Letter from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser
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Title
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Letter from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser
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Creator
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Louise Kertesz
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Description
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An original, typewritten letter, dated April 4th, 1976. The letter is from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser. Louise begins the letter by saying that she was happy to hear Rukeyser read her poems in Worcester, and to see an audience respond to the poems like she did. She was moved by her poems, and was sad that she had to leave at 5 o'clock.. Louise had spent the day there, expecting that Rukeyser would be there in the morning, but had to leave early since her family expected her home at 7 pm for bedtime. Louise asks Rukeyser to tell her when she will read the poems again, so she can plan ahead of time to be ether. Louise then says that her family is planning to spend her vacation, which will last 4 to 5 days, with the kids and her mother in New York City in June. Louise’s mother was an immigrant, and in the 1920’a, she was married on the Taormina docked in N.Y., and she has always loved visiting the standardards, and the Statue of LIberty. If Rukeyser will be reading her poems in New York, Louise wants to be there. Louise will phone Rukeyser before they come to see whether or not Rukeyser can spare them some time. It would give Louise and Chris, her husband, great pleasure if they could take her to dinner. Louise will enclose questions with this letter. Louise states that Muriel was very kind to suggest taped replies. If Rukeyser would prefer, they can wait until a meeting in mid -une. Louise then thanks Rukeyser for her warm encouragement, and that she is very deeply committed to her work. Louise will be teaching Moby Dick for the next several weeks, but she is teaching Rukeyser’s works Breaking Open and The Speed of Darkness in another class. Louise ends the letter by saying that she is hoping that Rukeyser is doing well, and that she looked wonderful yesterday, and hopes that she had a good spring. Incomplete copy of letter on the back of the sheet.
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Original Object Type
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Paper
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Subject
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typewritten letter; louise kertesz; muriel rukeyser; worcester; New York, New York; Statue of Liberty; mother; Moby Dick; The Speed of Darkness; Breaking Open;
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Collection Location
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Box 1 Folder 11
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Cataloger
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Latitude Brown
