Letter to Saul N. Brody, Chairman of Department of English CUNY

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201, rue de Vaugirard, A7 75015 Paris FRANCE 28 February 1981 Professor Saul N. Brody Chairman, Dept. of English The City College Convent Ave. at 138th Street New York, N.Y. 10031 Dear Saul, Thanks for your letter of the 10th which arrived only yesterday because of its having been forwarded from Toulouse (although I'm teaching at the University of Toulouse, I now live in Paris--commuting irregularly). The idea of applying for an extension of my leave appeals to be strongly, and staying abroad an extra year would immeasurably serve my plans for further writing. However, I have been assuming that I had to return to duty at CCNY in September 1981--if one has to do any- thing--and have been expecting to receive the usual February departmental memo regarding fall courses desired. Please tell Dean Shevlin of my temptation, which continues as of this moment. (And if the English Department could profit in the slightest from another year of my absence, you can electrify my dormant hopes by encouraging me to make a late application for that extension.) However, since I am at least partially resigned to my New York fate, I'll try to be realistic by now asking you to have someone send me (by air mail) a CCNY bulletin or excerpts from it, as well as whatever forms I should complete for getting my fall teaching schedule. As for a book list, I would need suggestions for texts, and departmental course descriptions would help, In getting together these things to send me, the person responsible should consider me as an alien who remembers little of procedures. After recovering from my operation last sum- mer, I worked extremely hard on that autobiography for Duke University's historical center (covering only my life as a poet abroad). I fin- ished it on 7 February: 415 pages combining travel- ogue, novel (sometimes Gothic), literary commen- tary, and wide revelations of "the poetic process." Have written some poetry too, since my 1980 vol- ume, with more in the offing, I hope. Say hello to my cell mate Dave, to the oldtimers, and to the secretarial staff. Warm regards, James A. Emanuel

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Typed letter from James Emanuel to Saul N. Brody, dated February 28, 1981, requesting to extend his academic leave. He also updates Brody on finishing his autobiography.

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  • container title
    James A. Emanuel Papers
  • creator
    James A. Emanuel
  • issue
    Box 1 Folder 17
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    James A. Emanuel Estate
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    James A. Emanuel Estate
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    28-Feb-81