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• Poem by John Tagliabue titled "American Complicated With Integrity: Homage to Muriel"
  Undated. A poem by John Tagliabue titled “American Complicated With Integrity: Homage to Muriel.” Her poems, he writes “have collected our hope and power, to walk with / her and them makes us see bold incorrigible / indivisible Whitman ahead.”
• Poem titled "Woman by the River" by Louise Kertesz
  Unknown date. An old, typewritten piece of paper, a poem, “Woman by the River:,” written by Louise Kertesz after visiting Muriel Rukeyser in her apartment at Westbeth. Kertesz states that the poem came to her on the way home, and she thanks Muriel for the afternoon.
• Postcard from Carolyn Kizer to Louise Kertesz
  A postcard dated July 1981. The postcard is from Carolyn Kizer to Louise Kertesz. Kizer starts the postcard by thanking Louise, and saying what an angel someone named Esther is. She looks forward to the book, and suggests some places that could review it, such as the Ohio Review, Iowa Review, or Georgia. Kizer says that William Prichard goes to the top of her ‘hit list’ and that she is ashamed of the Hudson Review, but hat no one “...reads the bloody thing any more” Kizer states that if only Prichard had called Fred Morgan was one of the great bores, but Kizer says ‘Fat chance’. A postscript says “What a fine press L.S.U. is!”
• Postcard from kenneth Rexroth to Louise Kertesz
  Dated April 8th, 1980. A postcard from Kenneth Rexroth to Louise Kertesz. Talks about Louise’s book. “MR was the victim of vast & vicious critical injustices….”
• Postcard from Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  Unknown Date. A Postcard from Lawrence Ferlinghetti to Louise Kertesz. ‘Thank you but I simply don't write reviews!’
• Postcard from Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  Dated February 12th, 1980. Postcard from Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights, to Louise Kertesz. Asks Louise to give him the facts on the Rukeyser- Octavio Paz connection.
• Postcard from Marge Piercy to Louise Kertesz
  A postcard, dated January 5th, 1981 from Marge Piercy to Louise Kertesz. The postcard is short, an dsays, “Thank you very much for understanding what I wrote you about your fine book. Thank you also for sending me the poem”.
• Postcard from Miriam Reik to Louise Kertesz
  Dated September 29th, 1978. A postcard from Miriam Reik to Louise Kertesz. Brings up Reik’s desire to be known as Muriel’s friend.
• Postcard to Louise Kertesz from Mary Baldwin
  Dated March 29th, unknown year. Postcard to Louise Kertesz from Mary Baldwin. States that Baldwin got a copy of the book, and that she loves it. She also thanks Louise for putting her in.
• PRC Newsletter and Calendar from March 1982
  PRC Newsletter and calendar, dated March 1982. Muriel Rukeyser will be the topic at “Talk About Poetry,” in a session led by Louise Kertesz. The newsletter says that Rukeyser’s poetry stands in contrast to many of her contemporaries, and many of her early poems celebrate her humanitarian spirit. It then goes into a short description of her career, and events that influenced her, such as the death of Otto Boch, an athlete turned soldier who was killed in the Spanish Civil War. The short article also covers her scathing critics, such as William Prichard, who called Rukeyser “...one of the great bores of American poetry.”
• Publishing agreement for "A Procession of Images: A Study of Muriel Rukeyser's Work and Its Reception, 1935-1977"
  Dated August 31st, 1978. A typewritten publishing Agreement for “A Procession of Images” A Study of Muriel Rukeyser’s Work and Its Reception, 1935-1977. Signed by L.E. Phillabaum, Director of the Louisiana State University Press.
• Question sheet
  Another question sheet, labeled ‘Questions’ and ‘Never Answered’ A question in this sheet reads, ‘I would like to see Houdini and All the Way Home. May I have xeroxes?’ The sheet is written on with red and black pen.