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Winter Stars [cover proof]
Proof of cover design forWinter Stars.Printed on card stock.
What Work Is : Poems
Volume dedicated and Inscribed by the author to Larry Levis. From the Larry Levis Collection.Inscription:
April 11, ‘91Dear Larry,I wanted you to have the first copy of this book because (Turn 2 pages, please) … You know WHAT WORK IS, & no one…
Larry Levis
Larry Levis Photo used with permission. Image copyright Jay Paul.
After the Blue Note Closes [typed draft with reader's comments by Philip Levine and revisions by Levis]
Typed draft of "After the Blue Note Closes" in two pages. Page two has reader's comments by Philip Levine and revisions by Larry Levis.
A Letter [typed draft with Levis notes and Levine comments]
First and last pages of a typed draft of "A Letter." Pencil notes by Larry Levis. Comment at end, written in ink, by Philip Levine.A letter salutation and closing written in pencil ("Dear" and "Love,") frame the poem.
A Letter [typed draft with revisions, signed]
Typed draft identified as page 7 of "A Letter" with handwritten revisions. Levis' signature at top right of page.
Untitled draft [typed with handwritten revisions, "A Letter"]
Untitled draft of verse which would become first part of , "A Letter" and ultimately "After the Blue Note Closes."
Flickering in pools of rain. [handwritten draft on notebook paper]
Handwritten draft beginning:"Flickering in pools of rain. That street. That rain." (Editorial marks indicate that the order of those last two phrases should be reversed.)The work would first become part of the ending to "A Letter." Later, those…
Untitled draft [handwritten draft of "A Letter." "The Bel Aires!" at top right corner]
Handwritten draft of verses that would first be part of "A Letter" and finally become the poem "After the Blue Note Closes."A band name "The Bel Aires!" appears within parentheses at the top right corner of the page with an arrow point to the place…
A Letter [page 7 typed with revisions, "Postscript:" at top ]
Typed draft of page 7 of "A Letter" with handwritten revisions and correction fluid. The word "Postscript:" at top of page is crossed out.This work would eventually be separated from "A Letter" and published in the bookWinter Starsas "After the Blue…
A Letter [page 7, typed draft with revisions, signed "Love,"]
Typed draft of page 7 of "The Letter" with handwritten revisions. This version of the poem ends with the familiar letter closing, "Love,".
A Letter [page 7 typed draft with revisions]
Typed draft of page 7 of "A Letter" with handwritten revisions.This work would eventually become "After the Blue Note Closes."
A Letter [page 7 draft with revisions, calculations at right]
Typed draft of page 7 of "The Letter" with handwritten revisions. Numerical calculations in right margin.Possible revision written over first line: "Tonight, holding another /a stranger in my arms--"Various lines explore possibilities for expressing…
A Letter [handwritten draft]
Handwritten draft of the ending to "A Letter" (2 pages).
This work would eventually become "After the Blue Note Closes."
This work would eventually become "After the Blue Note Closes."
A Letter [photocopied draft]
Photocopied draft in seven pages of "A Letter."This version would undergo further revision. Eventually, page seven would be separated and become "After the Blue Note Closes," a poem also published inWinter Stars.
A Letter [page 7 typed draft with revisions / After the Blue Note Closes]
Typed draft identified as page 7 of the poem "A Letter" with handwritten revisions.The phrase "so at last we'll have something in common" appears in Levis' revisions.This work would eventually be separated from "A Letter" and published in the…
Hell is not a punk musicians' bar [notes on cocktail napkin]
Levis' handwritten notes on a white cocktail napkin.Associated with the poems "Letter" and "After the Blue Note Closes."
Untitled Draft [Winter Stars, typed with revisions]
Single page (part of larger draft?), typed draft with handwritten revisions. Ending variant: "On a black sky Out there, it's cold enough To reconcile even a father with his son."
Winter Stars [signed, typed draft]
Typed draft with revisions, signed by the author. Man's name is "Ruben Vasquez." Strike through changes line from "wanted to kill his own father" to "wanted to kill his daughter."Handwritten revision at side, "I don't know. When I left home at…
Untitled Poem [Winter Stars, handwritten draft]
Single page, handwritten draft begins, "When I left home forever at seventeen..."
Untitled Poem [Winter Stars, handwritten draft]
Untitled poem, handwritten draft, single page. [Winter Stars]
Handwritten notes [Winter Stars]
Early lines that would become the poem "Winter Stars."
Untitled Poem [Winter Stars, typed with revisions]
Untitled poem [Winter Stars]. Two pages, possibly created at different times.Typed drafts with handwritten revisions.Signed by author.Variations from final version include: man named as Armando Vargascomposers named are Stravinsky and Prokofieff…
California/Winter Stars [signed draft with revisions]
Typewritten draft of poem in two pages; each page signed by the author at top right. Original title "California" struck through.Corrections and revisions in the author's handwriting.Name of the man in this stae, "Armando Vasquez."
