Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Materials related to the creative output of writer, artist, and musician Will Alexander, including drafts of artistic works; notebooks containing poetry, prose, and notes; research materials indicating areas of interest and inspiration; and audio recordings.
- Extent:
- 8 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Will Alexander papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes drafts of Will Alexander's artistic works; notebooks containing poetry, prose, and notes; research materials indicating areas of interest and inspiration; and audio recordings of interviews and Alexander's piano playing.
- Biographical / historical:
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Writer and artist Will Alexander was born in Los Angeles, California in 1948. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing in 1972. Alexander has published several books of poetry including Across the Vapour Gulf (2017), Compression & Purity (2011), The Sri Lankan Loxodrome (2009), Asia & Haiti (1995), and The Stratospheric Canticles (1995). He has taught at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University; the University of California, San Diego; and Hofstra University. His collection Singing In Magnetic Hoofbeat: Essays, Prose, Texts, Interviews, and a Lecture (2013) was awarded an American Book Award; and Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten was a 2022 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. Alexander's other honors include a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry, a California Arts Council Fellowship, a PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the 2016 Jackson Poetry Prize.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Will Alexander through Granary Books, December 2021.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kelly Kress in March 2023. Will Alexander's original arrangement and folder titles were retained.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in three series: 1. Works, projects, and research materials 2. Notebooks 3. Audio recordings
- Physical / technical requirements:
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NOT AVAILABLE. Audio materials in box 15 are not available for paging until reformatted. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Will Alexander papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191