Mark Salerno Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2017
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Mark Salerno Papers
Creator:
Salerno, Mark, 1956-
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0780
Physical Description:
12 Linear feet
(30 archives boxes and 1 map case folder)
Date (inclusive): 1974-2009
Abstract: Papers of Mark Salerno (1956-), a Los Angeles-based poet and founding editor of
ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Mark Salerno, a Los Angeles-based poet and founding editor of
ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts. The papers include correspondence with friends, family members and colleagues, and drafts of his writings. Manuscript material
includes Salerno's poems and poetry anthologies, radio plays, interviews, and essays. The collection also includes a small
amount of drawings, photographs, ephemera and other materials chronicling Salerno's career.
Arranged in five series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, 3) POETRY EVENTS, 4) MISCELLANEOUS, and 5) DIGITAL MEDIA.
Biography
Mark Salerno was born in New York City in 1956 to Margaret Giannini and Louis Salerno. He attended Columbia University and
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1978 in English, and a Master of Arts in 1979 in English and Comparative Literature.
He also holds an M.F.A. from Otis College of Art and Design where he studied with Norma Cole, Leslie Scalapino and Paul Vangelisti.
From 1993 to 1999, Salerno edited
ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts, which was published biannually in Los Angeles by Salerno's 96 Tears Press. The magazine featured poetry, fiction, drama,
essays, photography, original cover art, and reviews and interviews from both emerging and prominent writers. Salerno often
contributed his own poetry and translations of Italian poets' work.
Salerno is the author of several books of poetry including:
Entertainment Tonight;
Hate by 96 Tears Press (1995); his chapbook
For Revery by Duration Press (2000);
Method by The Figures (2002) which was a finalist in the National Poetry Series;
So One Could Have by Ren Hen Press (2004);
Odalisque by Salt (2007); and
Being Like This published by Beard of Bees (2009). His work has also appeared in numerous magazines, and he is the recipient of a Fund for
Poetry award. In addition to writing and publishing, Salerno has taught creative writing and English classes since 1985 at
various institutions such as Norton College in Los Angeles, Metropolitan College Boston University, Los Angeles Valley College
Van Nuys, Pasadena City College, Glendale Community College, California College of Arts and Crafts Oakland, College of Alameda,
OTIS College of Art & Design and Woodbury University.
Mark Salerno currently lives in Los Angeles.
Preferred Citation
Mark Salerno Papers. MSS 780. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Restrictions
Original media formats are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.
Related Materials
ARSHILE Magazine Records. MSS 779. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Unprocessed Additions
This collection has additional unprocessed materials not described in this finding aid. See the UC San Diego Library
catalog record to view the acquisition dates and extent of unprocessed additions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American poetry -- 20th century
Poets, American -- California -- Los Angeles
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE. Arranged in two subseries: A) Incoming Correspondence, and B) Outgoing Correspondence. Inclusive
dates range from 1981 through 2007.
A) Incoming Correspondence: Handwritten and printed letters, cards and notes from friends, family members, colleagues and
publishers. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
B) Outgoing Correspondence: Correspondence by Mark Salerno sent to friends, family members, and colleagues. The earlier material
includes typescript drafts of his letters, while later correspondence is primarily printouts of email threads. These files
were kept in the author's original chronological order.
Box 1, Folder 2
Bowker, R.R. (Books in Print)
1994-1998
Box 1, Folder 3-7
Brookner, Edward
1988-2003
Box 1, Folder 8
The Cerulean Press (Blair H. Allen, editor)
1984-1989
Box 2, Folder 3
David, Marguerite H.
1982-1991
Box 2, Folder 4
Davis, Crystal E.
1984-1995
Box 2, Folder 6
Deluca, Carlo J.
1989-1990
Box 2, Folder 7
Dowling, Elizabeth
1988-1990
Box 2, Folder 8
Elmslie, Kenward
1998 January 8
General note
Includes handmade birthday card from Elmslie to Salerno.
Box 2, Folder 9-11
Eritano, Candice (Candy)
1997-2000
Box 3, Folder 2
Gomez, Mark and Maria
1989-1994
Box 3, Folder 3-5
Gregory, Erna C.
