared Fales 006, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Karen Swenson, James McKinely [audiocassette], undated
Box: Shared Fales 006, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Karen Swenson [audiocassette], undated
Box: Shared Fales 006, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Leftovers and Coldcuts, written and narrated by Lambert Glenn Mendershausen [audiocassette], 1978
Box: Shared Fales 006, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Series V: Photographs, 1982
Language of Materials
English.
Scope and Contents
This series includes one photograph of Karen Swenson in a classroom with children and thirteen photographs of people at a gathering in 1982. Swenson is in three of the photographs.
Photographs, 1982, undated
Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English, Old (ca.450-1100).
Series VI: Printed Publications, 1967-2006, inclusive
Extent
6 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes and 5 record cartons.
Scope and Contents
This series includes a selection of inscribed publications from Swenson's personal library.
Series VI.A.: Printed Publications, 1973-2002, inclusive
Language of Materials
English.
Mudfish 4: Contemporary Art and Poetry, 1989
Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
The American Gentlemen: Social Prestige and the Modern Literary Mind, 1991
Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
The English Gentleman: Images and Ideas in Literature and Society, 1988
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Sex in the Golden Years: What's Ahead May Be Worth Aging For, 1994
Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Why We Eat What We Eat: How the Encounter Between the New World and the Old Changed the Way Everyone on the Planet Eats, 1992
Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Rag Mag: A Magazine for New Writings and Graphics, 1986
Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Arvon International Poetry Competition 1987 Anthology, 1987
Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Hemingway as a Hunger Artist, 1973
Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Pivot, 1990
Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
A Green Place: Modern Poems, 1982
Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
A Backhanded View of the Law: Irreverent Essays on Justice, 1994
Box: 13, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
The Lament of the Single Practitioner: Essays on the Law, 1994
Box: 13, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Idaho un Bound: A Scrapbook and Guide, 1995
Box: 13, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Idaho un Bound inscription, 1996
Box: 13, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Deer Table Legs, 1995
Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Memoir of the Bookie's Son, 2002
Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Lonesome Standard Time, 2001
Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Trickster Makes this World: Mischief, Myth, and Art, 2002
Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Almost an Island: Travels in Baja California, 1998
Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
For Mortal Stakes: Solutions for Schools and Society, 1999
Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Printed publication, 1990
Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Russian.
Printed publication, 1990
Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Russian.
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, 2002
Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Unravelling the Knot: Poems of Connection, 1992
Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Canadian Geese and Apple Chatney, 1999
Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Women of Granite, 2001
Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Series VI.B.: 2019 Accretion of Printed Publications, 1967-2006, inclusive
The American Dialogue, 1967, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Weave, 1971, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Antioch Review, 1967, inclusive
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The Antioch Review, 1969, inclusive
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Oden, Gloria. Appearances, 2003, inclusive
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Ararat, 1968, inclusive
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Ararat, 1972, inclusive
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Ararat, 1973, inclusive
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Aspen Anthology, 1976, inclusive
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Aspen Anthology, 1977, inclusive
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Aspen Anthology, 1978, inclusive
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Aspen Anthology, 1981, inclusive
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Backtracking: Ancient Art of Southern Idaho, 1993, inclusive
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The Beloit Poetry Journal - Spring, 1967, inclusive
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The Beloit Poetry Journal - Winter, 1967, inclusive
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The Beloit Poetry Journal - Summer, 1971, inclusive
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Blue Unicorn, 1968, inclusive
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California Quarterly, 1984, inclusive
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Caprice - April, 1990, inclusive
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Caprice - Spring, 1990, inclusive
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The Carleton Miscellany, 1979, inclusive
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Carolina Quarterly, 1976, inclusive
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Columbia, 1977, inclusive
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Commonweal - February, 2004, inclusive
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Commonweal - May, 2004, inclusive
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Commonweal - July, 2004, inclusive
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Confrontation, 1994, inclusive
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Consumption, 1968, inclusive
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Contemporary Authors, 1991, inclusive
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Colorado Review, 1991, inclusive
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Colorado Review, 1995, inclusive
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Corona, 1983, inclusive
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The Cream City Review, 1988, inclusive
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Creative Arts Symposium, 1991, inclusive
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Crocodiles in Paradise, 1988, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Fall, 1970, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Summer, 1980, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Winter, 1982, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Spring, 1983, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Spring, 1985, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Fall, 1991, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Fall, 1994, inclusive
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Denver Quarterly - Winter, 1994, inclusive
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Diversion - January, 1987, inclusive
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Diversion - October, 1987, inclusive
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Diversion - May, 1988, inclusive
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Epos - Fall, 1972, inclusive
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Epos - Winter, 1975, inclusive
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Epos, undated
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Folio, 1977, inclusive
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Forbes, 1978, inclusive
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Fragments, 1969, inclusive
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The Georgia Review, 1993, inclusive
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The Greenfield Review, 1988, inclusive
