The collection consists primarily of letters to James Ryan Morris
from poets Diane Di Prima, Theodore Enslin, Jack Hirschman, William J.
Margolis, Dan Propper, and Stuart Zane Perkoff.
Collection Number:
MS 268
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
James Ryan Morris, born in New York City in 1935, served as a marine in
Korea. He co-founded and co-edited the literay magazine
Sight until its cessation in 1958, founded
The Croupier (Seattle, 1965-?) and
Mile High Underground (Denver, 1966-1967).
Published collections of Morris' own poetry include
She Said,
The Rat's Nest,
Diana's Smile,
He Has Heard,
13 Sounds,
.22 For Her, and
The Hands. He has also published poetry
postcards and broadsides.Morris died in 1978.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists primarily of letters to James Ryan Morris from
poets Diane Di Prima, Theodore Enslin, Jack Hirschman, William J. Margolis, Dan
Propper, and Stuart Zane Perkoff. Letters from Perkoff to Anthony Scibella and
Maxine Cherry are included, as well as typescripts and holographs of Perkoff's
poetry. The collection also includes other correspondence, poetry books, poems,
broadsides, two unidentified photographs, and graphics.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish
from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record,
the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The
user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the
University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Two typescript copes of James Tipton's review of the
collection.
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William Margolis: Poetry.
, 1961-1974
Three poems in typescript dedicated to Stuart Z. Perkoff.
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James Ryan Morris: Poetry.
13 Sounds
Diana's Smile
He Has Heard
I Invoke Mayakovsky (leaflet, two
copies)
For Pagan (broadside)
A Poem for Legs (postcard)
The Rat's Nest
She Said
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Stuart Z. Perkoff: Poetry and fiction.
, 1963-1967
Some poems in typescript, other copied by unidentified persons
after being smuggled from prison; published prose, "Isn't There Another
Saxophone Player?" published in the May 1982 issue of
Passion Press.
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Stuart Z. Perkoff: Miscellaneous personal documents
(correspondence relating to imprisonment and eulogy).
, 1969-1974
