Joy Williams: Honored Guest
Item Set
Items
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Special Edition of State of Grace Cover and title page from a paperback special edition of State of Grace, not for sale. -
#28 – “Abandon All Hope” Copy Edited Printout Williams has not transitioned to writing or editing on a computer. This page is from a working copy with the copy editor’s track changes activated and Joy’s handwritten comments or corrections. -
#5 – “Nevertheless” Web Page Printout To help promote the new stories (and their long association with Williams), The Paris Review ran a selection of them on its website, including this three-line story about Kafka. -
99 Stories of God Dust Cover and Front Matter Front matter and dust jacket for British edition of 99 Stories of God -
#99 – “A New Arrangement” Typescript Corrected typescript -
Review/essay by Charles Baxter Tear sheet of an essay/review by Charles Baxter -
Joy Williams to Gary Fisketjon Typed letter signed -
“Laughter From the Gallows” Tearsheet of a review of The Visiting Privilege -
"Eight essential attributes of the short story" Corrected typescript draft of a list of essential attributes for a short story -
“Was it only a dream that Literature was once dangerous...” [Poster proof] -
Honored Guest Alternate Book Cover Mockup printout of an alternate cover for Honored Guest -
“The fantastic, elastic human heart” Tearsheet of review of Honored Guest -
Joy Williams to Amanda Urban Typed letter signed -
Escapes Radio Script Review and Note Script for a review of Escapes for KCUR-FM radio with accompanying holograph note from Gary Fisketjon. -
Escapes First Edition Cover Atlantic Monthly Press cover for Escapes, Williams' second short story collection. -
Excerpt from “Escapes” Small broadside featuring a humorous excerpt from the title story of "Escapes," served to commemorate Williams’ 2002 residency at Washington University. -
News from Random House Marketing material for Taking Care -
Taking Care “Flap Copy” Typescript Draft of dust jacket text for Taking Care -
Joy Williams on Beach One of a number of photographs of Williams taken for the book’s dust jacket, and available in the Joy Williams Papers. -
"Georges and Susan" in Tin House Pages from Tin House related to "Georges and Susan" by Joy Williams.