Maggie Paley papers, 1947-2012.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Paley, Maggie, 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathews, Harry, 1930-2017 author.

Mathews, Harry.

Mathews, Harry, 1930-2017.

Plimpton, George.

Paris review.

American literature--20th century.

American literature.

American literature--Periodicals.

Authors.

Authors, American--20th century.

Authors, American.

Journalism--United States.

Journalism.

United States.

Women authors.

Women editors.

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Manuscripts, American.

Audiovisual materials.

Correspondence.

Interviews.

Memorabilia.

Notes (documents)

Writings (documents)

Periodicals.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Granary Books, 2013.

Physical Description:

17 boxes (16.33 linear feet)

Arrangement:

Organized into 8 series: I: Correspondence (includes manuscripts and ephemera from correspondents); II. Personal records; III. Notebooks; IV. Work by Paley; V. Material from Paley's work as a magazine editor/staff writer; VI. NYC cultural material collected by Paley; VII. Audio recordings by Paley; and VIII. Work by others.

Place of Publication:

1947-2012.

Biography/History:

Maggie Paley is the author of Bad manners, (1986) a novel; In one door (1985), a play; Elephant, (1990), a chapbook of sestinas; and The book of the penis (2000), a book of popular nonfiction. Born in New York, NY in 1938, Paley graduated from Brandeis University in 1960. After working as an editor at The Paris review, Paley became a staff writer for LIFE and The Saturday evening post before striking out on her own as a freelance journalist. Since the 1960s, she has been a social fixture in New York artistic circles, and a close acquaintance of such figures as Jill Krementz, Harry Mathews, and Rachael Hadas.

Summary:

Maggie Paley was a well-connected participant in a wide variety of NYC cultural life during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, and this collection provides a fascinating cross-section of that era. It includes correspondence between Paley and noted New York artists and intellectuals, some of which included manuscripts and personal ephemera; personal records related to Paley's education and private life; notebooks related to Paley's major works, magazine writing, and psychoanalytic investigations; manuscript drafts and research material for Paley's major publications and magazine work, including her novel Bad manners (1986) and her book of popular non-fiction The book of the penis (2000); as well as book reviews, plays, screenplays and poems; correspondence, financial, and editorial material related to her work as an editor and staff writer at The Paris review, LIFE, The Saturday evening post, and as a freelance journalist; cultural material from New York City which Paley collected; audio recordings of interviews she conducted for her magazine articles and The book of the penis; and work by others which Paley collected. Additional information is available at the series level.

OCLC:

1261380088