April is\u00a0National\u00a0Poetry Month, and I thought I’d mention a few places where poetry can be found\u00a0in\u00a0our vaults.<\/p>\n
Special Collections<\/em><\/p>\n We have a growing collection of Beat\u00a0Generation material. This is primarily\u00a0poetry in book and magazine\/journal review format but biographies and some criticism is held here, too. More of the primary and secondary\u00a0source material is available in the main library stacks.\u00a0A title list <\/a>is available, but each title is also cataloged and so they’ll turn up if you search in our online holdings<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n Individual titles in special collections are usually accompanied by an inscription or autograph of an author such as 39 Poems<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0John Ciardi; The Unicorn and Other Sonnets<\/em> by Thomas S. Jones, jr.; For My People<\/em> by Margaret Walker, Threads<\/em>\u00a0by Dorothy Quick.<\/p>\n Archives<\/em><\/p>\n We hold various incarnations of IWU student-compiled journals containing poetry from the literary societies of the late 19th century through to today’s Tributaries and material on the Tounge & Ink conferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April is\u00a0National\u00a0Poetry Month, and I thought I’d mention a few places where poetry can be found\u00a0in\u00a0our vaults. Special Collections We have a growing collection of Beat\u00a0Generation material. This is primarily\u00a0poetry in book and magazine\/journal review format but biographies and some … Continue reading