Lansing, Gerrit
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1928 - 2018
Gerrit Lansing (1928-2018) was an American poet, editor, and critic. Born in 1928 in Albany, New York, and raised in northern Ohio, he studied at Harvard University and Columbia University. Lansing was a longtime friend and correspondent of poet Charles Olson, with whom he shared an interest in the occult. Lansing was a longtime resident of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he lived with his partner Deryk Burton and operated occult bookstore Abraxas Books. Lansing edited and published the literary journal Set, and wrote collections of poetry including Heavenly Tree Grows Downward (North Atlantic Books, 1977), Heavenly Tree, Soluble Forest (Talisman House, 1995), and February Sheaf (Pressed Water, 2003).
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Don Byrd papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 967
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of correspondence, sketchbooks, notebooks, photographs, audiovisual materials, and other papers that document the work and social circle of poet Don Byrd. Notable correspondents include Charles Bernstein, Clayton Eshleman, Susan Howe, Gerrit Lansing, Paul Metcalf, and Jed Rasula. Photographs include color and black and white portraits of Byrd and other poets. Audiovisual materials consist of audiorecordings made by Byrd of poets including John Ashbery, Charles...
Dates:
1953-2010
Anselm Hollo papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1701
Overview:
The Anselm Hollo Papers contains correspondence, subject files, writings, teaching files, personal and professional papers, artwork, printed materials, computer media, and audiovisual media by or relating to Anselm Hollo. Notable correspondents include John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Grenier, Langston Hughes, Gerrit Lansing, Ron Padgett, and John Taggart. Writings contain Hollo's translations of works by Ginsberg, Pentti Saarikoski, Dylan Thomas,...
Dates:
circa 1907-2013, circa 1907-2013
Gerrit Lansing papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 469
Scope and Contents:
The collection spans the years 1814-2018 and consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, printed material, and other papers documenting the life and work of poet Gerrit Lansing. Correspondence includes letters from many poets, writers, and other associates, including Deryk Burton, Thomas Meyer, Charles Olson, and Jonathan Williams, as well as members of the Lansing family. Writings include both Lansing's work and writings and broadsides by other poets. The collection includes records...
Dates:
bulk 1944-2008, 1814-2018
Thomas Meyer papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1461
Overview:
The collection contains correspondence, writings, research files, astrological charts and readings, notebooks, photographs, artwork, computer media, and audiovisual media created or collected by American poet, author, and translator Thomas Meyer. Also included are materials related to Jonathan Williams, Meyer's long-time romantic partner and collaborator with The Jargon Society, as well as friends and colleagues such as Jeffrey Beam, Alfred Corn, Guy Davenport, Kenward Elmslie, Clayton...
Dates:
1952-2016, bulk 1966-2008
Restau Press records and J. Mark Nunnelee papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1597
Content Description:
This collection consists of records relating to Restau Press and writings and personal papers relating to J. Mark Nunnelee. Correspondence consists of submissions to Restau Press, and Nunnelee's interaction with literary contemporaries in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as later personal and family correspondence. Notable correspondents include Diane di Prima, Gerrit Lansing, and Thomas Meyer. Restau Press records include submissions, some of which were included in the single issue of...
Dates:
1966-2000