1999-2007
Box 3, Folder 7
Harper, Kate Gale
1992-1995
Box 3, Folder 9
Heaney, Jocelyn
1988-1992
Box 3, Folder 10
Heaney, Sean Andrew
1982-1984
Box 4, Folder 1-2
Heaney, Sean Andrew
1982-1992
General note
Includes poetry written by Sean Heaney for Mark Salerno.
Box 4, Folder 3
Hollo, Anselm
2002
General note
Includes dummy of "The Guys in the Little Room" by the Dozens Press.
Box 4, Folder 4
Kempton-Smith, Debbi
2002-2003
Box 4, Folder 7
Kludjian, Veronica Marie
1983-1986
Box 4, Folder 11
Lichtle, Melissa
1991-1992
Box 4, Folder 12
The Los Angeles Review (Mark E. Cull, Publisher)
1988-1989
Box 4, Folder 14
McInerney, Kevin
1983-2004
Box 4, Folder 15
McInnis, Michael (Primal Publishing)
1989-1992
Box 4, Folder 16
Milne, Kathleen
1983-1995
Box 4, Folder 17-18
Mohr, Bill
1985-2004
General note
Includes printed drafts of Bill Mohr's poetry, some with handwritten notes.
Box 5, Folder 1
Opstedal, Kevin
2002-2004
General note
Includes Dummy of "Variable High Cloudiness" chapbook by Dozens Press.
Box 5, Folder 2
O'Sullivan, Francis (Frank) and Ann
1982-1992
Box 5, Folder 5
Posey, Robert Stephen
1982-2006
Box 5, Folder 6
Punch/Press (Robin Eckhardt, editor)
1988-1989
Box 5, Folder 7
Salerno, Justin
1995-1999
Box 5, Folder 8
Salerno, Louis and Margaret Giannini (parents)
1977-1987
Box 5, Folder 9
Salerno, Louis J. II (brother)
1975-1993
Box 5, Folder 10
Salerno, Robert (brother)
1999 May 29
Box 5, Folder 12
Smallenburg, Harry
1990-1991
Box 5, Folder 15
Tierney, Elizabeth (Lisa)
1982-2004
Box 5, Folder 16
Weekley, Richard (Editor of Vol. No)
1984
Box 5, Folder 17
Williams, Ted and Veronica Kludjian
1982-1992
Box 5, Folder 19
Zollo, Leslie Diller
1985-1998
Box 5, Folder 20
Zollo, Paul
1997 January-April
General note
Includes some promotional materials for Zollo's music group "The Ghosters."
Box 6, Folder 1-3
Zollo, Paul
1985-2003
General note
Includes some promotional materials for Zollo's music group "The Ghosters."
Box 7, Folder 1-10
1986 September-1998 February
General note
Includes correspondence with Borders Book and Music for a poetry reading event; the Library of Congress; and photograph of
Allen Ginsberg and Ian Ayres.
Box 9, Folder 1-8
2000 May-2002 November
General note
Includes correspondence as editor of www.slope.org and OTIS reading.
Box 10, Folder 1-7
2002 October-2003 November
Box 13, Folder 1-2
2005 September-2007 August
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) WRITINGS. Arranged in four subseries: A) Poetry, B) Radio Plays, C) Essays, Reviews and Interviews, Etc., and D)
Works by Others.
A) Poetry: Includes handwritten and typescript drafts of Mark Salerno's poems, drafts and proofs of his published books, chapbooks
and poetry anthologies. Notable works include
Being Like This,
Entertainment Tonight,
For Revery,
Hate: A Book of Poems,
Matters,
Method,
Odalisque,
Paint it Black,
So One Could Have and
When I'm Gone. Arranged in alphabetical order by title.
B) Radio Plays: Includes typescript drafts of scripts Salerno wrote for Hollywood Entertainment Radio from 1983 through 1984.
Arranged in alphabetical order by title.
C) Essays, Reviews and Interviews, Etc.: This subseries includes Salerno's handwritten notes on various ideas and themes;
drafts of essays and other critical works; Salerno's English translation from the Italian of "The Buried Port" by Giuseppe
Ungarretti; and the author's publication files, including his poetry submissions and acceptance and rejection letters. It
also includes some interview materials, such as transcripts, audiocassette recordings and a written interview by Mark Salerno
of Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde; and a few recorded radio interviews of Salerno wherein he discusses his poetry
and the founding of
ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts. Arranged in alphabetical order.
