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Lectures and readings from American literature and letters of American authors found in the Yale University Library, read and discussed by Yale Librarians and researchers. The American Literature collection is only a sliver of the vast collections the Yale Libraries hold.

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Lectures and readings from American literature and letters of American authors found in the Yale University Library, read and discussed by Yale Librarians and researchers. The American Literature collection is only a sliver of the vast collections the Yale Libraries hold.

    A. A. Brill and Mabel Dodge Luhan: A Reading from their Correspondence

    A. A. Brill and Mabel Dodge Luhan: A Reading from their Correspondence

    This reading from the Mabel Dodge Luhan Papers presents a selection of letters that reflect the highly personal, expressive, and exploratory nature of the correspondence between Luhan and her psychoanalyst A. A. Brill.

    • 3 sec
    "Nymph, Dun and Spinner"

    "Nymph, Dun and Spinner"

    Dolores Hayden will read from her new collection of poetry.

    • 4 min
    American Letters: Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1852

    American Letters: Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1852

    A podcast series featuring staff of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University reading culturally and historically significant letters and manuscripts from its wide-ranging literary collections.

    • 3 min
    Living Distance: The Life and Papers of James Welch

    Living Distance: The Life and Papers of James Welch

    James Welch, an American of Blackfeet and Gros Ventre heritage, was a novelist, poet, and teacher. He was born on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana and died in 2003. His papers are held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, at Yale University. "Living Distance: The Life and Papers of James Welch," an audio essay prepared by Eric Ward and read by Presca Ahn, explores the writer’s life, his legacy, and his archive.

    • 15 min
    American Letters: Rachel Carson to Raymond J. Brown, 1946

    American Letters: Rachel Carson to Raymond J. Brown, 1946

    A new podcast series featuring staff of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University reading culturally and historically significant letters and manuscripts from its wide-ranging literary collections.

    • 4 min
    American Letters: Mark Twain to Walt Whitman, 1889

    American Letters: Mark Twain to Walt Whitman, 1889

    A new podcast series featuring staff of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University reading culturally and historically significant letters and manuscripts from its wide-ranging literary collections.

    • 3 min

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