Selected Letters Of Robert Creeley

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsChronologyEditors\' IntroductionPart 1. The Charm, 1945-1952: Burma, New Hampshire, Aix-en-ProvenceLetter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 1/20/45Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 4/13/45Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 5/10/45Letter to Genevieve Creeley 5/15/45Letter to Bob Leed 6/21/48Letter to Bob Leed [ca. August 1948]Letter to William Carlos Williams 2/11/50Letter to William Carlos Williams 2/27/50Letter to Larry Eigner [ca. February 1950]Letter to Ezra Pound 4/14/50Letter to William Carlos Williams 4/15/50Letter to Cid Corman [4/23/50]Letter to William Carlos Williams 4/24/50Letter to Charles Olson 4/24/50Letter to Charles Olson 4/28/50Letter to Charles Olson 6/5/50Letter to Dorothy Pound 6/15/50Letter to Charles Olson 6/21/50Letter to Charles Olson [10/18/50]Letter to Charles Olson [11/9/50]Letter to Paul Blackburn [11/29/50]Letter to Charles Olson [12/7/50]Letter to Mitch Goodman [1951]Letter to Denise Levertov and Mitch Goodman 4/18/51Letter to Denise Levertov 4/22/51Letter to Paul Blackburn 5/23/51Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/29/51Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/1/51Letter to William Carlos Williams 9/27/51Letter to Denise Levertov 10/3/51Letter to Mitch Goodman 10/3/51Letter to Horace Schwartz [late 1951]Letter to Larry Eigner [undated, 1951]Letter to Rene Laubies [5/25/52]Letter to Paul Blackburn 6/22/52Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/27/52Letter to Charles Olson 7/15/52Letter to Robert Duncan 7/19/52Part 2. Black Mountain Review, 1953-1956: Majorca, Black Mountain, San FranciscoLetter to Paul Blackburn 1/9/53Letter to Charles Olson 4/8/53Letter to Charles Olson 7/19/53Letter to Paul Blackburn 9/17/53Letter to Jonathan Williams 9/23/53Letter to Paul Blackburn 10/15/53Letter to Denise Levertov 2/3/54Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/6/54Letter to Kenneth Rexroth 8/14/54Letter to Kenneth Rexroth 8/19/54Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/21/54Letter to Louis Zukofsky 11/10/54Letter to William Carlos Williams 11/25/54Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/6/54Letter to Cid Corman 12/24/54Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/26/55Letter to Alexander Trocchi 4/23/55Letter to Jack Spicer 9/5/55Letter to Robert Duncan 9/6/55Letter to Robert Duncan 9/24/55Letter to William Carlos Williams 10/31/55Letter to Charles Olson 5/17/56Letter to Jack Kerouac 5/26/56Letter to Charles Olson 5/28/56Part 3. For Love, 1956-1963: New Mexico, Guatemala, VancouverLetter to Mitch Goodman 7/18/56Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/8/56Letter to Allen Ginsberg [9/19/56]Letter to Jack Kerouac 10/11/56Letter to Mitch Goodman 11/4/56Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/1/57Letter to Denise Levertov 1/23/57Letter to Allen Ginsberg 2/6/57Letter to Ed Dorn 4/27/57Postcard to Donald M. Allen [undated, ca. 1958]Letter to Jack Kerouac 1/31/58Letter to Paul Blackburn 3/8/58Letter to Denise Levertov 4/22/58Letter to Denise Levertov and Mitch Goodman 8/13/58Letter to Ed Dorn 11/16/58Letter to Robert Duncan 8/20/59Letter to Allen Ginsberg 9/7/59Letter to Jack Kerouac 9/28/59Letter to Robert Duncan [undated, ca. October 1959]Letter to Jack Kerouac 10/20/59Letter to Genevieve Creeley 10/26/59Letter to Ed Dorn 10/26/59Letter to Allen Ginsberg 10/31/59Letter to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) 11/8/59Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 