D) Works by Others: Includes writings by Dore Ashton, an excerpt from John Laskey's
The Monster, a novel; Paul Zollo's radio plays with Mark Salerno's notes; and other materials.
Box 13, Folder 3
14 Lines + 1 for Marguerite
1984 December 18
Box 13, Folder 4
14 Lines + 1 (for Marguerite): A Sequel
1990 June 6
Box 13, Folder 5
1915 to 1945
1984 February 25-26
Box 13, Folder 6
Account Summary
1986 December 30
Box 13, Folder 7
The Actor -- for Bob Gill
1991 February 22
Box 13, Folder 8
Advice Haiku
1987 January 14
Box 13, Folder 9
Afternoon Song
1990 March 11
Box 13, Folder 11
Always Open
1987 January 14
Box 13, Folder 12
American-Standard
1991 April 4
Box 13, Folder 14
Another Quandary
1990 September 12
Box 13, Folder 15
Anybody's Guess
1990 April 16
Box 13, Folder 16
Anyone Somehow Burning
1987 March 2
Box 13, Folder 17
The Arbitrary is Merely Terrifying
1990 May 4
Box 13, Folder 18
Are There Any Questions
1990 February 20
General note
Originally titled "Small's Paradise."
Box 13, Folder 19
Arthur Rimband Has A Vision
1986 October 29
Box 13, Folder 21
Assessment
1990 October 31
Box 13, Folder 22
Assignment in Two Parts
1991 March 1
Box 13, Folder 24
Autobiography at 26, and The Persistence of Memory (III)
Box 13, Folder 25
Because There Was One One Time
1991 February 19
Box 13, Folder 26-27
Being Like This
2009
General note
An anthology published by Beard of Bees.
Box 13, Folder 32
Boy Meets Girl
1991 April 19
Box 13, Folder 34
The Bureau of Control
1990 October 7
Box 13, Folder 35
Calendar
1987 January 7, 8
Box 13, Folder 36
Calligrammes for Valentine's Day
1987 February 12
Box 13, Folder 37
Calling All Cars
1984 December 18
Box 13, Folder 41
Core Curricula
1990 April 9
Box 13, Folder 42
Credo
1983 July 7, Septeber 27
Box 13, Folder 43
Cubby Selby
1991 March 26
Box 13, Folder 44
Cynical
1985 January 23-24
Box 13, Folder 45
The Darkest Month
undated
Box 13, Folder 46
Day After Thanksgiving
1990 November 22
Box 13, Folder 47
Dear Richard
1987 February 14
Box 14, Folder 1
Discouraging News
1990 November 24-28
Box 14, Folder 2
Domestic Life (Some Perils Therein)
1985 January 16
Box 14, Folder 4
Don't Make Me Laugh
1989 June 21
Box 14, Folder 5
Door to the River
1989 June 26
Box 14, Folder 6
Double Sonnet -- for, but not to, Sean Heaney
undated
Box 14, Folder 7
E.A.T. and R.S.P. Suite: Three Sonnets
1987 February 11
Box 14, Folder 9
End of the Century
1990 April 13
Box 14, Folder 10-13
Entertainment Tonight
1991
Box 14, Folder 14
Epithalamium, Or The Prophet -- to Paul and Leslie Zollo
1988 December 16
Box 14, Folder 15
Even the Light
1990 October 17
Box 14, Folder 16
Everything -- for Melissa
1991 April 15
Box 14, Folder 17
Final Cut
1990 November 10
Box 14, Folder 18-20
For Revery
2000
General note
A chapbook published by Duration Press.
