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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Diane Di Prima Papers, #12002, General Manuscripts, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchase 1965-1979

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Sensitive Materials Statement

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These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

• American drama--Women authors.
• American poetry--Women authors.
• Di Prima, Diane.
• Poets, American--20th century.
• Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
• Women poets, American--20th century.
• Women poets, American--Biography.

Writings, diary-notebooks, and correspondence of Diane Di Prima (b. 1934), poet of New York City and California. Included are about fifty-five letters and postcards, 1963-1969 and undated, from Di Prima to Alan Marlowe, concerning her writing, children, friends, and activities; one postcard from Ezra Pound, undated; about thirty poems, plays, and other writings by Di Prima, mostly typed; and five diary-notebooks by Di Prima, 1955, 1961-1964, including ideas, poems, lists, and records of daily activities.