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Hawai'I Review, 1994, inclusive
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The Humanist, 1972, inclusive
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The International Portland Review, 1980, inclusive
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John Berryman Studies, 1976, inclusive
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Juniata Voices, 2006, inclusive
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Kansas Quarterly, 1983, inclusive
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Kansas Quarterly, 1988, inclusive
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Kayak, 1982, inclusive
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Kauri January - February, 1968, inclusive
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Kauri March - April, 1968, inclusive
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Kauri May - June, 1968, inclusive
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Kauri September - October, 1968, inclusive
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Kauri, 1969, inclusive
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Lamar Journal of the Humanities, 1982, inclusive
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Literary Cavalcade, 1995, inclusive
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Literary Cavalcade, 1995, inclusive
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Liberation, 1972, inclusive
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Michigan Quarterly Review, 1986, inclusive
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Nation, 1967, inclusive
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Nation, 1969, inclusive
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Nation, 1973, inclusive
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The New Leader, 1991, inclusive
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The New Press, 1993, inclusive
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New Letters, 1994, inclusive
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New York Poetry, 1969, inclusive
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The New York Quarterly, 1974, inclusive
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The New York Quarterly, 1988, inclusive
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The Niagara Magazine, 1980, inclusive
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Nimrod Fall/Winter, 1983, inclusive
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The New Yorker, undated
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The New Yorker - October 18, 1969, 1969, inclusive
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The Paris Review - Spring/Summer, 1978, inclusive
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Pequod - Issue 34, 1992, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 34, 1984, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 36, 1988, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 37, 1989, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 39, 1991, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 40, 1991, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 41, 1993, inclusive
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Pivot - Number 41, 1993, inclusive
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The Poet's Child, 2002, inclusive
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Poets On: Arriving, 1986, inclusive
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Poets On: Barriers, 1984, inclusive
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Poets On: Nourishment, 1985, inclusive
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Poetry - September 1973, 1973, inclusive
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Poetry - December 1978, 1978, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Fall, 1967, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Spring, 1970, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Fall, 1973, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Winter, 1976, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Fall, 1977, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Spring, 1979, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Spring, 1983, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Summer, 1984, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Spring, 1987, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Fall, 1988, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Winter, 1991, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Spring, 1994, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Spring, 2002, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Winter, 2002, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Winter, 2002, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Winter, 2002, inclusive
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Prairie Schooner - Fall, 2005, inclusive
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The Prospect Review, undated
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Puerto del Sol, 2004, inclusive
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Puerto del Sol, 2004, inclusive
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Puerto del Sol, 2004, inclusive
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Pulpsmith - Summer, 1985, inclusive
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Pulpsmith - Autumn, 1985, inclusive
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Quarterly Review of Literature, 1970, inclusive
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Rattapallax 7, 2002, inclusive
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Rattapallax 8, 2002, inclusive
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The Redneck Review of Literature - Fall, 1991, inclusive
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Salmagundi - Winter, 1979, inclusive
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Salmagundi - Spring, 1982, inclusive
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Salmagundi - Fall, 1986, inclusive
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Salmagundi - Spring/Summer, 1988, inclusive
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Salmagundi - Summer, 2004, inclusive
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Saturday Review, 1972, inclusive
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Shenandoah, 1971, inclusive
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Sing Heavenly Muse! - Spring, 1978, inclusive
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The Slackwater Review - Winter, 1978, inclusive
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The Slackwater Review - Winter, 1979, inclusive
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Slant, 1988, inclusive
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Snapdragon - Fall, 1978, inclusive
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Snapdragon - Fall, 1979, inclusive
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The Southern California Anthology - volume 6, undated
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South Dakota Review - Spring, 1975, inclusive
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South Dakota Review - Autumn, 1975, inclusive
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South Dakota Review - Winter, 1976, inclusive
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Southern Poetry Review - Fall, 1985, inclusive
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Southern Poetry Review - Spring, 1986, inclusive
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Southern Poetry Review - Spring, 1990, inclusive
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Southern Poetry Review - Fall, 1993, inclusive
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The Tenth Muse - Fall, 1973, inclusive
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Thirteenth Moon, 1973, inclusive
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Thirteenth Moon, 1975, inclusive
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Untitled, undated
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Weber - Spring/Summer, 2002, inclusive
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