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Photocopy of a holograph draft, two typescript drafts

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2 drafts

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Quoting from the bookseller who offered this collection: "An archive of correspondence, typescript drafts and annotated photocopies of poems and galley proofs from Norman Dubie to David St. John; circa mid-1970s to 2002. "Included are several drafts of typed poems on which Dubie has written short notes to St. John; he also indicates revisions, marks when the poem is in its "Final Draft," or asks St. John's opinion. The unbound leaves that make up "The Springhouse," for example, feature 15 leaves with notes from Dubie to St. John; evidently, Dubie would send his friend several pages of poetry at a time, indicating a poem's intended placement in the book or providing his own opinion of it. According to St. John, the bulk of Dubie's draft poems included here - he estimates between 100 and 150, at least - were never published in his books. "The bulk of the contents of the letters is purely poetry business; Dubie talks extensively about...

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Three typescript drafts with holograph revisions, two typescript drafts

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Three typescript drafts with holograph revisions, typescript draft

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Two typescript drafts with holograph revisions, three typescript drafts

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Two typescript drafts with holograph revisions, typescript draft

Scope and Contents

Three typescript drafts with holograph revisions, typescript draft