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• Photocopy of a typed note on the word "surpass"
  Dated December 1st, 1942. Photocopy of a typed note written by an unknown person, most likely Rukeyser, on the word “surpass”: “Somehow, the word for surpassing, the word for a tremendous spiritual effort that will bring our total culture through, discarding and refining as it strengthens–that word is needed.” Handwritten notes in Rukeyser’s handwriting:”by a tremendous and total effort, one civilization can grow in every part so that it can forever crush the fascist threat of brutalizing [?] whatever good we have gained, and killing a great part of both good and evil.”
• Photocopy of ad for Louise Kertesz's book, The Poetic Vision of Muriel Rukeyser titled "Books for All Seasons"
  Dated Spring 1980. Unknown Month, unknown day. A photocopied page from the publication American Literature. Titled “Books For All Seasons,” it contains an ad for Louise Kertesz’s book, The Poetic Vision of Muriel Rukeyser. A blurb by Richard Eberhart says, “Readers interested in modern poetry should be fascinated with this thorough, masterful study of the life and works of one of our best poets.”
• Photocopy of an article titled "Daughter of 19th Century Poet's Best Efforts are in Romantic Vein"
  A photocopy of ‘Daughter of 19th Century Poet’s Best Efforts are in Romantic Vein’.
• Photocopy of Annette Kolodny's review of Louise Kertesz's book in the publication Literature
  Dated May, 1981, unknown day. A photocopy of Annette Kolodny’s review of Louise Kertesz’s book in the publication Literature. Kolodny states that “The difficulty, I think, stems from the fact that Kertesz could not contain her (often quite justified) anger at the stupidity which marked many reviews of Rukeyser’s work, and the lack of generosity which marked critics’ responses to Rukeyser herself.” Kolodny believes that Louise spent too much time going after old reviews that have long since faded from memory’ and not enough time analyzing Rukeyser’s poetry. Another bigger flaw is that Kertesz wanted to define Rukeyser as “essentially a modern poet of possibility…in the transcendental writers of America's Golden Day, Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau,” but falls short of doing so in any satisfyingly sustained or concentrated way. The chapters, according to the review, “...falter into repetitious contention, awkward in organization.” Yet, the reviewer states that Kertesz points to useful directions for future studies.
• Photocopy of Muriel Rukeyser's review of Robert Duncan's book of poems, Heavenly City, Earthly City
  Unknown date. Photocopy of Rukeyser review of Robert Duncan’s book of poems Heavenly City, Earthly City. Entitled “Myth and Torment,” Muriel’s review is glowing. She states at the end that Robert Duncan ‘...has struck past his apparent flaws; I think he has found his own voice, and among the Miller-haunted writers of this coast, he is building the scene into poems, making experiment, music, debt, into a personal and widening art.” There are underlinings by Louise Kertesz in the article.
• Photocopy of New York Times article called "Books: Muriel Rukeyser Revealed as Total Poet" by Thomas Lask
  A photocopy of the New York Times article published on August 22nd, 1979 called ‘Books: Muriel Rukeyser Revealed as Total Poet’ by Thomas Lask.
• Photocopy of previous letter
  A photocopy of the previous letter.
• Photocopy of previous letter
  A photocopy of the previous letter.
• Photocopy of Rukeyser's handwritten draft of "This Morning"
  Photocopy of Rukeyser’s handwritten draft of “This Morning,” dated Westbeth 1968.
• Photocopy of Rukeyser's handwritten notes on the meanings of words
  Photocopy of Rukeyser’s handwritten notes on the meanings of “violence” and “intensity,” “solitary,” “secret,” and “communal.”
• Photocopy of William Pritchard's review of Rukeyser's Collected Poems
  Another photocopy of William Pritchard’s hostile review of Rukeyser’s Collected Poems.
• Picture titled Poetry Flash
  Dated February 1978. A picture titled Poetry Flash. Taken at the Amnesty International Benefit, it includes Muriel Rukeyser, whose name is misspelled as ‘Murial’.