mss0099_0825.xml Finding aid for "In Case" : manuscriptcirca 1981 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
Date encoded (2008 June 11) Finding aid encoded 2008 June 11 English "In Case" : manuscript circa 1981 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Sherry, James. "In Case" : manuscriptcirca 1981 MSS 099, F825 1 item (34 pp.) One typescript photocopy of American poet James Sherry's thirty-four page manuscript, "In Case." Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, May 2008.

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MSS 099, F825, James Sherry "In Case" : manuscript, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Note

American poet James Sherry was born on December 30, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His published work includes Part Songs, In Case, Converses, and Popular Fiction.

Sherry is publisher of Roof Books and Segue Books, distributed by Small Press Distribution. Roof Books has published over 100 titles of contemporary poetry and criticism. In the late 1970s, Sherry founded the Segue Foundation, began publishing the poetry journal Roof, and distributed the critical journal L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, two of the early seminal publications of the Language poetry movement. The Brooklyn Rail. "Publisher James Sherry in conversation with Farnoosh Fathi, October 2004." www.thebrooklynrail.org/books/oct04/sherry.html (accessed June 11, 2008).Roof Books. "Roof Books Authors; James Sherry." http://roofbooks.com/Author/index.cfm?fa=ShowAuthor&Person_ID=12 (accessed May 20, 2008).

 Scope and Content Note

The collection comprises one typescript photocopy of James Sherry's thirty-four page manuscript, "In Case."

Selected Search Terms Topical Terms Poets, American---20th century--Sources. American Poetry--20th century--Sources. Form/Genre Terms Typescripts. Detailed Contents List 55 F825 James Sherry "In Case"circa 1981