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James Emanuel reading at The Village Voice Photo
![201, rue de Vaugirard, A7
75015 Paris
FRANCE
6 November 1981
Professor John Hope Franklin
c/o University of Illinois Press
54 East Gregory Drive
POB 5081, Station A
Champaign, Illinois 61820
U.S.A.
Dear Professor Franklin:
I have long remembered, with belated appreciation,
the day you invited me as a freshman into your office
at Howard University and showed me the opening para—
graph of what was to become From Slavery to Freedom.
Remembering your kindness that day-- and recalling some—
thing you wrote (perhaps in Soon, One Morning or another
anthology not now at hand) concerning your trials as a
Black historian in American libraries, etc.--I wrote the
enclosed poem, "Little Old Black Historian." Arnold
Rampersad, while visiting me last month to ask questions
about Langston Hughes for a biography he is writing,
saw this poem. When I told him that I had been thinking
of you while composing it, he replied, "Why don't you
dedicate it to hom?" So I did.
Since you might take some interest in what I have
been doing since that day long ago at Howard, I also
enclose the cover from my latest book (1980) and a pub—
licity sheet that gives a good idea of my activities in
poetry. This year, my fourth consecutive year abroad
(I return to the City College of the City University of
New York next fall), I completed a book that the Jay B.
Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at
Duke University asked me for several years ago. I en-
titled it [*in typescript only*]
Snowf1akes and Steel: My Life as a Poet, 1971-
1980. Since It analytically covers the background and
composition of each poem in my last two volumes, with
travelogue and well over fifty photographs-415 pages of
text and 43of photos—-it might be a first of its kind.
Although I swore off writing prose several years
ago, to concentrate on poetry, I'm now writing a book
for Regent's Press, a reader for "Level 4" learners of
English. I agreed to do it because it is entirely about
my poetry. Like Snowflakes..., it will have drafts of
some of the poems, as well as some photos.
I hope that you and those closest to you are well
and that, if you are still teaching, your classtime is
pleasant.
Sincerely yours,
James A. Emanuel
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Letter to John Hope Franklin
![UNIWERSYTET WARZAWSKI
Warszawa, Krakowskia Przedm. 26/28
(pieczęć podluzna wstawcy)
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James EMANUEL
(nazwisko)
Emanuel James
(imie — imiona)
prof. madzwyczajny. W. Neofilologii
w Uniwersytecie Warszawslum
Warszawa dn 2 Paździerudio 1975
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O ZGraf. Lz. 32/C (500.000) 10.3.74 r.
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James A Emanual
(podpis posiadacza legitymacji)
Wazna na rok wystawienia 1975
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Waźność legitymacji przedluźono na rok:
1976 19.....r. 19.....r. 19.....r.
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James A. Emanuel University of Warsaw Identification Card
Letter to Michel Fabre November 1968
James Emanuel reading at La Nuit de la Poesie Photo
Letter from Cedric Brut Page 1 of 2
James Emanuel reading poetry at Meray Fiddler Pub in Montmartre Paris Photo
Letter from Naomi Long Madgett November 4 1977 Page 1 of 2
![LOTUS PRESS
P. O. Box 601
College Park Station
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48221
September 27,
Professor James A. Emanuel
P.O. Box 593
Scarsdale, New York 10583
Dear Professor Emanuel:
I must apologize for my failure to respond to your note of query
earlier. I was so involved completing Lance's book and also try-
ing to complete my sabbatical year project that I just had to let
some things wait.
I am well acquainted with your work and would be interested in con-
sidering publication of your post-1970 poems. In considering the
submission of this work, you should keep in mind that it probably
would not be published until early 1979; that, however, would be a
firm date and not subject to the usual publishers' delays.
I do not know how much Lance told you about this very small company.
It is a sideline with me; I am a full professor in English at Eastern
Michigan University and, at the same time, try to keep up with my
own writing somehow. I am seeking to avoid getting in over my head
financially as a publisher by taking on only the books which I can
pay cash for as I go along. This cash comes out of my own pocket
in large outlays; it dribbles back in very slowly. Nevertheless,
this whole publishing venture is a labor of love and I enjoy the
challenge. I cannot pay royalties as such; the best I can offer
is twenty-five complimentary copies to the author and a 20% discount
on any additional copies which the author may wish to order. There
is no requirement that he order any, nor do I expect him to contribute
financially in any way. I send out announcements of publication and
list the book in the usual places. Several distributors are handling
our books and the exposure is increasing all the time; distribution
is, however, still a problem for any small publisher. In the event
that an author's book sells especially well, we will be happy to share
the profits with the author. If you are still interested in submitting
your manuscript, I will welcome the opportunity of considering it.
I appreciate your comments on 0 Africa, Where I Baked My Bread,
which are included on the enclose leaflet.
Thank you for your comments on my three poems. It is unfortunate
that anthologists tend to select the same few poems for reprinting,
especially when their selection does not represent a poet's best
work.
Sincerely,
[Signature - Naomi Long Madgett]
Sorry I
ran out of space. Lance is sending you an autographed copy of his book.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/2/b/f/2bf967af-a049-431a-be5b-e95ca4a1559c/attachment/bcc44d421ea6ab2262664c1d284eb7d1.jpg)
Letter from Naomi Long Madgett September 27 1977