"The Last Generation" Typescript

Item

Williams, Joy, “"The Last Generation" Typescript”, Not dated, Joy Williams: Honored Guest, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/joy-williams/item/909

Title
"The Last Generation" Typescript
Description
Three pages of a 22-page, heavily corrected typescript draft
First titled "Monks", "The Last Generation" was published in Esquire (April 1989) and collected in Escapes (1990).
Creator
Williams, Joy
Date
Not dated
Subject
Williams, Joy, 1994-
Source
Joy Williams Papers
Box 23.1 Folder 1
Type
Manuscript
Format
Paper, 8.5x11 in.
JPEG, 400 ppi
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Identifier
mss158-03_5-23_1-01-01-001
mss158-03_5-23_1-01-01-002
mss158-03_5-23_1-01-01-003
Language
English
Relation
Esquire, April 1989 tear sheets
Joy Williams Papers
Box 16 Folder 4 - Typescript, 24 pages, light revisions
Site pages
Magazines

Williams, Joy, “"The Last Generation" Typescript”, Not dated, Joy Williams: Honored Guest, accessed February 12, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/joy-williams/item/909