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American literature--20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Leroi Jones: The Moderns

 Collection
Identifier: MS7
Abstract

This collection reflects LeRoi Jones's early interest in publishing new American writing. Throughout his career he has been a literary as well as a political activist, writing inno­vative and controversial plays, poetry and essays. He has also been the influential editor of numerous journals and anthologies which published new, young writers.

Dates: 1959-1964
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Leroi Jones: The Moderns

The Outsider Archive, 1959-1971

 Collection
Identifier: MS15
Abstract The Outsider Archive includes materials related to the production and publication of The Outsider, a serial created by Loujon Press dedicated to the newest in poetry and prose from American underground writers. The collection contains six boxes and two oversize boxes of materials that span from 1956 to 1971. Included in this archive are correspondence from poets and writers that contains work for submission to be published in...
Dates: 1956-1971
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / The Outsider Archive, 1959-1971