Papers of Terrel Hale, American poet and editor, dating from 1975 to 2003. Included are original notebooks, typescripts, and drafts of Hale's prose, poetry, and plays; proofs, typescripts, paste-ups, lists of contributors, and correspondence related to the publication of Screens and Tasted Parallels.
Terrel Hale Papers, 1975-2003 (MSS 586)
Extent: 6 Linear feet (15 archives boxes)
Terrel D. Hale worked as the librarian for the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. where he compiled United States Sanctions and South Africa : A Selected Legal Bibliography. He edited a journal of new poetry titled Screens and Tasted Parallels and his own poems have appeared in several small press magazines and journals. He also authored a chapbook titled Light Still Enough to Witness and had his novel, Saints and Latin Decadence published in 2001.
The Terrel Hale Papers document Hale's career as a poet, editor, and librarian, as well as the short-lived production of the literary journal Screens and Tasted Parallels, edited by Hale. Materials include correspondence and submissions for Screens and Tasted Parallels, as well as biographical materials and working drafts of Hale's poetry and prose. The accession is arranged in four series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS BY HALE, 3) MISCELLANEOUS, and 4) SCREENS AND TASTED PARALLELS.