A Guide to the Charles Wright Papers ca. 1965-2000 Wright, Charles Papers 11437-a

A Guide to the Charles Wright Papers ca. 1965-2000

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 11437-a

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11437-a

Title

Charles Wright Papers ca. 1965-2000

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains ca. 1,450 items (housed in 8 Hollinger boxes), chiefly manuscripts and typescripts.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Charles Wright Papers, Accession #11437-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This addition to the Charles Wright Collection was acquired by the University of Virginia Library from Charles Wright, Charlottesville, Virginia, on January 20, 2000.

Biographical/Historical Information

Charles Wright (1935- ) is an American poet and University of Virginia English professor.

Scope and Content Information

The writings of Charles Wright include one poetry notebook containing original hand-written poetry by Wright, 1994-1999, page proofs and setting copy for his books Appalachia, Negative Blue Selected Later Poems, and North American Bear, typescripts for individual poems "Lost Language," "On Heaven Considered As What Will Cover Us and Stony Comforter," "Night Rider," "Words for Pliny from the Burning Volcano," "Words for Socrates About Birth & Death," "History & the Sea," "The Poet's Gaze," "Letter from the Stone Age," "Star Magic," and "The Night of 10 August." Also present are translations by Charles Wright of three poems by Italian poet Eugenio Montale.

Most of the correspondence consists of letters, cards, and post cards sent to Charles Wright by fellow poets, fans, and colleagues. These letters have been arranged by the last name of the correspondent, with the more frequent correspondents placed in separate folders. Many of the same correspondents found in the original accession of Charles Wright Papers (#11437) are also represented in this addition to his papers.

Correspondence about awards, conferences, workshops, poetry readings and other professional engagements, poems submitted to or accepted by poetry magazines and anthologies, and requests for Wright to judge poetry contests, write recommendations or evaluate candidates for academic positions; greeting cards; post cards; and invitations are all arranged chronologically by topic.

Also present are some news clippings; printed material; contracts and publication agreements; invitations; writings by other authors about Charles Wright and his work, including a list of interview questions answered by Wright and his comments concerning both Dante and a reading he gave in Wise County, Virginia; and published reviews of his work.

Contents List

CONTRACTS AND PUBLICATION AGREEMENTS 1967-1999

Box 1

CORRESPONDENCE ca. 1965-2000

Box 1
A 1968-2000

including: Tony Abbot, Doug Adams, Leonard Adams, Ai (Florence Anthony), Pam Alexander, George Amabile (1936- ), Jim Amaral (1933- ), Ralph Angel, John [Ashbery]
Box 1
The Academy of American Poets 1998-1999
Box 1
Tom Andrews 1987-1999
Box 1
Awards 1998
Box 1
B 1967-1999

including: Bachi, Russell Banks, Phyllis Barber, Jim Barnes, Bruce Beasley, Ann [Beattie?], Charlotte Beattie, Dan Becker, Calvin Bedient, Erin Belieu, Joan Puma Benner, Kimber Bentley, David Berman, Leslie Berman, [John Berryman?], Chana Bloch, Michael Blumenthal, Don Bogen, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Vance Bourjaily, Daphne W. Bransten, Elizabeth Brennan, Lucie Brock-Broido, David Brown, Susan Brown, Sharon Bryan, George Butterick
Box 1
Marvin Bell 1965-1968
Box 1
Steve Berg 1965-1966, 1991
Box 1
Robert Bly 1998-1999
Box 1
Jim Brasfield 1985-1998
Box 1
Christopher Buckley 1984-1998
Box 1
Ca-Cl ca. 1967-1999

including: Anne Candelaria, Karen Cangialosi, Catherine Carls, A. Carrera, Fred Chappell, Alan Cheuse, Nicholas Christopher, Amy Clampitt, Killarney Clary
Box 1
Co-Cu ca. 1967-1999

including: Michael Collier, Jo Ann Conklin, Harriet Cooper, Matthew Cooper, Alfred Corn, Bonnie Costello, [Fleuri?] Coulette, Steve Coyner, Tony Crunk, Michael Cuddihy
Box 1
D-F 1992-1999

including: Alan DeNiro, Carl Dennis, Annie Dillard, John C. Duffey, Reed Finlay, Chris Forhan, Antonella Francini, Phyllis [Franzels?], Alice Fulton
Box 2
David Freed 1985-1999
Box 2
G 1967-1999

