Letter to Hoyt Fuller January 1969

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Chez Mme. E. Disdier Les F enouillères 38, Seyssins, France 30 January 1969 Mr. Hoyt W. Fuller Managing Editor, NEGRO DIGEST 1820 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60616 U.S.A. Dear Fuller: Thanks for your prompt action in having copies of NEGRO DIGEST sent to me in response to my letter of 18 January. I am enclosing a check for six dollars, based on the following assumed breakdown: $ .00 Sept.-Oct. issue, 1 contributor's copy .00 November issue, 1 contributor's copy .50 December issue, 1 contributor's copy 1 copy on special request 1.00 January issue, 2 copies on special request 4.50 airmail postage for all copies combined $6.00 TOTAL It occurs to me that I should clarify a line in my letter of 18 January: I referred to a phrase on page 52 of the January DIGEST reading "...the CIA poisoned Richard Wright..." I followed that quote with my own query "Do you think enough of us are awake?" My clarification is that I can easily believe that charge, by Nikki Gio- vanni in this instance. My own annoyances in France, I am sorry to say, have come almost entirely from my few associations with Ameri- cans, so I try to avoid them. I have found them to be dangerous in all senses of the word. Let me know if you find useable either of my two poems that Dudley Randall sent to you recently. And if you think the Johnson Publishing Company would risk handling a 75-page volume of my poetry--it was reluc- tant to take a chance about two years ago--I'd like to know, for I'll very soon start querying publishers. Thanks again for the DIGEST copies; they help bring me up to date in a way that no other publication does. Cordially, James A. Emanuel P.S. Have you seen Addison Gayle's book of essays yet?

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Typed letter to Hoyt Fuller from James Emanuel, dated January 30, 1969. Emanuel encloses a check for purchasing copies of the Negro Digest, and he also provides clarification for a statement made in a previous letter. Emanuel asks of Addison Gayle's newest book.

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    jpg
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    12 MB
  • container title
    James A. Emanuel Papers
  • creator
    James A. Emanuel
  • issue
    Box 2 Folder 1
  • rights
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • rights holder
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • version
    30-Jan-69