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A complete collection of Rachel Blau DuPlessis's Drafts

1. It 20. Incipit 39. Split 58. In Situ 77. Pitch Content 96. Velocity
2. She 21. Cardinals 40. One Lyric 59. Flash Back 78. Buzz Track 97. Rubrics
3. Of 22. Philadelphia Wireman 41. Of This 60. Rebus 79. Mass Observation 98. Canzone
4. In 23. Findings 42. Epistle, Studios 61. Pyx 80. Envoi 99. Intransitive
5. Gap 24. Gap 43. Gap 62. Gap 81. Gap 100. Gap
6. Midrush 25. Segno 44. Stretto 63. Dialogue of Self & Soul 82. Hinge 101. Puppet Opera
7. Me 26. M-m-ry 45. Fire 64. Forward Slash 83. Listings 102. One-on-one
8. The 27. Athwart 46. Edge 65. That 84. Juncture 103. Punctum
9. Page 28. Facing Pages 47. Printed Matter 66. Scroll 85. Hard Copy 104. The Book
X. Letters 29. Intellectual Autobiography 48. Being Astonished 67. Spirit Ditties 86. Scarpbook 105. Pilgrimage
11. Schwa XXX. Fosse 49. Turns, & Turns, an Interpretation [Part 1, Part 2] 68. Threshold 87. Trace Elements 106. Words
12. Diasporas 31. Serving Writ L. Scholia & Restlessness 69. Sentences 88. X-Posting 107. Meant to say
13. Haibun 32. Renga 51. Clay Songs LXX. Lexicon 89. Interrogation 108. Ballad and Gloss
14. Conjunctions 33. Deixis 52. Midrash 71. Headlines with Spoils XC. Excess 109. Wall Newspaper
15. Little 34. Recto 53. Eclogue 72. Nanifesto 91. Proverbs CX. Primer
16. Title 35. Verso 54. Tilde 73. Vertigo 92. Translocation 111. Arte Povera
17. Unnamed 36. Cento 55. Quiptych 74. Wanderer 93. Romantic Fragment Poem 112. Verge
18. Traduction 37. Pradelle 56. Bildungsgedicht with Apple 75. Doggerel 94. Mail Art 113. Index
19. Working Conditions 38. Georgics & Shadow 57. Workplace, Nekuia 76. Work Table with Scale Models 95. Erg 114. Exergue and Volta
Unnumbered, Précis

Additional readings of select Drafts

  • Draft 2, recorded at Robin's Books, Philadelphia, May 11, 1988: MP3
  • Draft 6, recorded at Robin's Books, Philadelphia, May 11, 1988: MP3
  • Footnote to Draft 17: MP3
  • Draft 25, recorded at Segue Here, New York City, February 7, 1998: MP3
  • Draft 36, recorded at Kootenay School, Vancouver, June 3, 2010: MP3
  • Draft 38, recorded at Kootenay School, Vancouver, June 3, 2010: MP3
  • Draft 41, recorded at Kootenay School, Vancouver, June 3, 2010: MP3
  • Draft 63, recorded at Segue Series Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, January 19, 2008: MP3
  • Draft 64, recorded at Studio 111, University of Pennsylvania, April 27, 2005: MP3
  • Draft 72, recorded at Studio 111, University of Pennsylvania, October 12, 2007: MP3
  • Draft 75, recorded at Studio 111, University of Pennsylvania, October 12, 2007: MP3
  • Draft 88, recorded at Segue Series Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, January 19, 2008: MP3
  • Draft 89, recorded at Segue Series Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, January 19, 2008: MP3
  • Draft 96, recorded at University of Kansas, March 7, 2011: MP3
  • Draft 98, recorded at University of Kansas, March 7, 2011: MP3
  • Draft 102, recorded at Arizona State University, October 23, 2013: MP3
  • Draft 104, recorded at University of Kansas, March 7, 2011: MP3
  • Draft 104, recorded at Arizona State University, October 23, 2013: MP3
  • Draft 107, recorded in Albinea, Italy, April 12, 2013: MP3
  • Draft 109, recorded at Arizona State University, October 23, 2013: MP3
  • Draft CX, recorded at Segue Series Zinc Bar, New York City, October 5, 2013: MP3

Notes

All drafts in the table were recorded at the Kelly Writers House's Wexler Studio between March 31, 2023 and June 10, 2024, unless noted below:

  • Drafts 2 and 6 recorded at Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, March 27, 1988.
  • Draft 3 and 7 recorded at Robin's Books, Philadelphia, May 11, 1988.
  • Drafts 20, 25, 46, 61, and 63 recorded at Studio 111, University of Pennsylvania, April 27, 2005.
  • Drafts 26–28 and 36 recorded at Segue Here, New York City, February 7, 1998.
  • Drafts 29 and 42 recorded at Kootenary School, Vancouver, June 3, 2010.
  • Drafts 38 and 48 recorded at Kelly Writers House, October 13, 2000.
  • Draft 41 recorded for PhillyTalks, Kelly Writers House, November 15, 1999.
  • Drafts 49, 51, 53, 74, 87, 102, and 103 recorded in Faculty of Arts studio at University of Auckland, New Zealand, March 27, 2012.
  • Drafts 64 and 88 recorded at Kelly Writers House, February 5, 2008.
  • Drafts 89–93, 96, 98, 99, and 104 recorded at Studio 111, University of Pennsylvania, December 8, 2010.
  • Drafts 95 and 105 recorded at University of Kansas, March 7, 2011.

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