including: Jonathan Galassi, George Garrett, Gail Ghai, Dana Gioia, Rebecca Givens, Michelle Glazer, Greg Glazner, Louise Gluck, Jorie Graham, Loren Graham, Katharine Gratwick, Arthur Gregor, Shaun Griffin, Thom Gunn
Box 2
Jim Galvin 1982-1993
Box 2
Joe Gianelli 1985-1998
Box 2
Debra Allbery Gildea 1992-2000
Box 2
Elton Glaser 1975-1999
Box 2
David Godfrey 1966-1999, n.d.
Box 2
Greeting Cards ca. 1990-1999, n.d.
Box 2
H 1967-1999

including: Donald Hall, Sam Hamill, [William] Harmon, Henry Hart, Eleanor Heginbotham, Peter R. Henry, William Heyen, Brenda Hillman, George Hitchcock, Hilary Holladay, Gill Holland, Linda Holtslander, Garrett Hongo, Charles Hood, Linda Howe, Mary Hussman
Box 2
Oakley Hall 1968-1984
Box 2
Kevin Hart 1997-1999
Box 2
Brian Henry 1998-1999
Box 3
I-J 1987-1999

including: Mark Irwin, Rachel Jacoff, Clement Jewitt, Andrew Johnson
Box 3
Invitations to Conferences,Workshops, Poetry Readings, etc. 1975, 1987, 1997-1998 Aug.

3 folders
Box 3
Mark Jarman 1981-1999
Box 3
Donald Justice 1966-1982, 1987
Box 3
Donald Justice (Postcards only) 1984-2000
Box 3
K 1969-1999

including: David Kalstone, Karen Kelley, Tim Kendall, Hunter Kennedy, Nancey Kepner, Kerry Shawn Keys, Karl Kirchway, Janet Knepper, Sharon Kubasak
Box 4
L 1975-199

including: John Lang, Linda Lappin, Deborah Larsen, Lance Larsen, John Latta, Steve Lautermilch, David Lehman, John Loomis, Lynda Lowe, Tom Lux, Rich Lyons
Box 4
Phil Levine 1967-1999

2 folders
Box 4
James Longenbach 1996-1999
Box 4
M 1966-1999

including: Davis McCombs, Cynthia Macdonald, Robert McDowell, Rex McGuinn, Nellie Miller McNeil, Gerard Malanga, Leni Mancuso, Jacqueline Marcus, Paul Mariani, Peter Matthiessen, Bill S. Merwin, Lenny Michaels, Jane Miller, Marta [Mitiovich?], Heather Moore, Robert Morgan, Howard Moss
Box 4
J.D. McClatchy ("Sandy") 1975-2000
Box 4
Michael McFee 1981-1993
Box 4
Lynne McMahon 1984-1999
Box 4
James McMichael 1968-1987
Box 4
Lynn Martin 1985-1998
Box 4
Bill Matthews 1974-1997
Box 4
Robert Mezey 1965-1999
Box 4
Carol Muske-Dukes 1982-1999
Box 5
N-P 1981-1999

including: Shelly Nameroff, Peter Nijmeijer, Dennis O'Driscoll, D. Okula, Linda Orr, John Peck, Susan Perry, William Phillips, John Piller, Robert Pinsky, Donald Platt, Stan Plumly, Reynolds Price
Box 5
Eric Pankey 1985-2000
Box 5
Poetry Magazine Publication, Anthologies, Requests, etc. 1980-1999, n.d.

2 folders
Box 5
Postcards 1975-1999, n.d.