Box 15, Folder 3
Forget About It
1990 October-November
Box 15, Folder 5
Frank O'Hara and Joel Oppenheimer are Dead
1989 June 23
Box 15, Folder 6
From a French Text
1987 January 27
Box 15, Folder 7
Funny Business
1990 February 20
Box 15, Folder 8
General Advice (Ten Things)
1990 November 7
Box 15, Folder 9
Get Lucky
1990 November 17
Box 15, Folder 10
Glad You Asked
1989 June 22
Box 15, Folder 11
Gone Camping with Ted Williams
undated
Box 15, Folder 12
Good-Bye and Hello
1989 June 23
Box 15, Folder 13
Good-Bye Porkpie Hat
1991 March 28
Box 15, Folder 14
The Good-Bye Sonnet
1987 March 6
Box 15, Folder 15
The Gratitude
1985 January 8
Box 15, Folder 16
Greenwich Mean Time
1990 February 15
Box 15, Folder 17-18
Grief #1
2002 May 16-2005 January 11
Box 15, Folder 20
Haiku: Winter
1986 December 9
Box 15, Folder 24
Hard to Please
1990 April 17
Box 15, Folder 25-28
Hate: A Book of Poems
1994, 1995
Box 16, Folder 1-8
Hate: A Book of Poems
1994, 1995
General note
Includes correspondence regarding publication of book.
Box 17, Folder 1-2
Hate: A Book of Poems
1994-1996
General note
Includes cover art and reviews.
Oversize MC-040, Folder 06
Hate: A Book of Poems display board
1994
Box 17, Folder 3
He Never Thought
1990 November 10
Box 17, Folder 4
Head Arrangement
1990 February 16
Box 17, Folder 5
Heads or Tales
1990 March 28
Box 17, Folder 6
Heart Haiku
1987 February 24
Box 17, Folder 7
A Heart-Shaped Box
1987 February 2
Box 17, Folder 8
Hearts and Flowers
1990 May 7
Box 17, Folder 9
Hello to Her Hello
1990 May 21
Box 17, Folder 10
Hermeneutics
1990 November 17
Box 17, Folder 11
His Premise Is
1987 January 22
Box 17, Folder 12
A History of Love
1991 February 27
Box 17, Folder 13
Hollywood & Cahuenga, 1983
1991 February 18
Box 17, Folder 14
If It Were True
1984 November 28-29
Box 17, Folder 15
If It Were True; Take a Note
undated
General note
From
Famous Last Words.
Box 17, Folder 16
In Any Case
1990 March 29
Box 17, Folder 18
In Memoriam a Suicide -- #2
undated
Box 17, Folder 19
In Memoriam: Locvizza, 30 September 1910
1984 July 12
Box 17, Folder 20
In My Solitude
1990 October 29
Box 17, Folder 21
In the History of Bop
undated
Box 17, Folder 22
Instead of Saying
1987 April 3
Box 17, Folder 23
Intentional Fallacy
undated
Box 17, Folder 24
It is Five-Fifteen A.M.
1987 January 28
General note
Originally titled "When Leaves are Blowing."
Box 17, Folder 25
It Must Have Been Lousy
1991 April 16
Box 17, Folder 26
It Takes Around 10 Years
1990 April 19
Box 17, Folder 27
It Was A Mistake, Honest
1982 August
Box 17, Folder 29
A Japanese Hat
1990 June 18
Box 17, Folder 30
Juilianne
1983 May 17, 24
Box 17, Folder 34
Late Morning Sky
1991 April 18
Box 17, Folder 35
Latin Imitation
1991 January 30
Box 17, Folder 36
Le Beau Monde et Le Poete
1983 July 28
Box 17, Folder 37
Letter to Heaney
1983 May 27
Box 17, Folder 38
A Letter to My Love
1984 November 1
Box 17, Folder 41
Life Not Death
1987 February 16
Box 17, Folder 43
Line Drive
1990 May 10
General note
Originally titled "The Art of Our Necessities is Strange."
Box 17, Folder 44
Love Made Me So
1983 October 5
Box 17, Folder 45
Love or Something
1991 March 20
Box 17, Folder 46
Love Poem -- for Joel Oppenheimer
1990 May 15
Box 17, Folder 47
Love Troubles
1990 September 12
Box 17, Folder 48
Lucy in the Sky
1990 May 23
Box 17, Folder 49
Manifesto: Ten Things
undated
Box 17, Folder 50
Mark Rothko
1990 October 19
General note
Originally titled "Red Over Dark Blue on Dark Grey, 1961."
Box 18, Folder 1-8
Matters
2001-2003
General note
Published by Second Best Bed Press. Includes correspondence regarding publication of book.
