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Series I. Writings, 1974-2008, inclusive

Extent

3 Linear Feet in 3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversized flat box, and one shared box.

Scope and Contents

This series includes material related to Kaye/Kantrowitz's career as a fiction and nonfiction writer. The majority of this series consists of published works within large and smaller circulated publications including reviews of books and performances; letters to the editor; and articles. Topics for articles and essays were in line with her activism including sexism, Black and Jewish relations, racism, antisemitism, and homophobia. Her identity as a Jewish lesbian and her opinions on the Israel and Palestine conflict were also often essay and article subjects. This series contains a small amount of work files for some of her published books including The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology; My Jewish Face; The Issue is Power; and The Colors of Jews. Work files typically include notes, contracts, mock-ups, press clippings, reader reviews, agreements, and promotional material. Inspiration for her published short stories and poems within this series can often be traced back to entries in her journals and notebooks which are in Series IV.

Arrangement

This series is in chronological order.

Reviews and Letters to the Editor by Kaye/Kantrowitz, 1974-1977, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Sword Philippan: Woman As Hero in Stuart Tragedy -- Ph.D. Dissertation Abstract and Related, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Writings re: Family, 1977, undated, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Scrambled Eggs" Columns in Sinister Wisdom, 1978, undated, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Portions of Unknown Writings, August 1979

Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Sexual Power", circa 1979

Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

We Speak in Code -- Selected Works, 1980

Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Anti-Semitism, Homophobia, and the Good White Knight", May 1982

Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology (1984) -- Interview Regarding Book, May 1982

Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews and Letters to the Editor by Kaye/Kantrowitz, 1982-1989, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Jewish Self-Hate on the Left" -- With Irena Klepfisz, Fall 1983

Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Some Notes on Jews, Class, and Anti-Semitism" -- Drafts, Reader Reviews, 1983

Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preface -- Re: Domestic Violence, circa 1985, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Book -- The Tribe of Dina Anthology (1986) Contributor Instructions, Book Mock-up, Promotional Material, 1983-1990, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 14-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 35, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 169, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poem and Related -- "Notes of an Immigrant Daughter: Atlanta", 1984, 1997, inclusive

Box: 14, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay -- "To Be a Radical Jew in the Late 20th Century", circa 1985-1986, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Articles Re: Israel, 1987-1988, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews by Kaye/Kantrowitz in The Women's Review of Books, 1987-2002, inclusive

Box: 35, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Short Story -- "Our First Talk", February 1988

Box: 15, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Story -- "For Her", Spring 1988

Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Response Letter Re: Black and Jewish Relations, June 1988

Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Two or Three Points of Hope", December 1988

Box: 15, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Gaza: Where the Wretched Spawned the Intifada", May 1989

Box: 15, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Short Story -- "Is the Cream for a Burn?...", 1988

Box: Shared Tamiment 169, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article/Essay -- "Some Notes on the Emerging Jewish Women's Peace Movement", October 1989

Box: 15, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Short Story -- "Jewish Princess", 1989

Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Short Story -- "Jewish Men", 1989

Box: 15, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Short Story -- "Sadie"

Box: 15, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Women and the Intifada" Drafts, Notes, 1989-1990, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Book -- My Jewish Face (1990) Draft Book Cover, Promotional Material, Press Clippings, Reader Reviews, Contract, 1989-1991, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 35, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay -- "Many Ways to Give and Receive", 1990

Box: 15, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Writings Re: Racism and Anti-Racism, 1990

Box: 15, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews and Letters to the Editor by Kaye/Kantrowitz, 1990-1994, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Internal Discussion Bulletin on Anti-Semitism" by Various Authors, February 1991

Box: 15, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Column -- "Body and Soul", Summer 1991

Box: 15, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Book -- The Issue is Power (1992) Promotional Material, Reviews, 1991-1995, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interview Transcript -- Kaye/Kantrowitz Interviewing Shira and Yifat, circa 1992

Box: 15, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay/Response -- "Why Did You Apologize for Slavery?", circa 1992

Box: 15, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Aunt Lute Books -- Royalties-Related, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 15, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Clipping Re: Kaye/Kantrowitz and Her Writings, 1994

Box: 15, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Holy Wars: The Affirmative Action Front", circa 1995

Box: 15, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essays -- Re: Jews in the U.S., 1996, undated

Box: 16, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay Contribution to The Feminist Classroom for the 21st Century, 1997-1998, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Writers Union Enrollment Agreement, 1999

Box: 16, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Whose Millennium", circa 1999

Box: 16, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Eulogy for Kaye/Kantrowitz' Mother, circa 2001

Box: 16, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay -- "Post 9/11: Assessing Anti-Semitism", 2002

Box: 16, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interview Transcript -- Kaye/Kantrowitz Interviewing Katya, August 2003

Box: 16, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poem -- "Love After 9/11", 2003

Box: 16, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poem -- "bayonet: tax day new york city 2003", 2003

Box: 16, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Book -- The Colors of Jews (2007) Agreements, Reader Reports, Letters, Promotional Material, 2003-2008, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 169, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Writing Re: Death of Tillie Olsen, 2007

Box: 16, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Article -- "Anti-Semitism and Progressive Jews", March-April 2007

Box: 16, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter to the Editor, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay -- "Poison Language: Communism, Zionism, Separatism, Feminism", undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay -- "Culture Making: Lesbian Classics in the Year 2000?", undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes Re: Non-Violence in Tradition, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Homecoming", undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Writings Re: Anti-Semitism, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Comments Re: Learning Yiddish, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Essay -- Jews and the Slave Trade, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Untitled Film Script Outline, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kaye/Kantrowitz Quote Re: Israeli Policy, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poem -- "Colorized Casablanca", undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poem Fragment, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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