Box 4

Short handwritten note on The Quarterly stationery. When recipient received the first issue of Lish's The Quarterly it contained this note with a reference to the strike by the Writers Guild of America against CBS and ABC, which recipient had joined in March 1987.

Short handwritten note on Knopf stationery thanking recipient for "enormous kindness".

Handwritten note with no date (12/87) in envelope postmarked 12/15/87 reading, "You say when. At your service."

Hastily scrawled note in a Quarterly envelope saying he would read a short story called "Pen Pal" written by recipient.

Photocopy of a handwritten note on Knopf stationery complimenting recipient.

Typed note in envelope dated 6/25/84 in which Lish writes (but does not sign) "Thanks for everything, Don. GL"

Typed note dated 8/4/83 in envelope in which Lish writes (but does not sign) "You're a good one to have favored me this way. Gordo."

Handwritten note on a card in envelope postmarked 2/4/86 in which Lish thanks recipient for interview.

Typed letter signed dated 12/8/87 in envelope congratulating recipient for publishing a novel about H. L. Mencken.

Handwritten letter on yellow lined paper dated 2/3/87 in envelope in which the legendary founder of New Directions Press thanking recipient for an interview and asking if he wants any books.