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box-folder   10-12/80-91		XVI. Material toward Beyond despair [series]: (Finkel II) (596 items.)    Scope: Includes poems, fragments, tables of contents, and notes toward an unpublished manuscript entitled Beyond despair. Alternately titled Here. Also includes Ts and Ts(x) drafts of the manuscript and a small amount of correspondence.
box-folder   10-11/80-86		XVI. 1. Material toward Beyond Despair (Finkel II) (438 items.)    Scope: Includes notes, poems, fragments, and tables of contents toward Beyond despair.
box-folder   10-11/ 80-85		XVI. 1.a. Material toward Beyond Despair (Finkel II) (414 items, 535pp.)    Scope: Early material toward. Includes 2 letters, notes, poems, fragments, and tables of contents toward Beyond Despair. Auto, Ts, and Ts(x). Order of poems is author's.
		XVI. 1.a. i Early Correspondence related to Beyond Despair    Scope: Includes 2 pieces of correspondence, one with attached poem, as follows:
		to Kleuter, Jeff, Finkel's student.
		[n.d.]. ((TL, 1p.))
		Attached. For Jeff [poem]. [n.d.]. (Auto. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Located in Fol. 83.
		To Ford, Harry, 1981-, American publisher.
		[n.d.]. ((TL, heavily revised, 1 draft, 2pp))    Scope: Located in Fol. 80.
box-folder   10-11/ 80-85		XVI. 1.a. ii Material toward Beyond Despair. Early material toward. Includes notes, poems, fragments, and tables of contents toward Beyond Despair . Auto, Ts, and Ts(x). Order of poems is authors. (Finkel II) (414 items, 535pp.)
		Addressee deceased: return to sender [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 6 drafts, 7pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Published in Cream City Review, Vol. 2, No. 2/3.
		After [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Aftershocks [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 5 drafts, 5pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Temporary amnesia.
		After words [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Panoply 2/2, Winter 1988.
		An Aphrodite for Alberti [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		An entirely new idea [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 10 drafts, 16pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in The Missouri Review 10/3, 1987.
		Arcadio [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 6 drafts, 15pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled The gardner. Published in Pacific Review, Winter 1988.
		Artemio [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 4 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Alternately titled Masks.
		At Roxy's topless (for Cinnamon) [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 10 drafts, 12pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Alternately titled A hymn for Cinnamon. Published in Kenyon Review 11/1, Winter, 1989.
		At the lab [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Aubade [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		August sunset [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Published in Pacific Review, Winter 1988.
		August sunset, San Miguel [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		The beggars [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)
		Beyond despair [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 6 drafts, 29pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		The biogenesis of stone [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Burnt umber study [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Published in Pacific Review, Winter 1988.
		Campus dogs [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 8 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in Kenyon Review 11/1, Winter 1989.
		Catechism [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Changes [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 11 drafts, 16pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision.
		Changes: Madame de Lassus [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Cold comfort [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 6 drafts, 6pp.)
		Coming back [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Separation. Published in The Yale Review 77/1, Autumn 1987, under the title Separation.
		Coming home [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Concert [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Crossing the border [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Country music [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Published in Panoply, Winter/Spring, 1987.
		Deshabille [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x), Auto. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in Denver Quarterly, Fall, 1988.
		The difference [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Dryad [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)
		Dry time [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x), Auto. 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in Denver Quarterly, Fall, 1988.
		Dusk [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Early rains [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Errata [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 4 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Alternately titled Erraum. Published in Chelsea 47, 1988.
		A few more questions [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Flight of the bumblebee [poem]. [n.d.]. (1 draft, 1p.)
		For Jeff [poem]. [n.d.]. (Auto. 1 draft, 1p.)
		For whose use [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 9 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Denver Quarterly, Fall, 1988.
		The geopolitics of stone [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Getting the message [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Gifts (for Deb and Wally) [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Girl weeping [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		A glimpse [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		A glimpse of Pan [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. November 29, 1989.
		Good measure [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 3 drafts, 3pp.)
