CHICAGO REVIEW

Reynolds Club
The University of Chicago
Chicago 37, Illinois

Nov. 24, 1957

Dr. William Carlos Williams
9 Ridge Road
Rutherford, N.J.

Dear Dr. Williams:

Thanks very much for "The Farmers' Daughters";
it was a story written with such delicate hands
that the characters in it approached being let to
live--that transcendence. And I'm generally
turned away by even a semi-rustic setting, (this is
just an irrational reaction), and I wasn't by
your story, which made me think that there was
more taste in my old prejudice than I thought, and
that it takes XXXXXXXXXXXX a superb artist like your-
self to give it the lie.

If by chance you have another story finished or
in process, you would do a magazine which I think
you know a great honor by submitting it to us for
publication.

P.S. We are just in the process of initiating a
token payment to contributors--it will be some-
thing around a 1/2¢ a word.

CHICAGO REVIEW

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
CHICAGO 37, ILLINOIS

December 30, 1958

Dr. William Carlos Williams
9 Ridge Road
Rutherford, New Jersey

Dear Dr. Williams:

Thanks very much for the poems. We are
accepting Bird and Fruit, but would like to take you up on
your offer to amend this group with more poems. The larger
the selection, the greater our range of choice and the better
will be our poetry section in the Spring Issue.

March 1st will be the publication date.

Please send a biographical note and an
accounting of recent publications.

We look forward to receiving more mss.