![Cédric BRUT, 1 April 2004 02-
(1973) has my essay "Christ in Alabama: Religion
in the Poetry of Langston Hughes."
Hughes told me that his ambition was "to il—
luminate the condition of the Negro in America."
He put the voice of his people, their tones,
accents, and phrases into his works; and that
mixture includes "language jazzistique".
I wrote this letter in a hurry, necessarily,
and I hope that it helps you a little. Good luck
with your present and future projects.
Sincerely,
[signature - J Emanuel]](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/0/b/c/0bcc5ddd-a24e-4213-99ab-ece29f98fd58/attachment/f464467b879d95c859aeee90647f8b3c.jpg)
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Back of letter from Leroy Hart Bibbs, Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 1994
Letter to Leroy Hart Bibbs January 1994
![Hart Leroy Bibbs
Fine Art Photography
Bibbs/Campbell
76, rue de Bac
75007 Paris
Sontaq
11 Oct '92
Brosman, Deadly James,
A hello from the other
trouble over in NYC.
[drawing of a rhinoceros]
From nearer trouble, just wanted to
should at you HELLO, DEADLY! Hope
the words flow and the rhymes unglue.
Last time I talked with brosman Ted, he
said - no he only laughed - you writing
songs and me writing an African Ballet.
Maybe it is funny - BUT - is
when you got to go you got to go.
Next change you come by give me the
pitch of brotherly love.
Sincerely,
Bibbs.
P.S. Had back surgery Friday
and my ass hurts blues.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/a/0/6/a06ceadc-5857-40ca-83ef-eb3873d008c5/attachment/db083818c3d5172fed10c99210b54022.jpg)
Letter from Leroy Hart Bibbs October 1992
Letter from Leroy Hart Bibbs September 1991
Letter to Leroy Hart Bibbs March 1992
![SIU
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4329
Black American Studies
College of Liberal Arts
618-453-7147
Julius E. Thompson
Historian, Poet, and Education Consultant
Black American Studies Program
Department of History
Faner Hall 4022
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4329
Phone 618-453-7140
Stonegate Apt. #5
703 South Wall Street
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Phone 618-549-6542 (Home)
31 August 1991
Dear Professor Emanuel,
Thanks so very much for your kindness in returning
the questionnaire on Dudley Randall and Broadside Press
to me.
I'll keep you posted on developments my way, and I
hope to be able to send you a copy of the completed essay
in early 1992.
With warmest regards
[signature]
Julius E. Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
P. S. Thanks also for the order form from Lotus Press. I have
just ordered your WHOLE GRAIN; and today I am ordering Deadly James and Other Poems. Happily I have your other works in my
collection. (I hope to attend the 1992 conference in February
on “Blacks in Europe,” to be held at the University of Paris.)
All the best for your work; and again, I deeply appreciate
our kindness in writing to me.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/f/6/4/f64afd88-ea61-47aa-8970-9a1a78da726b/attachment/c81946427dae9241c5848155f7d3748c.jpg)
Letter from Julius E. Thompson August 1991
![For Prof. Douglas Watson: answers to questions in letter of Janu-
ary 1982
1. Yes, you may quote from Snowflakes and Steel in your essay for DLB.
2. Relative ages of my sisters and brother: Julia, 69; Raymond, 64;
Gladys, 62; Christine 57. (Deceased: Janet, who would have been
about 67 now; Alvin, who would have been 54.)
3. Christian Science and I: I have been influenced by it through the
strong character of my mother, especially in its mind—over—matter
principles. But I have been affiliated with no church aver since,
in 1942 or 1943, a "white" church in Washington, D.C., refused me
entrance as an air-raid shelter during a practice defense drill.
4. My most important teachers at Howard, Northwestern, and Columbia: at
Howard, I was much impressed by Margaret Just Butcher (beauty and
brains), John Lovell (incisive intellect), Frank Snowden (bril—
Brown (not my teacher, but was generous and entertaining to some
of us students). Alain Locke and John Hope Franklin (to whom I
dedicated a very recent poem) were not my teachers, but each called
me into his office to give me encouragement and offer aid. (OVER)
5. Langston Hughes: I did not know him before 1959, when I was at Columbia.
6. Broadside and Lotus Presses: I chose them because of their support of
Black writers. I had much correspondence with Dudley before I met
him in about 1970, and I have not yet met Namoi Long Madgett. (If
I remember correctly, I suggested the Broadside Press Critics Series
to Dudley when I was in Grenoble). Probably LP will publish my
anticipated 1982 volume.
7. The stolen literary papers: You may mention them in your essay for
DLB. DuBroff, it she depends upon her own interests, will probably
never know of the existence of Chisel or, perhaps, of DLB.
8. Yes, I plan to be at CCNY during 1982—84.
Isolated fact of possible interest: first literary recognition of my po-
etry: Flame Magazine, after a poll of poetry editors, sent me a "Cita-
tion for Merit" for my first serious poem, "Sonnet for a Writer," which
appeared in Phylon in 1958. It had been written at Northwestern, 1953.
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Paris, 10 January 1982
Deer Professor Watson,
Thanks for taking the trouble to write a long letter. It is encour—
aging to find an able critic interested in one's work. I'11 never write
another Snowflakes and Steel, and I am glad that you thought it worth my
effort. Too bad you couldn't see Anthony Suter's essay "Flowers That
Don't Live Long: The Poet's Journey Through Love ..." for it had good
insights (Phylon is now reading it--or someone at Phylon).
I look forward to seeing your essay. If you pursue your interest in
my poetry, which would be a compliment, I'll offer you whatever information (and unpublished work) that you might find helpful. In the meantime. please excuse this unusual letter—form--during my grappling with A Poet's Mind. And let me return your kind wishes for a 1982 that goes well, and with good work and good luck.
Sincerely,
[signature - Jim]
[everyone calls me]
James A. Emanuel](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/3/b/a/3ba6e016-fd39-4c92-a3a7-04a92ea361f4/attachment/c5962c06d00e6b1c8633e8dd30cf7237.jpg)
Letter to Douglas Watson January 1982 (page 1 of 2)
Follow up Letter to Douglas Watson May 1983
![[*Letter was returned undelivered, with Sonia's name & address vigorously and entirely obliterated.*]
55 bis, bd du Montparnasse
75006 Paris
FRANCE
18 September 2000
Prof. Sonia Sanchez
Department of English
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
U.S.A.
Dear Sonia,
Just a note, this, to tell you of my
pleasure in finding that you were one of the
very few Broadside poets who went to Detroit
to honor the memory of Dudley Randall on 12
August. I learned of your presence through
Naomi Long Madgett, who sent me materials
that were available that day.
It was impossible for me to be there
because of a sacred oath that I took to honor
another memory: that of the young man who was
with me, I think, when I interviewed you in
September 1970 in the Bronx. But even as I
write this I begin to have doubts: Was my son
with me during the Sonia Sanchez interview? Did
I see Sonia then, or did I have only her written
answers to my written questions? If your memory
is better than mine, you know when you saw him.
All I know is that "Sonia Sanchez" was an impres-
sive name to him--and that my oath to honor his
memory tells me, sometimes, what planes I must
not catch.
At any rate, I am glad that you went to
Detroit. I stay constantly busy, and you must
do the same. Keep on doing that.
Cordial wishes,
Jim
Emanuel](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/e/9/9/e9944dd1-7564-4a54-8914-845c6b34839c/attachment/00001e30560f6065ff6e2a64a7831926.jpg)
Letter to Sonia Sanchez September 18 2000