Letter from Dwight MacDonald to Louise Kertesz

Item

Title
Letter from Dwight MacDonald to Louise Kertesz
Creator
Dwight MacDonald
Description
Dated October 18th, 1976. A letter from Dwight MacDonald to Louise Kertesz. Answers questions Louise posed him in a June 25 letter about “that editorial roughing up of Muriel Rukeyser in the Sept.-Oct. 1943 PR”; “why MR was put down similarly by other critics of the period (Jarrell, Bogan, Humphries)”; and “why Shapiro and Lowell got Pulitzer prizes and MR didn't”; his “opinion of her work to date.” Letter is crossed out in some places and has some handwriting on it.
Date Created
October 18th, 1976
Original Object Type
Paper
Subject
Dwight McDonald; Louise Kertesz; Muriel Rukeyser; 1943 PR; Jarrell; Bogan; Humphries; Shapiro; Lowell; Pulitzer prize; handwritten notes; letter;
Collection Location
Box 1 Folder 1
Cataloger
Latitude Brown