Acceptance speech of the National book award for poetry : typescript signed, 1968 Mar. 6.

Record ID: 
87978
Accession number: 
MA 8564
Author: 
Bly, Robert.
Credit: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description: 
1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes: 

Enclosed with a letter to Merwin, dated 23 April 1968 (MA 8565.7).
Previously described as a mimeograph, but this transcript of the speech is apparently a photocopy.

Summary: 

A copy of Robert Bly's National Book Award for Poetry acceptance speech, given on 6 March 1968, in which he speaks against the Vietnam War. Inscribed "For Bill - next time I'll help you! Robert."

Provenance: 
Carter Burden.