Rejection Letter from The New Yorker
Item
- Title
- Rejection Letter from The New Yorker
- Description
- This typed note from poetry editor Alice Quinn declines a submission from Bang. Bang would go on to be published in The New Yorker seven years later. The letter stands as a reminder that early rejection doesn’t preclude future success.
- Date
- 1991-01-08
- Creator
- Quinn, Alice
- The New Yorker
- Source
- Mary Jo Bang Papers
- Identifier
- ms154-s01_1r-b14-f33-001.jpg
- Rights
- In Copyright
Quinn, Alice, and The New Yorker. Rejection Letter from The New Yorker. 1991, Some days, everything is a machine: The Poetic Practices of Mary Jo Bang, accessed March 13, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/born-digital-poetry-exhibit/item/60055