Yale Collection of American Literature

The Yale Collection of American Literature documents the creative lives, the artistic communities, and the literary achievements of American writers. The collectionis noted for its strength in nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first-century poetry, fiction, and dramatic writings. The archives of writers of diverse backgrounds underscore the collection’s interest in the indigenous and immigrant cultures that shape American literature.
  • New Acquisition: Steichen Family Papers

    March 8, 2018

  • + The Art of Collaboration

    February 23, 2018

  • The Art of Collaboration: Native Son on Stage and Screen

    February 23, 2018

  • Send in Your Bake-Off Scripts!

    February 20, 2018

    If you participated in Paula Vogel’s National Ubu Roi Bake-Off , we want to archive your scripts! Scripts will be included in the “National Ubu Roi Bake-Off...
  • Happy National Ubu Roi Bake-off Day!

    February 19, 2018

    Paula Vogel’s Bake-Offs by Raffi Donatich, Y 2019 Frustrated with the cookie-cutter formula of commercial American theater, Paula Vogel and several other New...
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Copyright and Collaboration in the Theater

    February 12, 2018

    Copyright and Collaboration in the Theater A Conference at Yale University March 9 and 10, 2018 Keynote Session Collaboration and the American Theater Tony...
  • The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    NEW SCHOLARSHIP: Linda Grasso on O'Keeffe

    February 10, 2018

    Equal under the Sky: Georgia O’Keeffe and Twentieth-Century Feminism by Linda M. Grasso Equal under the Sky is the first historical study of Georgia O’Keeffe’s...