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This is the first draft of the poem that eventually became a larger conventional poem that was published in "The Tin Can and Other Poems" (1966), a book also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These poems appeared in New World Writing, 7th Mentor publication; this book is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Amazon.com: Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was one of the most acclaimed, popular, and controversial American playwrights of the twentieth century. The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are all considered classics of modern theatre, and their characters and situations are iconic representations of the postwar South.In his early years, Williams concentrated his literary talents just as intently on poetry as on plays. Watching over him during this critical learning period was his close friend William Jay Smith (b. 1918), who met Williams in St. Louis as both were embarking on careers as writers. Smith would go on to publish thirteen collections of poetry and an epic sequence of poems describing the forced removal of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Both Smith and Williams were affected profoundly by memories of childhood and adolescence in Louisiana and Mississippi, and those experiences shaped their subsequent, mature work once they moved out...

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This is a photocopy of the manuscript of Plain Talk. The Sackner Archive holds two versions of this work. Smith describes the book as "Epigrams, Epitaphs, Satires, Nonsense, Occasional Concrete & Quotidian Poems." This work that was acquired from a North Carolina bookseller prompted the Sackner's interest in Smith's poetry. William Jay Smith did not know how this copy came into the hands of the bookseller. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a photocopy of the manuscript for Plain Talk. The Sackner Archive holds two versions of this work. Smith describes the book as "Epigrams, Epitaphs, Satires, Nonsense, Occasional Concrete & Quotidian Poems." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. The bookbinding was made by Richard Minsky who also treated the paper of the book with Wei T'o spray for neutralizing against acids as explained on the cover text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the first draft of the poem that eventually became a larger conventional poem that was published in, "Laughting Time" (1980), a book also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the finished drawing for the printed Christmas card with the same title. It was partially typed and then Smith drew over the typed characters in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a preliminary drawing for the printed Christmas card with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a preliminary drawing for the printed Christmas card with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the printed Christmas card (1957) sent to William Jay Smith's friends. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Book object unfolds to form a pyramid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem pamphlet announces the birth of Gregory Jay Smith, son of William Jay Smith and his first wife, Barbara Howes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This first working version page is a varient of the page published in Smith's book,"Typewriter Birds." The Sackner Archive contains two manuscript pages that were published in the book. Four preliminary versions of "Yellow-Mittered Pope Joan" are held in the Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.