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PHONE MESSAGES, 1999

 File — Box: 133

Scope and Contents

156 pages. I was still working on Midnight Return script; trying to sell Voice of the Butterfly through a new agent, Kathy Anderson; working with Beth Hadas at UNM Press to put together a collection of my essays, "Dancing on the Stones." Same old, same old. I went to Texas in August to put my father's large archives into a Smithville storage locker.

Identification of some names, some old, most new: Emily Ruffin, Taos jeweler; Bonnie Zirkel, Taos realtor; John Hunt, Taos builder with son Luke; Tony Stafford, prof at UTEP; Kathy Anderson, new agent trying to sell Voice of the Butterfly; Lo Weymouth, my French aunt, mother Monique's first cousin; Marge Piercy, poet, novelist; Bill Panzer, one of producers on Midnight Return; Nancy Pfister, Aspen friend; Karen Krause, NY photographer, widow of Mike Kimmel; Dale Sonnenberg, Burque filmmaker; Beth Hadas, editor at UNM Press; Michael Checcio, author, interviewer; D.C. Terry, Taos fishing friend, ski business mogul; Jerry Boxberger, rancher from Carson, lives near my land; Jan Black, writer, professor in CA; Bev Bell, activist, author of Walking on Fire, about women of Haiti; Michael Kamins, KNME producer, director, photographer; Kevin Burnhardt, partner of director, Abel Ferrara, interested in film of my novel American Blood; Kim Bates, Toledo Blade reporter, "Milagro" banned in schools; Inez Russell, editor Taos News; Laurie (Lorrie?) Macrae, Taos librarian; Natasha Nargis, radio show in Santa Fe; Daryl Black, photographer, book on NM people "A Place Like No Other;" Allegra Huston, writer, Tony's sister, married to Cisco Guevara, Taos river guide; Jewell Parker Rhodes, novelist, prof at Arizona State; Rex Duran, massage therapist in Del Norte and Alamosa, CO; Dave Barber, foreign rights, Curtis Brown in NY; Michelle LeBrun, L.A. filmmaker, widow of Mel Howard; Elmer Guerri, from Terre Haute, Fishing Hall of Fame; Ruth Lopez, columnist S.Fe New Mexican; Dori Vinella, ran Dori's Bakery, now running SOMOS; Renée Gregorio, poet from El Rito; Ed Wintle, film rights at Curtis Brown; Gene Tobin, President of Hamilton College (they gave me honorary degree in 2000); Karen Tashek, copy editor, UNM Press; Sharon Ord Warner, author, UNM English dept; Laray Mayfield, option on American Blood; Cherie Magnus, L.A. librarian, tango dancer; Samantha Schnee, editor at Zoetrope All-Story; Kate Kirsten, Florida friend; P.J., Breckenridge doctor, worldwide medical activist for the poor; Ken Kahn, artist, arts administrator (Miami, Ft. Worth, then Hartford), friend from Hamilton; Josh Davis, son of Peter Davis, Midnight Return producer; Lois Rudnik, author of book on Mabel Dodge Lujan; Chris Citron, dir. Colorado Book Festival, Denver; Bob Christiansen, of Chris-Rose Prod., L.A., once held Milagro option; Richard Cox, new realtor for Carson Land; Beth Silbergleit, UNM Library archivist; Katy Hope, editor at Holt; Norman Bogner, L.A. author; Rachel Pitts, NM APA, I gave a talk to them; Barbara Vogt Mallery, relative (through marriage) of Andrés Martínez and author of book on Ramah Vogt ranch; Tal Luther, Taos book collector; Spencer Maxwell, did special edition of my speech Armageddon and New Mexico, Rydell Press in S.Fe. Blue binder.

Dates

  • 1999

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.

Extent

From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
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Albuquerque NM 87131
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