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Madeline Mason: Poet, Critic, Author

A paper flyer color-printed on glossy paper advertising the lecture services of Madeline Mason. The front side contains a picture of Mason, a list of works, and a short biography. The back side contains reviews of Mason's skills as a speaker and…

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Première Reading of Selections from "At the Ninth Hour" A Booklength Sonnet Sequence in a New Form by Madeline Mason

A paper bulletin, black ink on white paper folded in half, from Madeline Mason's reading of "At the Ninth Hour" from the Library of Congress at the Coolidge Auditorium on April 9, 1956.

Tags: 20th Century, American literature, Library of Congress, Poetry, Women Authors, Women Poets

"Book News" periodical, Vol. IX, No. 4, July 1961

Paper periodical, black ink on white paper, containing a literature review of the poetry volume "At the Ninth Hour" by Madeline Mason and illustration of two ouds on one side and a list of "Recent and Forthcoming Books" with summaries and prices on…

Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 20th Century, 20th Century literature, 20th Century poetry, American literature, American poetry, Madeline Mason, Poet, Poetry, Poetry review, Sonnet, Women, Women Authors, Women Poets, Women's voices

Photo of Madeline Mason, 1979

Photo of Madeline Mason, 20th-century American poet and creator of the Mason sonnet, for a biographical article, "The Inner Voice", for a local newspaper, Catskill, NY. Mason is photographed sitting indoors in front of a decorative wall with…

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Rejection Letter of James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room" from Knopf Publishing Co.

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The correspondence letter notifies Baldwin and his agent that selected reviewers and editors at Knopf Publishing Co. have decided to reject Baldwin's manuscript for "Giovanni's Room," and outlines the reasoning for their decision.

Tags: 1950s, American literature, Black authors, Black Queer Movement, Gay minorities, Giovanni's Room, Harry Ransom Center, Homosexuality, James Baldwin, Knopf Publishing Inc., Paris, Publishing, Queer movement, Rejection Letter

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

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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.