The phrase "Copyrighted, reverts to author" is underlined and Michael Gessner's poem "Ferns: A Study" is written near the copyright information.

The phrase "Copyrighted, reverts to author" is underlined and Michael Gessner's poem "Winter Reading" is written next to the copyright information.

The phrase "Copyrighted, reverts to author" is underlined and Michael Gessner's poem "Bridge at Giverny" is written near the copyright information.

The phrase "Copyrighted, reverts to author" is underlined and Michael Gessner's poem "The Tropic Gardens of St. Gallen" is written near the copyright information.

The phrase "Copyrighted, reverts to author" is underlined and Michael Gessner's poem "A World Without Desire" is written next to the copyright information. Additionally, The Wallace Stevens Society Press is highlighted as well.

The floppy disk contains the manuscript for Michael Gessner's chapbook [i]Surfaces[/i]. Additionally, the floppy disk is held is a blue semi-transparent case.

Letter contains the galleys Gessner had received earlier that week, a blurb for [i]Surfaces[/i] by Alison Hawthorne Deming, and information on Gessner's attempts to get a blurb from W.D. Snodgrass

Blurb comes from Alison Hawthorne Deming, winner of the 1992 Walt Whitman Award and author of [i]Genius Loci.[/i]

Gessner thanks Snodgrass for his previous edits and comments on Gessner's poem "On High" and asks for Snodgrass to write him a brief blurb on his chapbook [i]Surfaces.[/i]

Snodgrass explains that he no longer writes blurbs for anyone, even close friends, for fear of either a) losing his friends in the process or b) destroying his intergrity by promoting horrible poetry.