Initial Correspondence Regarding Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room"

Initial Correspondence Regarding Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room"

Publishing
Literature
Rejected Manuscript
Race
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Homosexuality
Black Queer Studies

The letter is sent to Mrs. Blanche Knopf (editor at Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) from Helen Strauss, James Baldwin's agent, as introductory correspondence in the process of Knopf ultimately reviewing and publishing the manuscript attached to the letter.

Helen Strauss

Strauss, Helen. Correspondence letter to Blanche Knopf, September 21, 1955. Box 986, Folder 4, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records 1873-1996, Subseries D. Reject Files: 1955. Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

1955-09-21

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