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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Original handwritten letter, dated August 25th, 1976. The letter is from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser. Louise begins the letter by saying that she was happy to hear from Rukeyser and receive her letter with reviews for Body of Waking. Louise also thanks Rukeyser for her fond wishes for her and her family, and that they are almost settled in their new home,which they like. Louise is sending Rukeyser Chapter 3. Part 2 of her book under separate cover, Chapter 4, and the beginning of Chapter 5. Louise has not finished totally with Waterlily Fire, since there are several reviews she has not obtained. Louise will also have to stop working for a while, in order to prepare for her classes. Muriel had asked Louise on the phone if the manuscript was a thesis, which leads Louise to think that it might sound like one. Louise will work on it so it won't sound like a thesis. Louise had written a thesis on Thoreau and Mythology some years ago, since she has a Ph.D. in English from the UNiversity of Illinois, and she will work on the style of the manuscript when she begins to revise for coherence. Louise is sending Rukeyser a few more questions, which will be included in the envelope of this letter. Louise would like to see Rukeyser again, perhaps during Christmas vacation. Louise will continue writing while she can, beginning with The Orgy. The high point of her fall will be writing about The Gates. Louis tates that she is surely among the people who are eager to see the new poems. The letter is on the back of what looks like an essay on the other side.
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Date Created
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August 25th, 1976
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Original Object Type
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Paper
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Subject
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Louise Kertesz; Muriel Rukeyser; Body of Waking; the poetic vision of muriel rukeyser; Thoreau; University of Illinois; Christmas vacation; letter; The Orgy; poetry; women;
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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
