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Jack Foley miscellany, 1987-2010.
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Title:

Jack Foley miscellany, 1987-2010

Creator/Contributor:

Foley, Jack, 1940-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Foley, Adelle.

Creator/Contributor:

Fabilli, Mary, 1914-2011

Creator/Contributor:

Poetry USA (Publisher : Berkeley, Calif.)

Abstract:

Includes two items by Foley: "Indeed the name was Irish," a St. Patrick's Day address (with Adelle Foley) to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, delivered March 14, 1990; and the text of a reading at Cody's Books, Berkeley, June 28, 1990. In addition, a photocopy draft of "O Her Blackness Sparkles: the Batman Gallery 1960-1965," Aug. 1992. Also includes material concerning poetry events and Foley's journal, Poetry USA, articles, reviews, a photocopy of a drawing of Foley by Mary Fabilli, book reviews by Foley and an interview. Also includes a bio of Foley and a "Jack Foley Day in Berkeley, 2010) t-shirt (XL).

Date:

1987 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Poets, American -- California -- 20th century
Performing arts festivals -- California
Poètes américains -- Californie -- 20e siècle
Festivals d'arts du spectacle -- Californie
Performing arts festivals
Poets, American
California
Commonwealth Club of California.
Cody's Books.
Cody's Books.
Commonwealth Club of California.
Foley, Jack -- 1940- -- Archives
Foley, Jack -- 1940-

Note:

Includes two items by Foley: "Indeed the name was Irish," a St. Patrick's Day address (with Adelle Foley) to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, delivered March 14, 1990; and the text of a reading at Cody's Books, Berkeley, June 28, 1990. In addition, a photocopy draft of "O Her Blackness Sparkles: the Batman Gallery 1960-1965," Aug. 1992. Also includes material concerning poetry events and Foley's journal, Poetry USA, articles, reviews, a photocopy of a drawing of Foley by Mary Fabilli, book reviews by Foley and an interview. Also includes a bio of Foley and a "Jack Foley Day in Berkeley, 2010) t-shirt (XL).
Jack Foley is an American poet living in Oakland, California. Born in Neptune, New Jersey and educated at Cornell University, Foley moved to California in 1963 to attend U.C. Berkeley.
Preferred citation: Jack Foley miscellany, 1987-2010, BANC MSS 92/49 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

Archives.
Addresses.
Poems-California-20th century.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (0.2 linear feet)

Language:

English

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined