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BANC MSS 88/183 c
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Collection Title: Louis Cuneo papers,
Date (inclusive): 1973-2003
Collection Number: BANC MSS 88/183 c
Creator :
Cuneo, Louis
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 cartons, 4 oversize folders
Linear feet: 3.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract:
The Louis Cuneo Papers examine the life and interests of a San Francisco Bay Area poet. Cuneo's writings include poetry and
prose collections, short stories, a novel, and two plays. The collection includes materials from the first four Berkeley
Poetry Festivals as well as items documenting Cuneo's experience as an honorary member of the Creative Writer's Workshop of
Folsom Prison.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Louis Cuneo Papers, BANC MSS 88/183 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cuneo, Louis
Folsom Prison. Creative Writer's Workshop
Poets, American--20th century
Haiku, American
American poetry--20th century
Poems.
Posters.
Manuscripts for publication.
The Louis Cuneo Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Louis Cuneo on May 18, 1988. Additions were made in 1990,
1991, 1999, and 2001.
Future additions are expected.
Processed by Linda Jordan and Holly Fox in 2000 and 2005.
After growing up in New York City, Louis Cuneo moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in his early twenties to work as poet,
teacher, and playwright. In 1971, he founded Mother's Hen to promote spoken word poetry in the Bay Area. With Mother's Hen
he has coordinated several reading series including the Berkeley Poetry Festival, the Muchos Somos series, and the Touch of
a Poet series. He has also published ten of his own books including
Haiku Revisited,
Godzilla Attacks a Truck,
Passing Moments, and
Splash! He is a Haiku expert and has recently turned his attention toward haiga, the visual aspect of haiku. He now spends much
of his time working as a photographer.
Arranged to the folder level.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Louis Cuneo Papers is a detailed examination of the life and interests of a San Francisco Bay Area poet. Cuneo's writings
include poetry and prose collections, short stories, a novel, and two plays. The collection includes materials from the first
four Berkeley Poetry Festivals as well as items documenting Cuneo's experience as an honorary member of the Creative Writer's
Workshop of Folsom.