Box 7

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Gessner thanks Snodgrass for his previous edits and comments on Gessner's poem "On High" and asks for Snodgrass to write him a brief blurb on his chapbook [i]Surfaces.[/i]

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Snodgrass explains that he no longer writes blurbs for anyone, even close friends, for fear of either a) losing his friends in the process or b) destroying his intergrity by promoting horrible poetry.

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Collection contains several of the poems from [i]Surfaces[/i], but does not include a cover, a title page, a publication page, an acknowledgements page, or a table of contents.

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Letter states that enclosed is a corrected copy of [i]Surfaces[/i] but still does not have all of the blurbs yet.

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The manuscript contains several corrections made in red marker throughout. Additionally, there is still no actual cover for [i]Surfaces[/i] yet, only a title page.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is housed in 136 boxes (the first 135 labeled by Bixby himself) which document the creative output of March Street Press between 1992 until 2009. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence between the editor (Robert J. Bixby) and authors, manuscripts, proofs, copyright documents, photographs, cover art and ephemera. It also contains a complete run of the magazine, Parting Gifts, as well as copy of each book published by the press. The...

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Comes with a letter from Gholson to Robert Bixby stating that the manuscript on the disk is in word format.

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Comes with Gholson's address and contact information printed on the front page

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Letter states that the Gholson's manuscript [i]Phenomenology[/i] is actually a section from a much longer work of poetry called [i]All The Beautiful Dead Along The Side Of The Road[/i]; Note written in the corner by Bixby stating he has 45 days before he starts looking at publishing books for 2005/ He also asks for computer files of Gholson's poems.

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Letter is regarding Gholson finally getting the corrections for his chapbook done, as well as trying to get other parts of the book done such as the acknowledgement page, blurbs, a bio, setting a price for the book, and other details.