Marianne Moore Cannot Contribute to the Book New York as Know It

Book Description

A famous American poet, she was friends with Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams, and contributed to The Dial, that she later edited. She often wrote about animals and won the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. TNS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11. No date [circa 1964]. No place [Brooklyn]. A typed note signed "Marianne Moore" at the bottom of a letter sent to her by two junior high school students. She wrote "Kindly make allowance for me, Jack Ishmole. Almost obliterated by four difficult pieces of writing to be prepared simultaneously. I can't add even a word to enhance what you are preparing. Sorry and I truly am... ". The students, Jack Ishmole and Sally Ronsheim, asked Moore for "quotations from outstanding contemporary New Yorkers in a section entitled, NEW YORK AS I KNOW IT. As a notable poet, we feel your statement would add greatly to the value of the book... ". The letter is in fine condition

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