Letter from Hayden Carruth to Kertesz, Feb. 1 1981

Title

eng Letter from Hayden Carruth to Kertesz, Feb. 1 1981

Description

eng Envelope dated February 2nd, 1981, while the letter is dated February 1st, 1980, and then corrected to 1981. The typewritten letter is to Louise Kertesz from Hayden Carruth from the English Department of Syracuse University. Carruth acknowledges that he received both galleys and the finished book, and that everybody in the literary world, including Denise [Levertov] is pushing him to do the "same sort of thing," but he can’t. He also states that he wrote a collective elegy for the poets who died last winter and spring, including Muriel, and that it will be published somewhere soon. Noteworthy lines: “Why don’t the young assume some of the burden? If I sound old and peevish, I am. But of course I mean nothing personal.”

Identifier

eng 018_LK_01_19_016.jpg

Creator

eng Hayden Carruth

Date Created

eng February 1st, 1980

Medium

eng Paper

Subject

eng Louise Kertesz, Muriel Rukeyser, Hayden Carruth, Female Poets, Correspondence, Photography

Is Part Of

eng 018.LK, Louise Kertesz papers

Contributor

eng Andrew Schick

extracted text

Carruth, Eng. Depts HL401

\ i racuse Univesite~ -
\) Sss;flracuse, New YorK 13210 .

1February 1980

Dear Ms. Kertesz:



‘ Yes, 1 received both galleys and a finished book. But I have not



read them. BEveryone in the literary world, includimg‘Denise, is asking
me to do the same sort of thing, énd T can't. Why don't the young
assume some of th@/bu:denfi - M ~ ‘ W

1f I sound old and peevish, T am, But of course I mean nothing
personal. W 3 \ ‘ |

1 wrote a collective elegy for the poets who dieilast‘winter and
spring, including Muriel. It will be publishedsomawh@reeventually,



-1 imagine.
with best wishes,

Hayden Cerruth.