Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

Overview Denise Low was the Poet Laureate of Kansas from 2007-2009 and served on the faculty of Haskell Indian Nations University for over 25 years, during which time she founded the creative writing program. Low has published over 20 volumes of poetry, essays, edited collections, and other writings and is co-publisher of Mammoth Publications. This collection includes drafts, manuscripts, published materials, personal and professional papers, correspondence, and journals from throughout her career...

Overview John Elsberg was the head editor and publisher from 1975 to 2012 for Bogg, a seminal small press literary magazine focusing on poetry, short fiction, and literary commentary by writers from the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Elsberg also wrote, edited, and published many pieces of literary commentary and works of poetry with a particular focus on haiku and tanka forms. This collection includes drafts and notes for...