		Go on [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Gospel hour [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Great-tailed grackle [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Alternately titled Boat-tailed grackle.
		Heroic measures [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 11 drafts, 12pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Published in Grand Street 8/1, Autumn, 1988.
		His book [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Home free [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		How to say no [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		How to say yes [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 5 drafts, 5pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		The icthyology of dust [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		If everything big, nothing big [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		In brief [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		The incomparable Oates [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 7 drafts, 13pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled The dubious end of soldier Oates, The end of soldier Oates and Going outside. Published in River Styx 30, 1989.
		The incompetent seraph [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		In Dicken's house [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 4 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled In the author's house. Published in Poetry, September, 1988.
		Insomnia [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Interval [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 7 drafts, 7pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Encounter. Published in Grand Street 8/1, Autumn, 1988.
		Intimations [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		It was never going to be like this [poem]. [n.d.]. (Auto. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Jaap [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Joy ride [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 4 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in The New Republic, February 9, 1987.
		Just the thing [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled What's in it for me.
		The kindly ones [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x), Auto. 8 drafts, 10pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Grand Street, 3/9, 1984.
		Last words [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Late February thaw [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		A little more time [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Lizard [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		The long migration [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 6 drafts, 9pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Loosestrife watch [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 5 drafts, 5pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Loot [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Lot's wife [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 9 drafts, 9pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Chelsea 47, 1988.
		Lupe's story [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled The rider.
		Marriage [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		The matter at hand [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Meeting adjourned [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 29, 1989.
		Misdemeanor [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Morning after [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		The mouth of despair [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 5 drafts, 5pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Alternately titled The mouth of the DesPeres.
		My tribe [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x), Auto. 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Natural history [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		The natural history of dryads [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 9 drafts, 17pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Fragments alternately titled Just the thing, and In the waiting room. Published in The Laurel Review 22/2, Summer, 1988.
		New Year's morning [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 11 drafts, 12pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Published in Panoply, Winter/Spring, 1987.
		Nobody's keeper [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 7 drafts, 7pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Zone 3 3/2, Spring 1988.
		No more [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Moderate revision. On same page as a draft of Deshabille.
		Nostalgia [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Now [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 4 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Odd job [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		On pain of death [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 8 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision.
		Orgy des beaux arts [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 4 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in Zone 3 3/2, Spring 1988.
		Out there [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Alternately titled Departures.
		Parable of the fig [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 5 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Parable of the peach.
		Passing [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x), Auto. 7 drafts, 17pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Alternately titled Just passing, and Passing: Baptiste Ducoigne.
		The pathology of fire [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Paving despair [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		The phrygian version [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Published in Poetry, Vol.CLI, No. 1--2, 1987.
		Portrait of a poet old before his time [poem]. [n.d.]. (2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled A carpet.
		Portrait of the artist as an old man [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 14pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in The Ontario Review 28, Spring-Summer, 1988 under the title Four portraits of the artist as an old man.
		The present [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Published in The Missouri Review 10/3, 1987.
		Professor emeritus [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 20 drafts, 23pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Alternately titled My best to the wife. Published in Zone 3 3/2, Spring 1988.
		Pulling and hauling [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Published in Panoply 2/2, Winter 1988.
		Rara avis [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x), Auto. 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Remains [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 5 drafts, 12pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Return of the prophets [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Making do.
		Revenge of Marsyas [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		Second childhood [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		The sense of the meeting [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Skipping over the dead [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Hold on.
		So long [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Sometimes [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Speculations [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Published in The Missouri Review 10/3, 1987.
		Sub rosa [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts(x), Auto. 2 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in The Ontario Review 25, Fall-Winter, 1986-87.
		Sufficient unto the day [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Alternately titled Sufficient to the day. Published in Seneca Review 17/1, 1987.
		Taking the waters [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Alternately titled At Lebadaeia.
		The tenant [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Published in The Ontario Review 25, Fall-Winter, 1986-87.
		The tenth mu [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Terminal checkpoint [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Alternately titled The door.
		Theft [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Then what [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts(x). 1 draft, 1p.)
