Carol Berge, 1928- . American author 

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Papers, 1970-1984. 

ca. 24,750 items 

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Carol Berge, a native of New York City, studied writing, editing and magazine production at New York University and the New School for Social Research. Her early work was featured in the classic anthology, Four Young Lady Poets , ed. Leroi Jones (1962), and she has written numerous books of poetry and prose, including Poems Made of Skin (1968), An American Romance (1969), From a Soft Angle: Poems About Women (1972) and Acts of Love: An American Novel (1973). She began writing poetry in college in the late 1940's and worked in the 1950's for several New York publishers and advertising companies. In 1959, Berge traveled to Europe and began writing full-time. 

In the early 1960's, Berge became involved with the group of avant-garde New York poets who presented readings at Le Deux Magots, Le Metro Cafe, and St. Marks Church. She worked closely with the poet Paul Blackburn, among other, coordinating readings and workshops in New York City. She also attended the now famous Vancouver poetry seminar at the University of British Columbia in 1962, and wrote The Vancouver Report (1964), a comprehensive response to and report of that event. In 1970 Berge founded Center magazine and was its sole editor during its ten year run. In addition to her long career as an author and editor, Berge has taught literature and creative writing at a number of universities including Goddard College, the University of Southern Mississippi, where she edited the Mississippi Review, the University of New Mexico, and Wright State University. 

The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas-Austin houses a collection of Berge's papers prior to 1970. Washington University's Berge Papers consist almost entirely of her professional and literary papers from 1970 to the present. They include an extensive collection of correspondence with contemporary literary figures which includes carbons of many of Berge's letters to her correspondents. The Berge Papers also contain correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, proofs, and promotional material toward nearly all of her post-1970 books, notably Acts of Love, An American Romance,A Couple Called Moebius, and From a Soft Angle. Her Papers also house the archives of Center magazine, as well as material towards the issue of Mississippi Review that Berge edited. Of particular interest in the personal miscellany of Carol Berge's Papers are the flyers, brochures, and announcements concerning "happenings" and readings with which Berge was involved in New York City through the 1970's. 

Bibliography: 
Contemporary Authors, CANR-7, 15-16. Unpublished bibliographic information available. 

