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Gilbert Allen Papers, 1983-2024

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Contents List

Box 1

Recordings

  • Cassette Tape, S.C. Symposium (10/18/1983) and Allen, Cabaniss, 1/5/1984
  • Cassette Tape, Gilbert Allen in the Poet’s Corner, “Dateline Carolina” SC Education Radio Network, Produced by Audrey Fanniri, 3/19/1992
  • Cassette Tape, Spoleto Festival, Charleston SC, Sundown Poetry Series, Gilbert Allen, introduced by Alice Cabaniss, 6/6/1995
  • VHS tape, Dot Thompson at USC, Part 1: Biography, Part 2: Poetry Reading, May 1996
  • DVD video, Fall 2016 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series, featuring Gilbert Allen '77

Folder:

  • Email regarding poem to be translated into Chinese, 2018

Box 2

Duplicate Publications that contain his writings

  • Voices for Peace Anthology, 1983
  • A Millennial Sampler of South Carolina Poetry, 2005
  • 45/96: The Ninety-Six Sampler of South Carolina Poetry
  • Conversations with South Carolina Poets, by Gayle R. Swanson and William B. Thesing, 1986

Publications that contain his writings

  • Cumberland Poetry Review,"The Ceiling without the Sun," Spring 2004, Vol. 13, No. 2
  • Delmarva Review, Vol. 10, poems p. 69-72
  • Kestrel, Spring 2016, poem “Pole 101,” p. 91
  • Southern Poetry Review, 55.2, “Reckoning,” p. 34
  • Tampa Review, 55/56, “Embrace Your Pain,” p. 114
  • Emrys Journal, vol. 35, 2018, “Manikins for Dummies: A Poem for the Rest of us!®, p. 49
  • The Cantabrigian literary magazine, 2018, “Trash,” p. 121
  • The South Carolina Review, Spring 2018, “Belief,” p. 117
  • The Southern Review, Summer 2016, “Two Become One Flesh,” p. 407
  • Tipton Poetry Journal, Issue #38, Summer 2018; “Godd goes to the MLA Convention,” p. 32

Box 3

  • Appalachian Journal, Fall 2018, “Marcescence in March,” p. 51
  • Smartish Pace, Issue 26, “Black Friday at Inner Spring,” April 2019, p. 63
  • Miramar, Number 8, “Every Life should have nine cats,” 2019, p. 120
  • Zone : A Literary Journal, Number 3, “Joyville,” p. 88
  • James Dickey Review, Vol. 35, "Defamiliarized Realistics" in p. 132, 2019
  • Poem, Vol. No. 23, 2019, "Hempstead, 1959", p. 8; “Shooting the Snowman,” p. 9
  • Pembroke Magazine, No. 52, “Lawnatics,” p.110
  • Tipton Poetry Journal, Issue #45 Summer 2020, "Manic Regressive", p. 19
  • The Poeming Pigeon: A Literary Journal of Poetry, No. 10, 2020, "Once More, The Sound of Music," p. 15
  • Appalachian Journal, Vol. 48, No1-2, Fall 2020/Winter 2021; “Unlimited Opportunities Statewide,” p. 117
  • The Southern Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 4, Summer 2020, “Japanese Maples at Thanksgiving,” p. 60
  • The Orchards Poetry Journal, Winter 2021, “Las Vegas,” p. 93, “The Elect,” p. 94
  • Kestrel, Summer 2021, Issue 45, “Unlimited Golf,” p. 24
  • Tipton Poetry Journal, Issue 49, Summer 2021, “26’” p. 32, “Just Like This,” p. 33
  • The Southern Review, Winter 2022, Vol 58:1, “For Our Seventieth Birthdays,” p. 132; “Here,” p. 133
  • Fall Lines: a Literary Convergence, Vol. VII & VIII, 2022; “Breaking News,” p. 95; “The Chosen” p. 151
  • Salt, No. 3, 2022; “A Short History of Stone Age Rock,” p. 33
  • Epoch, Vol. 70, No. 1, Spring 2023, “For the Lost Fathers,” p. 41

Box 4

  • James Dickey Review, Vol. 38, 2022, “Bears in Belladona,” p. 85
  • Twelve Mile Review, Vol. 3 No. 1, Summer 2023, “That Tree,” p. 11
  • Fall Lines: a Literary Convergence, Vol. IX, 2023, “Fruit,” p. 17
  • Tipton Poetry Journal, Winter 2023, Issue #55, “Dear Nobody,” p. 5
  • Appalachian Journal, Fall 2022/Winter 2023, “Burning Burning Bush,” p. 157
  • Broad River Review, Vol. 55, 2023, “God’s Second Chance,” p. 28
  • Fall Lines: a Literary Convergence, Vol. X, 2024, “T**** is President, J**** is Lord”, p. 17
  • Tipton Poetry Journal, Spring 2004, Issue #60, “These Seven Liter Leviathans,” p. 12 and “LSMFT” p. 13
  • Poem, Poem 131, June 2024, “Fallen,” p. 10
  • Kakalak, 2024, “Beauty Boot Camp,” p. 140