Poetry at Beinecke Library

A new addition to the Marcia Nardi Papers is now processed and available for use. The addition, which the Beinecke acquired in 2004, contains correspondence and drafts reflecting Nardi’s work with John Edmunds between 1972 and 1983 and provides insight into the later years of Nardi’s life.

Spencer Brown was born in 1909 in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard University with an A.B in 1930 and an A.M. in 1932, and he taught at the Loomis School (1930-1931), Taft School (1932-1934), and Fieldston School (1938-1971), where he also served as principal (1965-1971). Brown died in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in 1989.His published collections of poetry include: My Father’s Business and Other Poems (1956), Looking into the Fire (1967), and Child’s Game, On a Journey (1979).

Fall 2007 Readings at Beinecke Library Yusef Komunyakaa Thursday, September 20th, 4 pm Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series

The Beinecke has acquired a small archive of letters, manuscripts, and manuscript notebooks by poet, editor, and novelist Charles Plymell.The notebooks include drafts of poems and letters, miscellaneous notes, and drawings by the poet. All materials date from approximately 1968-1969.

John Haines is the author of numerous books of poetry, including At the End of This Summer, The Owl in the Mask of the Dreamer, Cicada, Leaves and Ashes, and News from the Glacier.

The Appeal If I have given you delight By aught that I have done, Let me lie quiet in that night Which shall be yours anon: And for that little, little span The dead are borne in mind Seek not to question other than The books I leave behind.