Box 18, Folder 8
Maybe It's Christmas in New York
1983 December, 1987 January 9
Box 18, Folder 10-11
Melissa; Melissa (What You Need to Know About Her)
1991 March-April
Box 18, Folder 12
The Memory of Location
1986 November 18
Box 18, Folder 13-14
Memory Piece #5 and # 6
undated
Box 18, Folder 15
Message To You, Night Song, and Duplicate Is A Word
1989
Box 18, Folder 16-17
Method
2001, 2002
General note
An anthology published by The Figures Press, includes advertising in
The Poetry Project.
Box 18, Folder 18
Misery: for Stephen Posey
1990 May 2
General note
Includes advertising for book.
Box 18, Folder 19
A Modernist Aesthetics Manifesto
1983 September 28
Box 18, Folder 20
Monday Through Saturday
1987 January 23
General note
Originally titled "Warming Up a Riff."
Box 18, Folder 22
Morning Song
1987 March 13
Box 18, Folder 23
The Motto of Denny's is Not "We Never Close" -- for R.S.P.
1990 October 25
Box 18, Folder 25
New and Selected
1987 January 30
Box 18, Folder 26
New Life (11 lines)
1991 March 15
Box 18, Folder 27
Night Scene
1984 November 10
Box 18, Folder 28
Nine Poems
1988
General note
Some poems have appeared in
Fine Madness and
Impetus, or have been published by the Punch/Press.
Box 19, Folder 8-9
Novice Birder Speaking
1990 May 1, 1991 March 4
Box 19, Folder 10
Now as These Days Go By
1990 October 19
Box 19, Folder 14-17
Odalisque
2007
General note
An anthology published by Salt Publishing.
Box 20, Folder 1-4
Odalisque
2002-2009
General note
Includes correspondence regarding publication of book and reviews.
Box 20, Folder 5
Old Style Poem
1987 January 16
Box 20, Folder 6
On a Theme from Thomas Wyatt
1991 March 1
Box 20, Folder 7
One for Creely
1990 October 19
Box 20, Folder 9-13
Paint it Black
1997-2005
General note
Drafts with handwritten notes.
Box 21, Folder 1-9
Paint it Black
1997-1998
General note
Includes correspondence regarding publication of book.
Box 22, Folder 1-7
Paint it Black
1998 February-2003 June
General note
Includes correspondence regarding publication of book.
Box 23, Folder 1-2
Paint it Black
1997-2004
General note
Includes correspondence regarding publication of book and responses.
Box 23, Folder 3
Past Suite: Four Sonnets
1987 March 3
Box 23, Folder 4
Pat Walsh, Cavano, and Haiku
Box 23, Folder 5
People Just Aren't, for Bukowski
1994 March 10
Box 23, Folder 6
Perils of Metaphor
1991 April 11
Box 23, Folder 7
The Persistence of Memory
Box 23, Folder 8
Philosophical Dualism Does Not Win the West -- for Posey Ferguson, maybe
1991 February 28
Box 23, Folder 9
Philosophy: A Fragment
1990 May 16
Box 23, Folder 10
The Photograph
1991 February 15
Box 23, Folder 11
Pick a Card
1985 January 22
Box 23, Folder 12
Pick a Color
1987 February 17
Box 23, Folder 13
Piece of Cake
1987 February 24
Box 23, Folder 17
Postcard Home -- for Bob Gill
1987 January 13
Box 23, Folder 18
Prayer: Moonlight on Glimmerglass
Box 23, Folder 19
Promise to Heaney
1982 August
Box 23, Folder 20
Pursuit of Happiness
1990 November 23
Box 23, Folder 21
Quatrains
1990 October 25-29
Box 23, Folder 22
Rationale -- for Melissa
1991 May 6
Box 23, Folder 23
The Real Valentine's Day Poem
1987 February 3
Box 23, Folder 25
Registration
1990 October 22
Box 23, Folder 27
The Return of Art Pepper
1990 February 12-15
Box 23, Folder 28
Ringing the Changes
1990 April 11
Box 23, Folder 29
Roman Catholic Italo-American Zen Buddhist Blues
1983 November 15
Box 23, Folder 30-31
Rondeau
1991 February 20-21
Box 24, Folder 3
The Same, But Different
1990 October 8
Box 24, Folder 5
Say it Isn't So
1990 May 9-10
Box 24, Folder 6
Seven Times Two
1987 February 10
General note
Originally titled "Seven Five Two."
Box 24, Folder 8
She Wants to Hear "The Man I Love"
1990 April 23
Box 24, Folder 9
Short Orders
1990 October 31
Box 24, Folder 10
The Silence of Animals
1985 (Valetine's Day) February 14
Box 24, Folder 11
Six Two and Even
1989 June 29
Box 24, Folder 10-13
Sixteen Love Sonnets
1987
Box 24, Folder 15
A Sketch in Winter
1990 March 27
Box 24, Folder 17-19
So One Could Have
2003-2004
General note
An anthology published by Ren Hen Press, includes correspondence regarding publication of book and reviews.
Box 24, Folder 21
Some Valentine
1991 February 14
Box 24, Folder 23
Sonnet: Atlantic City
1983 August 24, 27
Box 24, Folder 25
Sonnet for Ed
1989 February 28
Box 24, Folder 26
Sonnet for the Do-It-Yourself-ers
Box 24, Folder 27
Sonnet from Memory
1984 January 25
Box 24, Folder 29
Sonnet: To Lisa
1983 July 25, August 27
Box 24, Folder 31
Standard Light
1990 October 5
General note
Originally titled "Standard Time."
Box 24, Folder 32
Stephanie
1990 September 7
General note
Originally titled "Why I Hate You, for Stephanie."
Box 24, Folder 33
Stiff Upper Lip
1990 April 12
Box 24, Folder 34
Still Checking Will You Hold
1991 March 16
Box 24, Folder 35
Street of Dreams
1990 February 27
Box 24, Folder 36
Strictly According to Hogle
1987 February 27
Box 24, Folder 38
Sure Thing
1990 September 14
Box 24, Folder 41
Taking It From the Top
1984 December 13-14, 17
Box 25, Folder 1
Talking to You When You're Not Even Here
1991 April 24
Box 25, Folder 3
Testing One Two Three
1987 January 2
Box 25, Folder 4
Testing the Gauges
1990 October 19
Box 25, Folder 5
They Come Back
1987 February 23
Box 25, Folder 6
They Think…
1983 November/December
Box 25, Folder 7
Things I Do Every Day in Fountain Valley
1982
Box 25, Folder 8
Thinking it Over at the Newstand
undated
Box 25, Folder 9
Thinking of Ted
1989 July 17
Box 25, Folder 10
Three Etudes for W.C.W.
1990 February 26
Box 25, Folder 11
Ticker Tape on Pier 52
1989 June 28
Box 25, Folder 12
Time is on My Side (Yes it Is)
1987 February 13
Box 25, Folder 15
The Time of the Fire
1990 May 21
Box 25, Folder 16
Time's Up
1990 October 19
Box 25, Folder 17
To Bill Mohr
1987 January 5-6, 7
Box 25, Folder 18
To Leslie Diller
1984 November 12
Box 25, Folder 19
Tom's #5
1991 February 18
Box 25, Folder 24
Try to See it My Way
1990 February 23
Box 25, Folder 25
Two Sketches for Sean Heaney
1986 October 24
Box 25, Folder 26
Under It All
1984 November 14
Box 25, Folder 27
Une Femme
1983 November 15
Box 25, Folder 28
Untitled XXVIII; An End of Sonnets
undated
General note
In
Famous Last Words.
Box 25, Folder 29
Untitled XXX
1989 July 11
Box 25, Folder 30
Untitled XXXI (Abstract Sonnet)
1990 April 27-30
Box 25, Folder 31
The Usual
1984 November 9
Box 25, Folder 33
Vinegar, Red Pepper and Salt
1991 February 27
Box 25, Folder 36
Were the World
1985 January 9
Box 25, Folder 37
What Are You Doing Now
1987 January 22
Box 25, Folder 38
What Are Those Lights on the Moon -- after Joel Oppenheimer
1987 January 20
Box 25, Folder 39
What I Remember
1982 August 29, September 20
Box 25, Folder 40
What People Said
1982 August
Box 25, Folder 41
What We Think People Will Think of Us
1990 February 22
Box 25, Folder 42
What You Do
1990 November 2
Box 25, Folder 43
What's Your Story - Broadside
undated
Box 25, Folder 44
When I'm Gone
1987 January 21
Box 25, Folder 45-46
When I'm Gone
1987
General note
Drafts of poetry anthology.
