Drafts of poems

File — Box: 4, Folder: 4

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

From the Collection:

The Diane Ackerman collection consists of manuscripts, galley proofs, and reproductions of her published and unpublished writings, which include nature books, novels, poetry, essays, and articles. The collection includes research materials and notes, photographs, photocopies, press badges, and other printed material. Chief among her books are: The Planets, Wife of Light, Twilight of the Tenderfoot, Lady Faustus, On Extended Wings, Reverse Thunder, A Natural History of the Senses, Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, The Moon by Whale Light, A Natural History of Love, Monk Seal Hideaway, The Rarest of the Rare, and A Slender Thread. Articles and essays in the collection include "Bats," "Crocodilians," "Penguins," "Whales," "Albatrosses," "Golden Monkeys," "Insect Love," "Last Refuge of the Monk Seals," "We Are Listening," "Sympathetic Magic," "How to Watch the Sky," "The Natural History of a Leaf," "Where the Sun Dines," and "The Children of Interplast"; and a play "Reverse Thunder."

Dates

1971-1997.

Creator

From the Collection: Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Person)
From the Collection: Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Title of work: Planets..) (Person)
From the Collection: Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Title of work: Natural history of the senses..) (Person)
From the Collection: Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Title of work: Natural history of love..) (Person)
From the Collection: Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Title of work: Slender thread..) (Person)
From the Collection: Ackerman, Diane, 1948- (Title of work: I praise my destroyer..) (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

9.1 cubic feet. (9.1 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

"Air Show in Barbados," ts. - 3 pp., ts. with handwritten corrections - 3 pp., and ts. with handwritten corrections - 7 pp., ts. with handwritten corrections - 2 pp. ) (earlier titles: "An F-15 Pilot Puts on an Air Show in Barbados," "An F-15 Pilot in Barbados,""Air Show in Barbados,") "At Walt Whitman's Birthplace, Huntington, Long Island": ts. - 2 pp., 2 handwritten drafts - 2 pp., 1 p., 2 ts. drafts - 2 pp. each "Autumn Laps," 3 tss. - two - 2 pp., one - 1 p. "Because the gods are baking winter cakes . . .," one p. handwritten "Each morning a lady cardinal . . .," one handwritten p. "The Enabler," tss. - three drafts - 3 pp. each, three drafts - four pp. each, one handwritten p. (earlier titles "The Auroras of Autumn" and "The Trade Routes of Autumn") "French Frigate Shoals," four tss. - 2 pp. each, one ts. one p., handwritten notes - 4 pp. (earlier titles "Tern Island Station, French Frigate Shoals) "Halley's Comet," one 3 p. ts., five drafts, ts. with handwritten corrections, 1 p. each, one ts. with handwritten corrections - 2 pp., one handwritten p. "Halley's Comet Replies," ts. - 1 p.