Call Number:

F0849

Repository:

University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Extent:

3 item (4 pages)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

MSS 0099, F0849, Alan Kaufman letters to Timothy Murray, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Date:

2009 (inclusive)

Creator:

Kaufman, Alan

Form:

Letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

These three holograph letters are from American poet and editor Alan Kaufman to Timothy Murray, Head of Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.

Alan Kaufman, born January 12, 1952, in New York City to a French Holocaust survivor and raised in the Bronx, is a teacher, writer, poet, editor, performer, artist, and impresario best known for his work as editor of the Outlaw Bible series of literary anthologies. In addition Kaufman founded the alternative Jewish cultural magazine

Davka, wrote a memoir, Jew Boy (2000), the novel Matches (2005), and several volumes of poetry. Active as a poet from an early age, Kaufman has been involved in both the New York and San Francisco poetry scenes and played a role in the popularization of Spoken Word poetry in both the United States and abroad. More recently, Kaufman has taken up the brush as a painter, a medium in which he has proven equally productive.

Biographical information derived from MSS 599, Alan Kaufman papers.

Librarian Timothy Murray is the Head of Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

These three holograph letters are from American poet and editor Alan Kaufman to Timothy Murray, Head of Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.

Kaufman described current projects and his enthusiasm for the housing of his papers at the University of Delaware Library. The letters accompanied books and photographs which Kaufman was adding to his papers, and in some cases Kaufman discussed the importance of selected items.

The letters are arranged chronologically.