Scope and Contents This ninth page from Dante Diary which is not dated, was drawn in Rio de Janeiro. Text at the top left corner reads, "dante in brazil," and on the top right corner, "Waiting for Pella in the New Wave." Pella refers to Tom's friend, the bookbinder Pella Erskine-Tulloch. A collaged "NY & Lakeville," with the name Lakeville scratched out, is placed below this caption. Phillips' handwritten notes explain that the plans to go to Lakeville, Connecticut with Martin and Diane Ackerman were cancelled. Phillips also writes that on his return trip from Brazil to New York via Miami he "was able to smuggle a postcard out of the tourist lounge at 5 a.m. to send to the Sackners whom I'd have loved to have seen." Phillips mentions his search for the Virgin Butterfly native to Brazil. The image of butterflys and poetry from "A Humument" is found in the third illustration of Canto II. ["A butterfly gives meaning to brighten poetry."] In his iconographical notes and commentary on the...

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Page 29 is rubberstamped "Dante in New York" and contains references to meetings with Martin Ackerman and Richard Minsky.This page has a border of miniature painted sketches, dense diary entries and a collage illustration of a drawing of a head by Phillips from the Royal Academy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.