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Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Incoming and outgoing correspondence in English and French with poets, writers, translators, artists, art galleries, editors, publishers, and Cole's family and friends. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the correspondent's surname or corporate name. Files may contain related correspondence by additional people, drafts of manuscripts, artwork, photographs, and ephemera. Correspondence with editors and publishers may be filed under the corporate name or the personal name, and files may contain personal as well as business correspondence. Correspondence regarding publications, translations, or artwork is filed in the WRITINGS, TRANSLATIONS or ARTWORK series, respectively.

Cole corresponded with many American, French and Canadian poets, artists, and writers. Prominent correspondents include Marina Adams, Anne-Marie Albiach, Steve Dickison, Stacy Doris, Alec Finlay, Dominique Fourcade, Benjamin Friedlander, Susan Gevirtz, Jess, Kevin Killian, Laura Moriarty, Michael Palmer, Claude Royet-Journoud, Leslie Scalapino, Aaron Shurin, David Levi Strauss, Amy Trachtenberg, Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop, and Ben Watkins.

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