Note from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz

Title: Note from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz
Creator: Muriel Rukeyser
Description: 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.”
Date Created: September 11th, 1976
Original Object Type: Paper
Subject: Muriel Rukeyser; Louise Kertesz; typewritten note; consent; extraordinary; The Poetic Vision of Muriel Rukeyser; consent; Bill Rukeyser;
Collection Location: Box 1 Folder 7
Cataloger: Latitude Brown