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This site was designed and built by Steel Wagstaff to satisfy the degree requirements for his Ph.D. in English (literary studies) from the University of Madison-Wisconsin.
I am using Jekyll to publish the site, which features a custom theme, called ‘Objectivist,’ which I built for this project. The site incorporates three Adobe Typekit typefaces: Brandon Grotesque is used for headings, FF Meta Serif is used for the body text, and Prenton is used for block quotes. Except where noted, I produced the visual resources on this site using high-resolution scanning equipment.
Grateful acknowledgments to the estates, families, and literary executors of the poets featured on this site who extended permissions and encouraged (or sometimes, merely tolerated) this project: Marilyn Kane (now deceased) and Dan and Barbara Nordby [for Carl and Leah Rakosi]; Linda Oppen [for George and Mary Oppen]; Bob and Susan Arnold, Kori Oberle and Marilee Lee at the Hoard Historical Museum, and Amy Lutzke at the Dwight Foster Public Library [for Lorine Niedecker]; Aaron Kerner of Black Sparrow Books [for Charles Reznikoff]; Daphne Williams Fox [for William Carlos Williams]; John Halliday [for Basil Bunting]; and …