Box 26, Folder 1-2
When I'm Gone
1987
General note
Drafts of poetry anthology.
Box 26, Folder 3
Which is Equal To
1986 December 29
Box 26, Folder 4
Who Are You Kidding
1991 April 22
Box 26, Folder 5
Who Can Tell
1991 April 18
Box 26, Folder 6
Who Feels Unless He Clutches
1987 January 12
Box 26, Folder 7
Why Aren't We Laughing
1986 October 30, 1985 Febuary
Box 26, Folder 9
With Kathy in Tuscany, 1977
1982 November
Box 26, Folder 10
Yonkers in January
1989 June 27
Box 26, Folder 11
You Are Entitled to Receive a Complimentary Gift (for Tony Campisi)
1991 April 5-8
Box 26, Folder 12-14
You Are My Heart's Bouquet
Box 26, Folder 16
You Were Thinking of Bronx Roofs
1986 December 31
Box 26, Folder 17
Young Girls in the Sixties
1991 April 17
Box 26, Folder 18-21
Miscellaneous poems
2000, undated
Box 26, Folder 22
Manuscript draft of poems sent to Ted Berrigan, includes Berrigan's comments
1982 July 25
Box 26, Folder 22
Albert Schweitzer
1983 December 29
Box 26, Folder 23
Alfred Nobel
1983 December 27
Box 26, Folder 24
A Biography of John Wayne
ca. 1983-1984
Box 26, Folder 25
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
ca. 1983-1984
Box 26, Folder 26
The Consumer Price Index
ca. 1983-1984
Box 26, Folder 27
The Emperor's New Clothes
ca. 1983-1984
Box 26, Folder 28
A Grimm Sampler
ca. 1983-1984
Box 26, Folder 29
Here's A, B and C
ca. 1983-1984
Box 26, Folder 30
How Running Can Change Your Life
1983 December 29
Box 26, Folder 32
Judas--Betrayer of Christ
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 1
Macrobiotics: The Oriental Way to Good Health
1983 December 13
Box 27, Folder 2
Polo: The Aristocrat of International Sport
1983 December 28
Box 27, Folder 3
The Psalms
1983 December 20
Box 27, Folder 4
The Real Princess
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 5
Remodeling [House]
1983 December 14
Box 27, Folder 6
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 7
Stonewall Jackson's Victories in Virginia
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 8
Trolling the Fresh Water Lakes For Bears
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 9
Visiting San Francisco
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 10
What You Should Know About House Painting
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 11
When Television Was Live
ca. 1983-1984
Box 27, Folder 12
Winning at Baccarat
ca. 1983-1984
Essays, Reviews and Interviews, Etc.
Box 27, Folder 13
Acceptance letters
1987-1989
Box 27, Folder 15
Desk notes, Van Nuys
1984
Box 27, Folder 16
Mark's Opera
undated
General note
Handwritten [partial ?] draft.
Box 27, Folder 17-19
Napolitano, Johnette - Interview for Song Talk
1995-1996
General note
Includes interview transcripts, correspondence, and article.
Box 27, Folder 20
Napolitano, Johnette (Concrete Blonde) - Interview recordings on audiocassette
1995
Box 27, Folder 21
Nature, Culture, and the West, A Journal - Essay draft
2002 September-December
Box 27, Folder 22
Notes for "June Street"
ca. 1992
Box 27, Folder 23
Notes from The New American Poetry and Painting
undated
Box 27, Folder 25
Notes and synopses for movie script
Box 28, Folder 1
Papers/essays for Beginning Fiction, The New School
1980
Box 28, Folder 2
Poetics Statement for Tripwire
undated
General note
Includes correspondence with Yedda Morrison and David Buuck for Tripwire.
Box 28, Folder 3-6
Poetry submissions
1986-1993
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 28, Folder 7
Printing and publication
2002
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 28, Folder 8-9
Rejection letters
1986-1989
Box 29, Folder 1
Speech, Dennis Catrell's retirement party
1999 May 21
Box 29, Folder 2
Statement for Paul Vangelisti's "History" issue of Ribot
1997
Box 29, Folder 4
Titles and publication data of Mark Salerno's poetry
1992 August 2
Box 29, Folder 5-6
Translation by Salerno of "The Buried Port" by Giuseppe Ungarretti
2001
Box 29, Folder 7
Recorded interviews with Mark Salerno - KPFK Poetry Show and Sound Exchange, and KSCA-FM 101.9 (four audiocassettes)
1995, 2001
Box 29, Folder 8
Words for Music: A Novel - Draft pages of synopses
Box 29, Folder 9
The Alternative Press (Ken Mikolowski)
1990-1995
General note
Includes fine press broadsides.
