Correspondence

The first chapter in the story of The Boy Made of Meat takes place during the early 1960's. Louis Untermeyer hoped to include the poem in an anthology of children's poetry. Untermeyer and W. D. Snodgrass exchanged letters, in which Untermeyer suggested a few changes to The Meat Boy. Snodgrass accepted some and rejected others. This section includes the correspondence between Untermeyer and Snodgrass and a draft of the poem. It appears in its original form under the title The Meat Boy.

This section consists of correspondence between Untermeyer and Snodgrass as well the first draft of the poem. Click on any of the images below to see a full-screen view.

From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, July 10th, 1962, page 1	From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, July 10th, 1962, page 2	From Untermeyer to Snodgrass, July 13th, 1962, page 1	From Untermeyer to Snodgrass, July 13th, 1962, page 1
From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, July 28th, 1962, page 1	From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, July 28th, 1962, page 2	From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, Sept 20th, 1962, page 1	From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, Sept 20th, 1962, page 2
From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, Sept 29th, 1962, page 1	From Snodgrass to Untermeyer, Sept 29th, 1962, page 2	Meat Boy, draft 1, page 1	Meat Boy, draft 1, page 2
Meat Boy, draft 1, page 3	Meat Boy, draft 1, page 4	Meat Boy, draft 1, page 5

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