"Stir, turn me the lips ..."
Scope and Contents note
Summary: Largely poems, a mixture over several years. Some poems are from A Privacy of Speech and The Blowing of the Seed. Also includes some ephemera and letters. Annotations to many carbon copies of the poems indicate the journals to which Everson submitted them for publication.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1947
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 11.9 Linear Feet (31 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General Physical Description note
Ms.: 3 leaves of working drafts. "Woman: I sing to you now as of whole fulfillment ...": Ms. and Ts.: 30 leaves of working drafts. "All day my mind has fixed upon your face ...": Ms. and Ts.: 6 leaves of working drafts. "Crown Oedipus King, ...": Ms.: 6 leaves of working drafts. "Woman Within": Ms. and Ts.: 35 leaves of working drafts. "But now having seen ...": Ms. and Ts.: 10 leaves of working drafts. "And he come in his dream ...": Ts. and Ms.: 17 leaves of working drafts. "Of gray gaze and level, ...": Ts. and Ms.: 16 leaves of working drafts.
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository