Initial Correspondence Regarding Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room"
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Title
Initial Correspondence Regarding Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room"
Subject
Publishing
Literature
Rejected Manuscript
Race
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Homosexuality
Black Queer Studies
Literature
Rejected Manuscript
Race
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Homosexuality
Black Queer Studies
Description
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.
Creator
Helen Strauss
Source
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.
Date
1955-09-21
Rights
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Format
Fax copy of correspondence letter
Language
English
Type
Text
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Letter
Citation
Helen Strauss, “Initial Correspondence Regarding Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room",” Hidden Histories UT-Austin, accessed November 4, 2024, https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/items/show/114.
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