Chronology Entry
Year
1964
Text
Moore, Marianne. Ten answers : letters from an October afternoon. In : Harper's, no 229 (Nov. 1964).
Dear Mr. Plimpton ; The questions.
Q. What other pets than Elson Howard (your alligator) have you =? Was there a crow there ? Haven't I read that you have a crow ?
A. … Other animals ? I have a mechanical elephant with plush skin, named Seneca, given me by Loren MacIver and Lloyd Frankenberg. I have a bronze elephant and mahout (Chinese and old) and a bronze baby pheasant (Chinese) with its head turned back the opposite way from the way it is sitting, also old ; a ceramic elephant made by Malvina Hoffmann ; have an ebony elephant from Ceylon ; ebony llama and lambs-wool Llama – ears tied with scarlet silk to designate ownership ; black clay Zni turtle ; Chinese brass lizard…
Dear Mr. Plimpton ; The questions.
Q. What other pets than Elson Howard (your alligator) have you =? Was there a crow there ? Haven't I read that you have a crow ?
A. … Other animals ? I have a mechanical elephant with plush skin, named Seneca, given me by Loren MacIver and Lloyd Frankenberg. I have a bronze elephant and mahout (Chinese and old) and a bronze baby pheasant (Chinese) with its head turned back the opposite way from the way it is sitting, also old ; a ceramic elephant made by Malvina Hoffmann ; have an ebony elephant from Ceylon ; ebony llama and lambs-wool Llama – ears tied with scarlet silk to designate ownership ; black clay Zni turtle ; Chinese brass lizard…
Mentioned People (1)
Moore, Marianne
(Kirkwood, Miss. 1887-1972 New York, N.Y.) : Dichterin, Schriftstellerin
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1986 | Moore, Marianne. The complete prose of Marianne Moore. Ed. and with an introd. by Patricia C. Willis. (New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1986). S. 688. | Publication / Moo7 |
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