Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1958-2017
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
108.1 Linear Feet (117 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Eileen Myles (1949-)
Myles is the author of books of poetry such as I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1974-2014 (2015) and Evolution (2018), the novel Cool for You (2000), and Afterglow (a dog memoir) (2017). Their poetry, essays, and articles have been featured in numerous anthologies and publications such as Harper’s Magazine, The New Yorker, and The Village Voice. They additionally have appeared in film and television, and created performance pieces including The Collection of Silence for the Dia Center for the Arts in New York in 2010. Myles has taught writing and literature at Columbia University, New York University, University of California, San Diego, Bard College, and other institutions. Their awards include the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, the Poetry Society of America Shelly Award, and four Lambda Book Awards. Myles has also received fellowships and grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and Creative Capital.
Myles lives in New York City and Marfa, Texas. They use they/them pronouns.
Separated Materials
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Unusual or non-descriptive titles provided by creator have been retained. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing. Information in brackets is also supplied by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American literature -- 20th century
- American literature -- 21st century
- American poetry -- 20th Century
- American poetry -- 21st century
- Audiovisual materials
- Authors -- United States -- 20th Century
- Authors -- United States -- 21st century
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Authors, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Bellamy, Dodie
- Bernstein, Charles, 1950-
- Berrigan, Ted, 1934-1983
- Born digital
- Carey, Tom
- Conrad, C. A.
- Cooper, Dennis, 1953-
- Dent, Tory, 1958-2005
- Dlugos, Tim
- Eisenman, Nicole, 1965-
- Fyman, Cliff
- Gender-nonconforming people's writings, American
- Guest, Barbara, 1920-2006
- Kahn, Stanya
- Kernan, Nathan
- Killian, Kevin
- LGBTQ resource
- Lesbian authors -- United States
- Lesbians' writings
- Liebegott, Ali
- Little magazines
- Mayer, Bernadette
- Moore, Thurston
- Myles, Eileen, 1949-
- Nauen, Elinor
- Notebooks
- Notley, Alice, 1945-
- Oliver, Akilah
- Opstedal, Kevin, 1956-
- Photographs
- Poets -- United States -- 20th Century
- Poets -- United States -- 21st century
- Poets -- United States -- Archives
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Poets, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Rosen, Kay
- Rosenberg, Jordy
- Savage, Thomas
- Scalapino, Leslie
- Schuyler, James
- So, Mark, 1978-
- Soloway, Joey, 1965-
- Spahr, Juliana
- Tea, Michelle
- Transgender people
- Transgender people's writings, American
- Trinidad, David, 1953-
- Violi, Paul, 1944-2011
- Waldman, Anne, 1945-
- Westmoreland, Joe, 1956-
- Zavatsky, Bill
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Eileen Myles Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Nora Soto
- Date
- May 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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