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Grenier (Robert) papers
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Description
This collection includes book and poetry manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, personal material, teaching material, and
audiovisual material produced and collected by American poet and professor Robert Grenier, spanning mostly from 1941 to 2003.
Background
Robert Grenier was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 4, 1941. He attended and graduated from Harvard University from
1957 to 1965, then earned his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop Program. Grenier is a poet who contributed
to the founding of the language writing movement in American poetry. He cofounded This magazine alongside writer Barrett Watten, one of the first journals associated with what later became known as Language poetry.
In many of his works, Grenier experiments with conventional reading practices, plays with the boundary between writing and
drawing, and features handwritten poems. His works include Sentences, Series: Poems 1967–1971, and A Day at the Beach among others. Grenier also taught literature and poetry writing at the University of California at Berkeley, Tufts University,
Franconia College, New College of California, and Mills College.
Extent
68 Linear Feet
Restrictions
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Availability
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials
are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.