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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…
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 [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."
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.
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.
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.
Larry Levis
Larry Levis Photo used with permission. Image copyright Jay Paul.
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…
Winter Stars [cover proof]
Proof of cover design forWinter Stars.Printed on card stock.