12/16/59Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/24/59Letter to Charles Olson 12/24/59Letter to Jonathan Williams 1/5/60Letter to Ed Dorn 1/9/60Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/10/60Letter to Donald M. Allen 1/16/60Letter to William Carlos Williams 3/16/60Letter to Louis Zukofsky 3/30/60Letter to Paul Blackburn 4/24/60Letter to Ed Dorn 9/14/60Letter to William Carlos Williams 9/21/60Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 11/6/60Letter to Ed Dorn 11/20/60Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/18/60Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 12/18/60Letter to Hugh Kenner 12/18/60Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/11/61Letter to Ed Dorn 1/19/61Letter to Tom Raworth 1/23/61Letter to Charles Olson 1/29/61Letter to Louis Zukofsky 3/17/61Letter to Ed Dorn 3/26/61Letter to Louis Zukofsky 6/26/61Letter to Ed and Helene Dorn 10/9/61Letter to Jack Kerouac 1/19/62Letter to Charles Olson 4/6/62Letter to Jack Kerouac 5/30/62Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/4/62Letter to Warren Tallman 6/12/62Letter to Rosmarie Waldrop 8/17/62Postcard to Jack Kerouac 11/25/62Part 4. Pieces, 1963-1973: New Mexico, Buffalo, BolinasPostcard to Warren Tallman 5/7/63Letter to Paul Blackburn 8/30/63Letter to Ed Dorn 9/13/63Letter to Denise Levertov 10/19/63Letter to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) 10/21/63Letter to Clark Coolidge 10/26/63Letter to Alexander Trocchi 11/1/63Letter to Andrew Crozier 11/15/63Letter to Denise Levertov 11/16/63Letter to Tom Raworth 2/7/64Letter to Stan Brakhage 3/28/64Telegram to Charles Olson 3/31/64Letter to Charles Olson 4/1/64Letter to Alexander Trocchi 7/16/64Letter to Ed Dorn 7/26/64Letter to Louis Zukofsky 12/29/64Letter to Ed Dorn 6/2/65Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/2/65Letter to Tom and Valerie Raworth 6/23/65Letter to Charles Olson 10/16/65Letter to Stephen Rodefer 1/11/66Letter to Charles Olson 1/26/66Letter to Robert Duncan 4/8/66Letter to Bela Zempleny, U.S. Department of State 4/8/66Letter to Charles Olson 5/3/66Postcard to Robert Duncan 5/6/66Postcard to Allen Ginsberg 9/10/66Letter to Charles Olson 9/24/66Letter to Robert Duncan 3/6/67Letter to George Oppen 3/19/67Letter to Robert Duncan 10/26/67Letter To whom it may concern 11/30/67Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/15/68Letter to Louis Zukofsky 9/7/68Letter to the Albuquerque Journal 9/16/68Letter to Robert Duncan 02/12/69Postcard to Gregory Corso 10/21/69Letter to Charles Olson 1/1/70Telegram to Hon. Byron McMillan 2/23/70Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/20/70Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 9/3/70Postcard to Sarah Creeley [9/4/70]Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) [ca. 1970]Letter to Genevieve Creeley 8/29/71Postcard to Armand Schwerner 10/10/71Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 11/9/72Part 5. Echoes, 1973-1989: Buffalo, Maine, HelsinkiLetter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 1/17/73Letter to Allen Ginsberg 1/28/73Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 1/29/73Letter to Kate Creeley 4/26/73Letter to Ted Berrigan 1/16/74Letter to Diane Di Prima 3/12/74Postcard to Barrett Watten 12/13/74Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 9/29/75Letter to Allen Ginsberg 11/1/75Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Power (Helen Creeley) 3/16/76Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/4/76Postcard to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/10/76Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/21/76Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/24/76Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/27/76Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/27/76Letter to Robert Grenier 7/4/76Letter to Denise Levertov 11/17/76Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 11/21/76Letter to Robert Grenier 11/24/76Letter to Robert Duncan 2/2/77Letter to Robert Grenier 5/17/77Letter to Charles Bernstein 2/6/79Letter to George Butterick 4/12/79Letter to John Taggart 6/12/79Letter to Robert Duncan 3/15/80Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/11/80Letter to John Taggart 7/3/80Letter to Stan and Jane Brakhage 10/13/80Letter to Stan and Jane Brakhage 1/29/81Postcard to Charles Bernstein 1/30/81Letter to Charles Bernstein 1/5/82Letter to Allen Ginsberg 11/14/82Letter to Robert Duncan 1/18/83Letter to Alice Notley 7/5/83Postcard to Ed and Jennifer Dorn 10/9/83Letter to Denise Levertov 2/1/84Letter to Robert Duncan 3/22/84Letter to John Taggart 11/3/84Postcard to Barrett Watten 11/23/84Letter to Tom Clark 1/9/85Letter to Charles Bernstein 9/17/85Letter to Carl Rakosi 2/16/87Letter to Tom Clark 2/23/87Postcard to Leslie Scalapino 3/6/88Letter to Susan Howe 9/25/88Letter to Robert Grenier 12/18/88Letter to Helen [Creeley] and Wayne Power 3/12/89Letter to Susan Howe 3/24/89Letter to Allen Ginsberg 4/23/89Part 6. If I Were Writing This, 1989-2005: Maine, Buffalo, ProvidenceLetter to Robert Grenier 8/10/89Letter to Paul Auster 8/17/89Letter to Susan Howe 2/15/90Letter to Susan Howe 3/17/90Letter to Charles Bernstein 3/31/90Fax to Charles Bernstein 8/21/90Letter to Robert Grenier 6/4/91Letter to Allen Ginsberg 1/1/92Fax to Barbara Jellow, University of California Press 3/12/92Fax to Barbara Jellow, University of California Press 3/16/92Fax to Tom Thompson, The National Poetry Series 5/18/92Letter to Warren Tallman 9/25/92Fax to Allen Ginsberg 6/16/93Fax to Allen Ginsberg 6/18/93E-mail to Peter Gizzi 10/12/93E-mail to Charles Bernstein 3/1/94Letter to Eric Mottram 3/5/94Fax to Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi 11/13/94Letter to Jim Dine 12/12/94Fax to Elizabeth Fox 1/26/95Fax to Peter Quartermain/Peter Glassgold [2/24/95]E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander 4/10/95E-mail to Peter Gizzi and Elizabeth Willis 2/15/96Letter to Kurt Vonnegut 5/23/96Letter to Kurt Vonnegut 6/17/96E-mail to Simon Pettet 10/11/96E-mail to Tom Raworth [October 1996]Letter to Marjorie Perloff [11/10/96]E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander [4/7/97]E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander [4/19/97]E-mail to Charles Bernstein [April 1997]Letter to Denny Moers 5/31/97Letter to William Wadsworth, Executive Director, Academy of American Poets 2/21/99E-mail to Barrett Watten 1/20/00Letter to Sarah Creeley 8/2/00Letter to Francesco Clemente 1/31/01Letter to Joel Kuszai 2/13/01Letter to Henry Reath, President, Board of Directors of the Academy of American Poets 10/1/01E-mail to Sarah Creeley 8/18/02E-mail to Will Creeley 8/21/02E-mail to UB English Department Listserv 9/19/02E-mail to Penelope Creeley 10/8/02E-mail to Barrett Watten 7/9/03E-mail to Rod Smith 7/17/03Letter to Carl Rakosi 9/22/03E-mail to Ammiel Alcalay 12/1/03E-mail to Angelica Clark 5/17/04E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 6/17/04E-mail to Donald Revell 11/6/04E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/4/05E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/5/05E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/6/05E-mail to Lisa Jarnot 1/16/05E-mail to Michael Kelleher 3/7/05NotesAcknowledgment of PermissionsIndex