245 items

• Negatives of group photographs
  Undated. Two negatives of pictures of group pictures with Muriel Rukeyser at Yaddo..
• New York Times article titled "ANNA [sic.] SEXTON DIES, PULITZER POET, 45"
  Dated October 5th, 1974. A New York Times article titled “ANNA [sic.] SEXTON DIES, PULITZER POET, 45’ that details the death of Anne Sexton, a poet that Rukeyser was compared to in terms of the content of their poems.. Suffering from “deep melancholy” or depression, Sexton was recently divorced from her husband, Alfred, and had two daughters, Linda and Joyce. The death was either natural causes or suicide. She was found in an idling car parked in her garage.
• Newspaper article titled: RUKEYSER: A PARTISAN OF LOVE
  Sunday, March 2nd, 1980. A newspaper article titled RUKEYSER, A PARTISAN OF LOVE by Kenneth Rexroth that details the poet’s death and her legacy: Muriel Rukeyser was a traditionalist. But when, like Mark Twain’s weather, everybody was talking about one tradition or another but doing nothing about it, her tradition was not recognized or was despised.” “Muriel Rukeyser believed in the Community of Love, not because she was convinced that it was going to win but because it is true, it is the right way for human beings to live.”
• Note from Catherine Silvia to Louise Kertesz
  Undated. A note from Catherine Silvia to Louise Kertesz. Silvia, the Promotion Manager of LSU (Louisiana State University) Press states, “Enclosed are reviews and/or advertisements of your LSU Press book. The publication in which the review/ad appeared is noted on each enclosure.”
• Note from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz
  Dated September 11th, 1976. A typewritten note From Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz. Muriel had received Louise’s questions on August 25th, and she praises “The depth of perception, the beauty, of your work - what you have written and your questions lead me now to make a further commitment to your work.” There is “one condition, very important, that I must make: will you send me a confirming note that all passages in your manuscript concerning my son and his birth be sent to him, and none of those passage be published without his consent?” Muriel ends by saying, “Your book, as it is taking form, seems extraordinary to me. It is not a thesis.”
• Notecard with Bill Rukeyser's name and phone number
  Small note card that has handwriting on it with Bill Rukeyser (Muriel’s son)’s information on it, and what looks like a phone number and his job.
• Notes from Muriel Rukeyser sent to Louise Kertesz
  Dated September 8th, 1978, from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz. Envelope with three sheets of paper inside. Muriel has written Louise a short letter that says, “These scribbles are mainly proofreading, uninvited and almost involuntary. Thank you for your letter. Either date is possible.” The other two pieces of paper have page numbers with Muriel’s comments next to them. There is a message on the back of the envelope in Muriel’s handwriting: “jotting–a pen just given me by Bill Meredith.:
• Notes page, "A Poet of Eros"
  Note page, undated, labeled ‘A Poet of Eros’
• Obituary for Muriel Rukeyser titled "Muriel Rukeyser, Poet of Social Protest, Is Dead at 66"
  An original copy of an obituary for Muriel Rukeyser by Wolfgang Saxon, called “Muriel Rukeyser, Poet of Social Protest, Is Dead at 66” dated February 14th, 1980. It contains an outline of Rukeyser’s life.
• Original copy of a handwritten not from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz
  Dated June 24th, 1977. The original copy of a handwritten note from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz. States that Louise’s book is”‘astonishing and beautiful.” Rukeyser had written to Bernard Perry to “hasten things along” and asks if Louise wants her to write to another press. Rukeyser also looks forward to seeing Louise.
• Original copy of New York Times Article titled "Books: Muriel Rukeyser Revealed as Total Poet" by Thomas Lask
  The original copy of the New York Times article published on August 22nd, 1979 titled ‘Books: Muriel Rukeyser Revealed as Total Poet’ by Thomas Lask.
• Original magazine page titled "Where it All Happened: Westbeth Artists Housing" by Bill Hayes
  An original magazine page (with added, hand-written note, “The Spaces’), entitled Where It All Happened: Westbeth Artists Housing, written by Bill Hayes. On the back, there is an article titled THE LOST, which shows people who died due to HIV or AIDS.