“A Certain Slant of Light” and “To a Hand Below” drafts

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Coleman, Aaron. 2012. ““A Certain Slant of Light” and ‘To a Hand Below’ Drafts”. Paper. The New York Times Magazine, Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/whereiniam/item/45245

A typed draft of a poem "A Certain Slant of Light." Handwritten notes include "Transition from place to place. Is it disorientating?"

A typed draft of a poem with the title, "To a Hand Below." Handwritten notes include an alternative title, "Gambler's Chant."

Title: “A Certain Slant of Light” and “To a Hand Below” drafts
Description: These are earlier drafts of “Too Far North” from Threat Come Close (and published by The New York Times Magazine before that), ultimately becoming a sonnet: 14 lines, 2 septets.
Date: 2013
Type: Manuscripts
Format: Typed draft of a poem; JPEG, 300 ppi.
Creator: Coleman, Aaron
Extent: 8.5 X 11
Language: English
Medium: Paper
Relation: The New York Times Magazine; Threat Come Close, Tribeca, New York, NY: Four Way Books
Source: File — Box: 1, Folder: 3; Poem Revisions and Notes, 2013
Identifier: MSS172-02-01-03-A-Certain-Slant-Of-Light-To-A -Hand-Below-2013.pdf
Rights: Rights Statement

Item sets: Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers

Site pages: “A Certain Slant of Light” and “To a Hand Below” drafts, 2013

Media: “A Certain Slant of Light” draft, 2013; “To a Hand Below” draft