Box 29, Folder 10
Ashton, Dore
ca. 1992
General note
Includes "Some Perplexed Ideas at the End of the Century."
Box 29, Folder 11
Cohen, Ira
1981-1988
General note
Includes Ira Cohen's art postcards printed by Archetypal Images.
Box 29, Folder 12
Laskey, John - Excerpt from
The Monster
Box 29, Folder 13
Zollo, Paul - Radio play drafts with corrections
Box 29, Folder 14
Unknown author, "What I Want in a Man"
undated
General note
Written for Mark Salerno [?].
POETRY EVENTS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) POETRY EVENTS: Documentation from Salerno's poetry readings, book signings and related events primarily in Los Angeles
and the San Francisco Bay Area. Materials include promotional ephemera such posters, pamphlets and flyers of the events, as
well as related correspondence. Some notable events include: a book signing at Cody's Books in Berkeley for Mark Salerno and
John Laskey; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) event for Carl Rakosi and Mark Salerno; the National Academy of
Songwriters Salute to the American Songwriter; reading at The Poetry Project; and the Robert Creeley Memorial in Hollywood.
Material range in date from 1982-2000.
Box 29, Folder 15-16
Beyond Baroque poetry reading
2000 May 6
Box 30, Folder 1
The First Annual Conference of the College of Neglected Science (CONS)
1997 May 2-3
Box 30, Folder 2
Flyers for book signing at Cody's Books in Berkeley - Mark Salerno and John Laskey
1996 April 10
Box 30, Folder 3
Flyer for Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Carl Rakosi and Mark Salerno
1998 January 23
Box 30, Folder 4
Poetry small press flyers and advertisements
Box 30, Folder 5
National Academy of Songwriters, Salute to the American Songwriter
1991 December 12
Box 30, Folder 6
Photographs - Mark Salerno Poetry events
1982-2002
Box 30, Folder 8
Flyers for poetry events, readings, and book signings
1983-1996
Box 30, Folder 9
Poetry readings at Boston Playwrights Theatre and Barnes and Nobel Bookstore
1994, 1995
Box 30, Folder 10-11
Poetry reading at Butler/Gabriel Books
1992 September 11
Box 30, Folder 12
Reading at The Poetry Project - Flyers by Joe Brainard
Box 30, Folder 13
Robert Creeley Memorial in Hollywood
2005
Box 30, Folder 14
Writers on Site Program, Poets & Writers Inc.
1997
Box 30, Folder 15
The Writer's Voice poetry workshop and reading by Mark Salerno
1996 February
Box 30, Folder 16
Academic/fiscal planner
1982-1984
Box 30, Folder 17
Writer of the Year Award, Boston University
1988
Box 30, Folder 18
Columbia University Dept. of English and Comparative Literature award letter for Master of Arts
1979 August 1
Box 30, Folder 19
Course proposals
ca. 1991
Box 30, Folder 20
Cuban art and literary small presses - Flyers and ephemera
1993-1997
Box 30, Folder 21
Curriculum vitae
ca. 1991
Box 30, Folder 22
Loyola Dramatics Society "A Midsummer Night's Dream" program
1974 April 18-19
General note
Mark Salerno played Lysander in this performance.
Box 30, Folder 23
OTIS College of Art and Design - Graduate writing program course description and correspondence
2001
Box 30, Folder 24
Photographs of Mark Salerno
General note
Includes photographs of Hollywood poetry reading, Joanne Kyger.
Box 30, Folder 25
Reviews, The New Review of Literature
Oversize MC-040, Folder 06
Watercolor portraits of Mark Salerno by Don Bachardy
1998
DIGITAL MEDIA
Scope and Content of Series
Series 5) DIGITAL MEDIA: Unprocessed digital media, consisting of two cartons of diskettes, zip disks, CD-ROMs, and a hard
drive. Files appear to be primarily drafts of writings, by Salerno and others.
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply