Faith O'Grady and Mary Allen "Poetry Project" file. Photocopies of letters from famous people to Nightingale students enclosing their favorite poems for "Poems for Life" book project. Includes photocopy of page from "Lifelines" book, 1993 - 1994

File — Box: 01149

Identifier: 001 002 000 47 0001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes fifty letters/poems. Authors of the letters include Brooke Astor, Rudolph Guiliani, Mario Cuomo, Anna Quindlen, Jason McManus, Angela Lansbury, Allen Ginsberg, Stephen Sondheim, E.L. Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut, Elie Wiesel, Dick Riley, Wendy Wasserstein, Geraldine Ferraro, Diane Sawyer, Isabella Rossellini, Edward Koch, David Mamet, David N. Dinkins, Ally Sheedy, Dan Elish, Yo-Yo Ma, among others.

Dates

1993 - 1994

Extent

50 Text

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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