Overview
Poetry notebooks of American practitioner of Language poetry, Robert Grenier.
Dates
- Creation: 2008-2015
Creator
- Grenier, Robert. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff for retrieval policies and times.
Extent
1.375 linear feet (2 boxes)20 notebooks numbered 157-172 and 174-177 containing poems in color ink composed of words (letters) as a form of literal visual design.
Notes accompanying the collection indicate that notebook number 173 has changed hands over the years and is currently owned by Simone Fattal; it has been designated by Grenier for a future facsimile edition.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Grenier, born 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a contemporary American poet associated with the Language School. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Iowa Program in Creative Writing and has taught at UC Berkeley, Tufts University, Franconia College, New College of California, and Mills College. His work has been described by Curtis Faville as a "new hybrid form--neither 'poetry' nor graphic art".
Arrangement
Arranged in numerical order.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2018M-99. Purchased from Robert B. Grenier with the Amy Lowell Trust, 2018 April 12.
2024M-38. Purchased from Robert B. Grenier with the Amy Lowell Trust, 2023 November 5.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Melanie Wisner, 2023)
Genre / Form
Creator
- Grenier, Robert. (Person)
- Title
- Grenier, Robert. Robert Grenier poetry notebooks, 2008-2015 (MS Am 3175): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2023 December 11
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03629
Repository Details
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