Typed letter signed, 7 pages. Bishop to Stevenson including biographical data relating to the insanity of her mother, the house she and Lota have built, her dissatisfaction with the Brazil book. She discusses her views on translation; mentions poets she admires: Pasternak, Rimbaud, Esenin, Hopkins, Whitman, Dickinson; discusses Neruda and his work at length. She discusses some of her attitudes: "In fact I think snobbery governs a great deal of my taste." Discusses her friends, her views on criticism, her love of art. Discusses her admiration for Hemingway and Lawrence: "I admire both Hemingway and Lawrence - along with others - for living in the real world and knowing how to do things." Mentions her admiration for Chekov as an artist and a person. Mentions Darwin, Herbert and Baudelaire. Discusses her lack of formal religion. Discusses the poetics of William Carlos Williams, Pound, Wallace Stevens, and E.E.Cummings, 1964 January 8, Box: 1, Folder: 2. Elizabeth Bishop Papers, MS-MS-ms012. Manuscripts. https://aspace.wustl.edu/repositories/6/archival_objects/14296 Accessed May 08, 2024.

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