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Contains 153 Results:

Richardson, Dorothy, to Deutsch, Babette, 1947 September 28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Description

Autographed letter signed, 2 pages. Cornwall. Thanks her for food package, comments on monotony of her diet, increasing mechanization of poetry, attitudes of college youth.

Moore, Marianne, to Deutsch, Babette, 1947 July 31

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Description

Autographed letter signed, 1 page. Brooklyn.She denies disliking poetry, but prefers manner of certain kinds. Thanks Deutsch for speaking to her at T.S. Eliot lecture.

Roethke, Theodore, to Deutsch, Babette, 1948 January 22

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Description

Typed letter signed, 4 pages. Seattle. Quotes from Jung to effect that poet should not be expected to interpret his work, explains first four sections of The lost son, The long alley, A field of light, lets her work out The shape of the fire. Poems have been “written out of suffering,” are meant to be heard. Notes that in this kind of poem, poet should render experience, not comment.

Richardson, Dorothy M. to Deutsch, Babette, 1947 August 2

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Description

Autographed letter signed, 2 pages. [Cornwall.] Comments on distaste for most modern poetry, commends Deutsch's poetry, and her Rilke translation. Remarks her personal life.

MacGreevy, Thomas, to Deutsch, Babette, 1946 November 5

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Description

Typed letter signed, A postscrip, 2 pages. Dublin. Explains why he has stopped writing poetry, justifies his present living situation.

MacGreevy, Thomas, to Deutsch, Babette, 1947 February 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Description

Autographed letter signed, 2 pages. Dublin. Comments on the lack of fuel in Dublin, the success of the tapestry image in a Deutsch poem, Thomas Moore's poetry, his taste for Pushkin.

MacGreevy, Thomas, to Deutsch, Babette, 1948 January 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Description

Autogrpahed letter signed, 4 pages. Dublin.Describes Christmas holiday in Kerry, sympathizes with Avram Yarmolinsky's feeling about Christmas.

Moore, Marianne, to Deutsch, Babette, 1948 January 18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Description

Autographed postcard, 1 page. Brooklyn, NY. Will send Deutsch a copy of Profile when she is well.

Roethke, Theodore, to Deutsch, Babette, 1947 September 28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Description

Autographed letter signed, 6 pages. Seattle. Sends her a reprint of The lost son. He has read with Robert Lowell at Breadloaf, and is now on the Olympia Peninsula. He admires the land but feels isolated. He sends her a poem to be placed between The long alley and The shape of the fire, in [The lost son?]. Considers her advice on dropping notes, adding information to jacket.

MacGreevy, Thomas, to Deutsch, Babette, 1947 November 21

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Description

Autographed letter signed, 9 pages. Dublin. Recounts his recent London trip with Jack Yeats, favorite travel sites.