Listen to readings by some of the best poets from America and abroad, and view or purchase accompanying broadsides

How the largest library in private hands came to be, and came to be housed at Emory

Over 85,000 items, including books, little magazines, broadsides, posters, and other ephemera.

A unique interview series featuring prize-winning poets during visits to the archive

Discover the limited-edition broadsides printed to commemorate the Reading Series, and explore the thousands of broadsides that are part of the collection

Learn about our mid–twentieth century literary holdings & the vibrant counterculture

An exhibition of poets’ holiday cards, valentines, birthday greetings, rare booklets, and more.

What can we learn from the collection using data analysis and visual mapping?

DISCOVER OUR EXCITING NEW EXHIBITION—CO-CURATED WITH NEW YORK’S BOO-HOORAY—ON WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS’S CUT-UP TECHNIQUE

SPOTLIGHT ON LANGSTON HUGHES, ONE OF OUR COMPLETE AUTHOR COLLECTIONS.

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."

THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A REMARKABLE ARRAY OF COUNTERCULTURAL NEWSPAPERS, MIMEOS, ZINES, COMIX, ALTERNATIVE PRESSES, & OTHER PUBLICATIONS

This key “archive within the archive” includes handmade books, valentines, birthday cards & notebooks of the Second Generation New York School

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

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