[Collection of Letters and Postcards to Poet Patricia Donegan]

[ca. 1980-1987]. Near fine. Eight items: four addressed postcards (three standard size, one 8.5" by 5.5"), handwritten and mailed to Donegan at Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO and Kyoto, Japan; two addressed envelopes, one with handwritten note and another with typewritten letter (including a photograph of Waldman's son) mailed to Boulder and Chicago; plus two non-addressed items (one letterpress poetry postcard and a handmade card with photograph attached) with handwritten notes to Donegan. Uniformly near fine or better.

Collection of warm correspondence from Waldman to poet Patricia Donegan, well-known for her work in haiku. Most of the letters date from 1981 and 1982, plus some from 1987 and others undated. Waldman discusses general life events including the early years of her child's life, and checks in with Donegan about her work as faculty at Naropa Institute – where Waldman cofounded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. (Inventory #: 21822)