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  • “Wherein I Am”: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers
    • “Viciousness in Ends” large print of poem
    • The MFA Years
      • ¨Self-Portrait (Mid-Western Eyes),” 2013
      • Watercolor by Elaine Goble Dandridge, Fall 2014
      • “I am a Man” poster, 2014
      • “Shadows Uplifted” draft, 2014
      • Notes from James Merrill Symposium, 2015
      • Poetry Writing 1 Syllabus, Spring 2015
      • Notes on thesis defense, April 2015
      • Fort Gondo "St. Trigger" Broadside, 2015
    • The PhD Years
      • Introduction to Comparative Literature Roundtable notes, 2016
      • Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Program pamphlet, [2015]
      • Framed photograph by Carly Ann Faye, 2016
      • Pulitzer Foundation Correspondence, 2016
      • Handwritten notes at beginning of PhD program, 2016
      • "Collision Test Fool” Rehearsal Notes, [2016]
      • American Literary Translators Association name tag and lanyard, 2017
      • Black Rep Theatre Set List, 2018
      • “Black Constellations” course flyer, 2019
      • Black Constellations Syllabus, 2019
      • Letter from Professor Lynn Tatlock, May 24, 2019
      • Speech Notes on Translating Nicolás Guillén, 2020
      • Kalamazoo Set List, 2021
      • Notes for NPR Interview, 2018
    • Drafts, Collaborations and Influences
      • "Who” draft, 2014
      • “Impossible Wants” cards, 2013-2015
      • “St. Trigger” draft, 2014
      • “Very Many Hands” draft, 2014
      • “St. Inside & Not” manuscript draft, 2015
      • “Self-Portrait as Tonic in Glass” draft, [2015]
      • Ink Drawing on Cardboard, 2016
    • Drafts, Publications and Awards
      • Southern Indiana Review acceptance letter, 2014
      • Threat Come Close manuscript, August 2015
      • St. Trigger, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Button Poetry, 2016
      • “A Certain Slant of Light” and “To a Hand Below” drafts, 2013
      • The New York Times Magazine, July 9, 2017
      • Threat Come Close, Four Way Books, 2018
      • “Red Wilderness,” 2020
      • An Anthology of Black American Literature, 2021
“Wherein I Am”: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers > The MFA Years > ¨Self-Portrait (Mid-Western Eyes),” 2013

¨Self-Portrait (Mid-Western Eyes),” 2013

 Typed draft of the poem "Self-Portrait, Mid-Western Man" with handwritten notes, such as, What is
the purpose of the time keeping?

Workshop notes from a MFA poetry classmate and Professor Mary Jo Bang on a poem. Coleman kept many such worksheets to help document the revision process.  (Recto)

 Back of workshop paper. Handwritten notes, such as, "Aim for suspense in the title, let it be a clue
later on."

Workshop notes from a MFA poetry classmate and Professor Mary Jo Bang on a poem. Coleman kept many such worksheets to help document the revision process.  (Verso)

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