Includes materials relating to book, chapbook and broadside series published by SUN/gemini Press between 1982 and 1995. Typical files include contract, copyright, correspondence with authors, editors and artists, permissions, final manuscripts, artwork, proofs, layouts, archive copies and flyers. Two publications preserve the complete publication process, including proofs, layouts, multiple manuscripts, and extensive artwork. There are a total of 15 publications represented, including 12 poetry collections, two broadsides, and one catalog.
Collection Number:
MS 488
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
The SUN/Gemini Press was a not-for-profit corporation founded by Clint Colby in Tucson, Arizona in the 1980s. The press published mainly poets from Arizona and the “desert southwest” and featured cover artwork by artists of the same region. In total, the press published 17 works between 1985 and 2001 including 14 poetry collections, 2 broadsides, and 1 catalog. Authors published include Agha Shahid Ali, Barbara Anderson, Paul Blackburn, Rebecca Byrkit, Meg Davis, Charles Hood, Dorothy R. Lykes, Jane Miller, Sheila Murphy, Kirk Robertson, Richard Shelton, Diane Wakoski, John Francis Warner, Dana Weimer, and Peter Wild.
Scope and Content Note
Materials relating to book, chapbook or broadside series published by SUN/gemini Press between 1985 and 1995. Typical files include contract, copyright, correspondence with authors, editors and artists, permissions, final manuscripts, artwork, proofs, layouts, archive copies and flyers. The publications by Richard Shelton and Diane Wakoski preserve the complete publication process, including proofs, layouts, multiple manuscripts, and extensive artwork. There are a total of 15 publications represented, including 12 poetry collections, two broadsides, and one catalog. Authors include Agha Shahid Ali, Paul Blackburn, Rebecca Byrkit, Meg Davis, Charles Hood, Dorothy R. Lykes, Jane Miller, Sheila Murphy, Kirk Robertson, Richard Shelton, Diane Wakoski, Dana Weimer, and Peter Wild.
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.
This series contains materials associated with 15 publications including 12 poetry collections, two broadsides, and one catalog. Items of interest include materials relating to Diane Wakoski and Robert Shelton because they represent the complete SUN/gemini Press publication workflow.
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Ali, Agha Shahid – Artwork, Design, and Layout circa 1987
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Ali, Agha Shahid – Correspondence 1986-1987
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Ali, Agha Shahid – Final 1987
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Ali, Agha Shahid – Manuscripts circa 1987
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Ali, Agha Shahid – Manuscripts – Rejected circa 1986
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Ali, Agha Shahid – Production Materials 1987, undated
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Blackburn, Paul – Artwork, Design, and Layout 1987, undated
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Blackburn, Paul – Artwork, Design, and Layout 1987, undated
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Blackburn, Paul – Correspondence 1982-1987, undated
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Blackburn, Paul – Final, 1987
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Blackburn, Paul – Manuscripts, circa 1986
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Blackburn, Paul – Manuscripts, circa 1986
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Blackburn, Paul – Production Materials, 1985-1987
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Byrkit, Rebecca – Artwork, Design, and Layout, circa 1995
