This is the letter and enclosed poems Patricia Goedicke (then Patricia McKenna) sent to Robert Frost in 1952 and Frost's reply. McKenna was a student at Middlebury College when the letter was sent, and judging by the date, the letter was sent...
Goedicke, Patricia. Robinson, Leonard Wallace, 1912-1999. American literature--Montana. American literature--20th century.
In this entry, Patricia Goedicke writes of her husband's death and reflects upon its impact on a a poem titled ""Third Rail,"" which she continues to draft later in the entry.
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century. Creative writing (Higher education).
In November of 1988, Patricia Goedicke delivered a lecture at the University of Kansas in Lawrence about the function of sound and silence in poetry. These are the notes for that lecture, which emerged from an imitation workshop she taught...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--21st century. Creative writing (Higher education).
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave a commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--Montana. American literature--20th century.
These notes are for a reading by Patricia Goedicke on October 7, 2001 for the 2nd Wind Reading Series held by the University of Montana Creative Writing department in Missoula, Montana. The notes for this reading reflect the backdrop of the...
Robinson, Leonard Wallace, 1912-1999. American literature--20th century. The Man Who Loved Beauty.
In these early notes for The Man Who Loved Beauty, Leonard Wallace Robinson sketches the general relationship between the main character and his wife. While these notes begin in the third person, they move to the first person by page two.
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--Montana. American literature--20th century.
These notes are for a reading by Patricia Goedicke on March 5, 2000 for the 2nd Wind Reading Series held by the University of Montana Creative Writing department in Missoula, Montana. In this reading, Goedicke reads one poem from each of her books...
Goedicke, Patricia. Creative writing (Higher education). American literature--Montana. American literature--20th century.
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
These drafts of ""The Outer Banks"" were written while Goedicke was at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. It was during this stay that Goedicke met Leonard Wallace Robinson, who she would marry in 1971.
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
These drafts, ordered from most recent to oldest, reflect the many changes to Goedicke's meditation on presenence and absence, sound and silence. Based on the notes at the top of each draft, the poem has been read by Sally, Sarah, and Melissa. ...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
In these drafts of a poem titled "The Outer Banks," one begins to see the framework of the finished poem. Gone are the overt references to specific assassinations, such as Whitman's lilacs in commemoration of Lincoln's death and the...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
This entry contains the initial drafts of ""This Music Has Holes in It,"" which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also writes about the first anniversary of September...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
This entry contains the initial drafts of ""This Music Has Holes in It,"" which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also expresses concern that the United States will...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
This entry contains drafts of two poems: ""The Outer Banks"" and ""To a Sailor."" ""The Outer Banks"" was published in For the Four Corners, Goedicke's second book of poems in 1976. In...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century. As Earth Begins to End.
These notes are for Patricia Goedicke's reading at the Woodstock Poetry Festival. Most of the poems Goedicke read at the festival were from Invisible Horses and As Earth Begins to End. The notes contain brief comments about these two books as...
Goedicke, Patricia. American literature--20th century.
This is a copy of a letter Goedicke addressed to her friend Pat Grean. In it, she describes her initial feelings toward Leonard Robinson, as well as her thoughts about her marriage to Victor Goedicke. The letter was written from the MacDowell...