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Scope and Contents The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscript series includes multiple drafts of handwritten, typescript and annotated manuscripts; galley proofs and book jackets. The series is broken into ten sub-series by manuscript title, arranged alphabetically. The tenth sub-series contains published and unpublished short stories. The editing process of Birstein included stapling passages of text together in new arrangements. All staples used for editing manuscripts have been left as originally found. Birstein’s research and notes...

Abstract The papers of Ann Birstein consist chiefly of manuscripts of published fiction and nonfiction works. The collection also includes correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and personal miscellany. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters and postcards from Birstein’s husband, literary critic Alfred Kazin. Additional correspondence includes letters sent to Birstein from many notable writers, poets, editors, publishers, academics, and critics. Correspondents include Hannah Arendt,...