Literature
Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections holds a wide variety of first and early editions of important works of literature, as well as archival literary collections, all spanning nearly seven centuries. Highlights include: Strong holdings in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature; Many editions of Shakespeare, among them the 1685 Fourth Folio; The Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection, containing important editions of hundreds of notable modern authors like Joyce Carol Oates, Langston Hughes, and Gertrude Stein; The John R. Ford Paperback Collection, highlighting how classic and popular literature were marketed through their cover art; The Donald A. Yates Jorge Luis Borges Collection, consisting of manuscripts, printed works, and archival items; American small press poetry of the 1960s and 1970s; The Michigan Writers Collection: archival collections and published work by prominent writers with ties to the state of Michigan, including Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jim Daniels Richard Ford Dan Gerber Gary Gildner Jim Harrison Terri L. Jewell Thomas McGuane Judith Minty Lev Raphael Robert VanderMolen Diane Wakoski
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