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Pratt Dickson Letters
1946-1958
page 1
Pratt Dickson and Byron Herbert Reece became correspondents,
and the letters Reece wrote Dickson are now part of the Young Harris College
Reece Collection. The letters span the period from late 1947 until Reece's
death. The Collection also includes correspondence with Reece's editors
at Dutton, and will be added as resources permit.
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| October 10, 1947 Nervous breakdown in July. Discusses form. Discusses Sartre, Aiken, Kafka, Crane |
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| August 30, 1948 Working on"Herbs" Jingle about Capote Love of autumn. |
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| December 31, 1948 Discusses the book by Patchen "Albion Moonlight". Still working on "Herbs". Going to UGA to lecture. |
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| No date [1949?] Farm work. Encouraging about Dickson's work. Discusses love and homosexuality as a concept. |
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| March 29, 1949 Dinner of Herbs accepted.Writing poems. |
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| April 8, 1949 Discusses "The Land" magazine. Juggling writers obligations and farm work. Work stalled on Jonathan-David piece. Bank failure. |
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| October 29 [1949] Refers to an editor at Knopf. Contract for 2nd novel. Offer at UCLA. |   |
| January 19, 1950 Herbs is selling. "Broke as a hant", no copies to send his friend. |
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| January 27, 1950 Frustration with finding time to write while farming. Critique of Dickson's work. Comment on Herbs. |
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| May 2, 1950 Encouragement
to Dickson. Saw Toscanini perform. Bow Down...to be published. |
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| February 15, 1951 Newsweek article from January 1, 1951 with note from Reece. |
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More Correspondence with Pratt Dickson
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