		The theology of water [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 7 drafts, 17 pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		A theory of hydrodynamics [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Thin ice [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		This is where [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 8 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. One draft on verso of draft of For whose use. Alternately titled This is where I draw the line. Published in The New Republic, April 13, 1987.
		This year [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled Before the walls.
		The threshold [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 4 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Pacific Review, Winter 1988.
		The time of my life [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 3 drafts, 3pp.)    Scope: Alternately titled Night music. Published in Panolply 2/2, Winter 1988.
		The times and trials of Moses Austin [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 7 drafts, 52pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in Kenyon Review 12/2, Spring 1990.
		Too late [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 6 drafts, 15pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision. Alternately titled Two late.
		The transmutation of lead [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		Transmutations [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		A web [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 4 drafts, 4pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Alternately titled Affinities. Published in Seneca Review 17/1, 1987, under the title Affinities.
		Web [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Waiting for the monarchs [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 8 drafts, 8pp.)    Scope: Light revision. Published in The Laurel Review 22/2, Summer, 1988.
		What in the world [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Auto. 10 drafts, 18pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision.
		What's in a name [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 7 drafts, 7pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Published in The Missouri Review 10/3, 1987.
		What the wind murmured [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)
		What to do with your new Goya [poem]. [n.d.]. (5 drafts, 5pp.)
		The wilderness [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 6 drafts, 6pp.)    Scope: Alternately titled In the wilderness. Published in The Missouri Review 10/3, 1987.
		The winter journey [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts, Ts(x). 9 drafts, 23pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision. Alternately titled A winter journey. Published in The Missouri Review 10/3, 1987.
		Your secret [poem]. [n.d.]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Alternately titled A pistol.
box-folder   11/86		XVI. 1. b. Material toward Beyond despair (Finkel II) (24 items, 64pp.)    Scope: . Includes poems toward Beyond despair, notes, an introduction, correspondence, and a draft of Beyond despairdated 1989.
		XVI. 1. b . i Correspondence ca. 1989 related to Beyond Despair
		Finkel, Donald, 1929-, American author.
		To Ford, Harry, 1918-, American editor.
		1989: February 5, ((TL, 2pp))
		Ford, Harry, 1918-, American editor.
		1989: January 31, (TLS, 2pp)
		1989: February 12, (TLS, 2pp)
box-folder   11/86		XVI. 1. b . ii Poems related to Beyond despair . Includes notes, an introduction, and a draft of Beyond despair dated 1989. (Finkel II) (ca. 20 items, 64pp.)
		Almost breaking through . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		The annals of Despair . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 3pp.)
		The burning of Rome . [poem] [n.d.]. (Ts(x). 1 draft, 1p.)
		Considering the wilderness . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 2pp.)    Scope: Heavy revision.
		For whose use . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 2 drafts, 5pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		The incomperable Oates . [poem] [n.d.]. (Ts(x). 1 draft, 2pp.)
		In Dicken's house . [poem] [n.d.]. (Ts(x). 1 draft, 1p.)
		Item . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 2pp.)    Scope: Light revision.
		The rebuilding of Rome . [poem] [n.d.]. (Ts(x). 1 draft, 1p.)
		The river Despair . [poem] [1985]. (2 drafts, 2pp.)
		Ste. Genevieve . [poem] [1985]. (Auto. 1 draft, 2pp.)
		Two mutations . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 1p.)    Scope: Light revision.
		Unearthing the Peres . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 2pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
		The winter journey . [poem] [1985]. (Ts. 1 draft, 3pp.)    Scope: Moderate revision.
box-folder   11-12/87-90		XVI. 2. Material toward Beyond despair --drafts. (Finkel IIFinkel II) (140 items, 380pp.)    Scope: Includes Ts, and Ts(x) drafts of Beyond despair, one with alternate title, Here.
box-folder   12		XVI. 3. Material toward Beyond despair --Quotes. Consists of 18 groups of Ts quotes toward Beyond despair . (Finkel II) (Item 91.)