A living library including 75,000 volumes of rare & modern poetry
housed at Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library.
housed at Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library.
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The Poetry Library
The poetry library of record for the 20th century, the Danowski Poetry Library includes 75,000 volumes, 50,000 journals, thousands of broadsides, countercultural material, manuscripts, recordings, and objects
The Reading Series
Listen to readings by some of the best poets from America and abroad, and view or purchase accompanying broadsides
The collector, Raymond Danowski
How the largest library in private hands came to be, and came to be housed at Emory
The Curator
KEVIN YOUNG IS CHARLES HOWARD CANDLER PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING & ENGLISH, CURATOR OF THE DANOWSKI POETRY LIBRARY, & CURATOR OF LITERARY COLLECTIONS AT EMORY. AUTHOR OF ELEVEN VOLUMES OF POEMS AND PROSE, INCLUDING BLUE LAWS: SELECTED AND UNCOLLECTED POEMS 1995–2015
IN CONVERSATION
A unique interview series featuring prize-winning poets during visits to the archive
Broadsides
Discover the limited-edition broadsides printed to commemorate the Reading Series, and explore the thousands of broadsides that are part of the collection
B-SIDE MODERNISM
Learn about our mid–twentieth century literary holdings & the vibrant counterculture
WINTER WEDDING
An exhibition of poets’ holiday cards, valentines, birthday greetings, rare booklets, and more.
DIGITAL DANOWSKI
What can we learn from the collection using data analysis and visual mapping?
CUT-UP: WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
DISCOVER OUR EXCITING NEW EXHIBITION—CO-CURATED WITH NEW YORK’S BOO-HOORAY—ON WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS’S CUT-UP TECHNIQUE
HUGHESIANA
SPOTLIGHT ON LANGSTON HUGHES, ONE OF OUR COMPLETE AUTHOR COLLECTIONS.
THE CLASSROOM
Since its arrival at Emory, the Danowski Poetry Library has been the focus of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Most recently taught in the archive: a freshman seminar on “The Lyric Essay."
COUNTERCULTURE
THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A REMARKABLE ARRAY OF COUNTERCULTURAL NEWSPAPERS, MIMEOS, ZINES, COMIX, ALTERNATIVE PRESSES, & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
TED BERRIGAN & ALICE NOTLEY
This key “archive within the archive” includes handmade books, valentines, birthday cards & notebooks of the Second Generation New York School
R. CRUMB COLLECTION
THE RAYMOND DANOWSKI/JOHN MARTIN COLLECTION OF R. CRUMB IS MADE UP OF A NEAR COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE PRINTED MATERIALS BY THE NOTED ARTIST, FROM 1958 TO THE PRESENT
BLACK SPARROW PRESS
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT “LIBRARIES WITHIN THE LIBRARY,” THE BLACK SPARROW PRESS COLLECTION INCLUDES ALL EDITIONS OF THE INFLUENTIAL PRESS, AS WELL AS ITS PUBLISHING ARCHIVE AND ORIGINAL PRINTING BLOCKS