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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Renée Gregorio papers
Creator:
Gregorio, Renée, 1955-
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2023/208
Physical Description:
27.5 linear feet
(21 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1971-2022
Abstract: The Renée Gregorio papers document the life and work of a contemporary New Mexico poet. The papers include Gregorio's personal
and professional correspondence, journals, personal and professional papers, clippings, manuscript and draft materials, ephemera,
and published books and periodicals.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Renée Gregorio papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Renée Gregorio in 2022.
Arranged to the file level.
Renée Gregorio is an American poet associated with New Mexican literature.
Renée Claire Gregorio was born on June 25, 1955, grew up in the Boston suburb Wakefield, MA, attended the University of Maine,
and earned a Master's degree in creative writing from Antioch University, London.
Gregorio moved to New Mexico in 1985 and became a part of the local art and literary community, in part through work with
the literary organization Society of the Muse of the Southwest (SOMOS), and work in the Taos Book Shop. Gregorio organized
readings for SOMOS's Taos Poetry Circus literary festival, performed in the poetry-jazz ensemble The Luminous Animal, and
became a founding editor of The Taos Review, first published in 1989.
Gregorio is a co-founder of the publishing collective Tres Chicas Books, along with fellow New Mexico poets Miriam Sagan and
John Logghe.
Gregorio's many published chapbooks, collections, and collaborations include The Skins of Possible Lives (1996), The Storm
That Tames Us (1999), Water Shed: Aikido Tanka (2005), and Snow Falling on Snow (2015). With her husband, the poet and painter
John Brandi, Gregorio has traveled extensively and published writings inspired by these travels, including Unmaking the Fire:
Bali Journals (2000) and Pa 'Siempre: Cuba Poems (2016).
In addition to her poetry publications, Gregorio is a teacher, editor, practitioner of the martial art aikido, and a master
somatic coach. Gregorio lives in El Rito, New Mexico.
[Identification of item], The Renée Gregorio papers, BANC MSS 2023/208, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2023 as part of a Mellon Foundation-funded grant to process archival collections relating
to 20th-century women poets. Processed at Level 4. Collections processed at Level 4 are provided with a collection level description
and a mixed-level (mostly file-level) container listing.
John Brandi Papers, 1964-2013 (BANC MSS 2009/112).
The Renée Gregorio papers include journals, correspondence, poetry and prose writings, personal papers, and materials related
to Gregorio's various literary endeavors, including publishing, editing, and teaching, along with her studies of somatics
and the Japanese martial art aikido. The collection has been divided into seven series: Journals, Correspondence, Writings,
Professional Papers, Personal Papers, Artist and Writer Files, and Printed Books and Periodicals.
The bulk of the collection documents Gregorio's personal and professional life, and literary and artistic life, in New Mexico
beginning with her arrival there in 1985.
Gregorio's correspondence includes many prominent poets associated with New Mexico, including Joy Harjo, Arthur Sze, Peggy
Pond Church, Joan Logghe, Miriam Sagan, Anne McNaughton, and Peter Rabbit, as well as internationally known poets including
Andrei Codrescu, Mikhail Horowitz, Joanne Kyger, and Ted Hughes. The collection also includes significant materials related
to the late artist and poet Bill Gersh, a former partner of Gregorio, and works by and correspondence with Gregorio's husband,
the artist and poet John Brandi.
Writings include general notes, manuscripts for published poetry collections, contributions to periodicals, and audiovisual
recordings of poetry readings. The collection also includes papers related to the publishing collective Tres Chicas Books,
co-founded by Gregorio, Joan Logghe, and Miriam Sagan.
Accompanying Gregorio's papers are printed books and periodicals by or related to Gregorio. This series includes published
chapbooks and collections by Gregorio, anthologies, periodicals, and collaborations by Gregorio, issues of The Taos Review
with Gregorio as editor, books published by Tres Chicas, and books and anthologies without contributions by Gregorio, mostly
related to New Mexico art and poetry.
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of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gregorio, Renée, 1955-Archives
American poetry -- 20th century
Poets, American
Women poets, American.
Women poets, American -- 20th century
New Mexico