2 folders
Box 5
Gaetano Prampolini ca. 1983-1996
Box 5
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Congratulations 1998 April 8-29

2 folders
Box 6
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Congratulations 1998 May-Nov
Box 6
R 1981-1999

including: John Ridland, Melanie Rehak, John Robbins, Gail Robinson, David Roderick, Bobby Caudle Rogers, Maggie Ross, Paul B. Roth, Mark Rubin, Mark Rudman, Michael Ryan
Box 6
Requests for Recommendations, Evaluations, and Reviews 1982-1999
Box 6
Sa-Si 1981-1999

including: Stephen Sandy, Dennis Schmitz, Bob Schultz, Jim Seay, Charles Seluzicki, Rosa Shand, Robert B. Shaw, Tom Sheehan, Cynthia Shearer, Eugenio De Signoribus, Alex Silberman, Gary Silva
Box 6
Sk-Sz 1968-1999

including: David Skeel, Edmund Skellings, Jeffrey Skinner, Anne Slaughter, Arthur Smith, Dave Smith, Jeffery Smith (1961- ), Marcia D. Smith, Ann Snodgrass, Georgia Southworth, Sarah Spence, George Starbuck, George Steele, Lisa Stendig, Camille Jones Strachan, Dabney Stuart, Adrienne Su, Ernest Suarez, David Summers, Larissa Szporluk, Mary Szybist
Box 6
David St. John 1981-1994, n.d.
Box 6
Mary Ann Samyn 1994-2000
Box 6
Charles Simic 1985-1998, n.d.
Box 6
Maurya Simon 1985-1998
Box 6
Dean Smith 1992-1999, n.d.
Box 6
Peter Stitt 1981-1999, n.d.
Box 7
Mark Strand 1965-1988, n.d.
Box 7
T-V 1986-19999

including: John Tagliabue, Mac Test, Harry Thomas, Alex Thorburn, Richard Tillinghast, James G. Truscott, Chase Twitchell, Jean Valentine, Nance Van Winckel, Patrice Vecchione
Box 7
James Tate 1966-1969
Box 7
Unidentified 1969-2000, n.d.
Box 7
Helen Vendler 1987-1993, n.d.
Box 7
W 1968-1999, n.d.

including: Sidney Wade, Rosanna Warren, Bruce Weigl, Anne C. Whitehouse, Dara Wier, Corey Wiguil, Richard Wilbur, Ann Williams, John A. Williams, Cynthia Wolfe Wood, Shannon Worrell, C.D. Wright, Jay Wright, Luke Wright, P. Wright, Barbara Wuest, Edith Wylder
Box 7
Y-Z 1967-1999

including: Mel Yoken, C. Dale Young, Gary Young, John Yount, Chris Yu, Andrew Zawacki, Mary Zeppa
Box 7
David P. Young 1974

INVITATIONS 1980-1999

Box 7

MANUSCRIPTS

Box 7
Appalachia (TMs) [1998]

Setting Copy, with author's corrections
Box 7
Appalachia Page Proofs, Master Pages, First Pass 1998 Apr 17

with author's corrections
Box 8
Appalachia Page Proofs, Master Pages 1998 Jun 4

2 folders

with author's corrections
Box 8
Undated Manuscripts n.d.

Comments on Dante (TMs)
Comments on a Reading in Early December 1987, Wise County, Virginia (AMs)
Answers to a Typed List of "Questions for Charles Wright (both AMs & TMs)
"Words for Pliny from the Burning Volcano"
"Words for Socrates About Birth & Death"
"History & the Sea"
"The Poet's Gaze"
"Letter from the Stone Age"
"Star Magic"
"The Night of 10 August"
with author's autograph corrections (TMs)
Box 8
"Lost Language" and "On Heaven Considered As What Will Cover Us and Stony Comforter" n.d.

(TMs)

with author's autograph corrections
Box 8
Negative Blue Selected Later Poems Page Proofs 1998 Nov 8

2 folders
Box 8
"Night Rider" 1999 Dec 2

(TMs & Final Galley Proof)
Box 8
"North Americna Bear" [1999]

(TMs)
Box 8
Poetry Notebooks (AMs) containing original hand-written poetry by Wright 1994 Dec-1999 Nov
Box 8
Charles Wright's Translation "Arsenio" and "House by the Sea" by Eugenio Montale Galley Proofs 1999 Jan 26
Box 8
Charles Wright's Translation "The Dead" by Eutenio Montale Galley Proofs 1999 Jun 22
Box 8
Writings by Other Authors about Charles Wright and His Work 1998-1999

including Brian Clements, Bonnie [Costello], Pat Cunning, Denham's Notes for Senior Seminar for Appalachia and Black Zodiac , J. Stuart Frye, Gill Holland, Henry Hart, J.D. McClatchy, John Mulrooney, and Gaetano Prampolini

PRINTED & MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL 1992-1999, n.d.

Box 8