Selected Names

Berge, Carol, 1928- . American author

Ahern, Tom, 1947- . American author       

Alta, 1942- . American author       

Anania, Michael, 1939- . American author      

Andre, Michael, 1946- American author & editor

Andrews, Bruce, 1948- American author       

Antin, David, 1932- American author & art critic       

Banks, Russell, 1940- American author       

Barnes, Jim, 1933- American author       

Baumbach, Jonathan, 1933- American author       

Bayes, Ronald, 1932- American author       

Bell, Marvin, 1937- American author      

Bennett, John, 1938- American author      

Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei, 1947- American author      

Bertolino, James, 1942- American author       

Blackburn, Paul, 1926-1971. American author       

Blazek, Douglas, 1941- American author       

Bly, Robert Elwood, 1926- American author       

Bowering, George, 1935- . Canadian author & editor       

Brossard, Chandler, 1922-1993. American author       

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- . American author       

Bukowski, Charles, 1920-1994. American author       

Carruth, Hayden, 1921- . American author       

Charters, Ann, 1936- American author       

Childs, Barney, 1926-2000. American author & composer       

Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- American author       

Cohen, Leonard, 1934- American author       

Collom, Jack, 1931- American author       

Congdon, Kirby, 1924- American author       

Coolidge, Clark, 1939- American author       

Coover, Robert, 1932- American author       

Corman, Cid, 1924- American author       

Creeley, Robert, 1926- American author       

Crews, Judson, 1917- American author       

Dahlberg, Edward, 1900-1977. American author       

Dawson, Fielding, 1930- American author       

Di Palma, Ray 1943- American author       

Di Prima, Diane, 1934- American author       

Dixon, Stephen, 1936- American author       

Drake, Albert, 1935- American author      

Elliott, George P., 1918-1980. American author       

Elman, Richard, 1934- American author       

Enslin, Theodore, 1925- American author       

Eshleman, Clayton, 1935- American author       

Federman, Raymond, 1928- American author       

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919- American author       

Ferrini, Vincent, 1913- American author       

Fox, Hugh, 1932- American author       

Gardner, Isabella, 1915-1981 American author       

Gavronsky, Serge, 1932- American author       

Georgakas, Dan, 1938- American author      

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. American author       

Girodias, Maurice, 1919-1990. French publisher       

Goldbarth, Albert, 1948- American author       

Goodell, Larry, 1935- American author       

Gordon, Jaimy, 1944- American author       

Grahn, Judy, 1940- American author      

Harris, Marguerite, 1899-1978. American author       

Hawkins, Bobbie Louise. American author       

Higgins, Dick, 1938- American author       

Hitchcock, George, 1914- American author       

Hollo, Anselm, 1934- Finnish author       

Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982. American author       

Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995. American author & artist       

Jones, LeRoi, 1934- American author       

Jong, Erica, 1942- American author       

Katz, Steve, 1935- American author       

Kessler, Milton, 1930- American author       

Kicknosway, Faye, 1936- American author      

Kinnell, Galway, 1927- American author       

Kizer, Carolyn, 1925- American author       

Klinkowitz, Jerome, 1943- American author       

Knott, Bill, 1940- American author       

Kostelanetz, Richard, 1940- American author       

Kruchkow, Diane, 1947- American author       

Larner, Jeremy, 1937- American author       

Laughlin, James, 1914- American author & publisher       

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. American author       

Levy, D.A., 1942-1968. American author       

Lifshin, Lyn, 1944- American author       

Lind, Jakov, 1927- Austrian author       

Lish, Gordon, 1934- American author & editor       

Logan, John, 1923- American author       

Lopate, Phillip, 1943- American author       

Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976. American author       

MacAdams, Lewis, 1944- American author       

MacLow, Jackson, 1922- American author       

Major, Clarence, 1936- American author      

Mariah, Paul, 1937- American author       

Marlatt, Daphne, 1942- Canadian author       

Mayer, Bernadette, 1945- American author       

McNaughton, Duncan, 1942- American author     

Meredith, William, 1919- American author       

Mitchell, Roger, 1935- American author       

Morley, Hilde, American author      

Morris, Richard, 1939- American author       

Mottram, Eric, 1924-1995. British author       

Nations, Opal, 1941- American author       

Norse, Harold, 1916- American author       

Olson, Toby, 1937- American author       

Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988. American author      

Ostriker, Alicia, 1937- American author       

Paik, Nam June, 1932- Korean/American video artist       

Paley, Grace, 1936- American author      

Piercy, Marge, 1936- American author       

Planz, Allen, 1937- American author       

Plymell, Charles, 1935- American author       

Pollack, Felix, 1909-1987. American author       

Quin, Ann, 1936-1973. British author       

Randall, Margaret, 1936- American author       

Ratner, Rochelle, 1948- American author       

Raworth, Tom, 1938- British author       

Rosenthal, M.L., 1917- American author       

Rosten, Norman, 1914- American author       

Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- American author       

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. American author       

Sanders, Ed, 1939- American author       

Schneeman, Carolee, 1939- American artist       

Sewell, Brocard, 1912- British author       

Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000. American author       

Sherwin, Judith Johnson, 1936- American author       

Simpson, Louis, 1923- American author       

Snyder, Gary, 1930- American author       

Sorrentino, Gilbert, 1929- American author

Stoloff, Carolyn, 1927- American author      

Sukenick, Lynn, 1937- American author       

Sukenick, Ronald, 1932- American author       

Swann, Brian, 1940- American author      

Sward, Robert, 1933- American author       

Taggart, John, 1942- American author       

Turnbull, Gael, 1928- British author       

Urdang, Constance, 1922- American author       

Vas Dias, Robert, 1931- British author       

Wagoner, David, 1926- American author       

Wakoski, Diane, 1937- American author      

Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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