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S.F. Poetry Reading Archive from the 1980s

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Title: Poetry archive
Author: (Hackett, Philip)
Description: Large archive of autographed letters, typed signed letters, signed postcards, numerous black and white publicity photographs, 100s of color snapshots, flyers, newspaper clippings, etc. related to poetry readings created, organized and promoted by Philip Hackett at the Press Club in San Francisco from the mid- to late 1980s. Housed in three file boxes.Contains correspondence (with mailing envelopes) from dozens of poets: Opel Palmer Adisa; John Batki; Charles Greenleaf Bell; Gwendolyn Brooks; James Broughton; Richard Chetwynd; Cid Corman; Andrei Codrescu; Robert Creeley; James Dickey; Diane di Prima; Ariel Dorfman; Paul Engle; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Herbert Gold; Thom Gunn; Gerald Hausman; Jack Hirschman; Galway Kinnell; Etheridge Knight; Philip Lamantia; Michael McClure; Robert Mezey; Simon Ortiz; Adrienne Rich; Karl Shapiro; Piri Thomas; et al. The archive includes 39 postcards written by modern poets. Hackett's notes and copies of letters he wrote to the poets are also included.
Heading: Place Published: Various places
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Date Published: 1985-88