{"id":260,"date":"2019-09-15T15:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T20:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T15:04:06","slug":"25-promotion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/exhibition\/1-conceptualization\/2-research\/3-dialog\/4-inspiration\/5-rewriting\/2-new-ending\/7-alterations\/8-original-version\/9-re-issue\/10-style\/11-fact-checking\/12-production\/13-proofing\/14-choices\/15-back-story\/16-mockup\/17-design\/18-design-2\/19-compromise\/20-discord\/21-supression\/22-contracts\/23-promotion\/24-market\/25-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"25 &#8211; Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Joy Harjo (b. 1951), poet, musician<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>William G. Thompson (1922-2009), agent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>William\nG. Thompson, president of the Briarwood Writers&#8217; Alliance, Inc. of Needham,\nMassachusetts, represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by\nbooking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings,\nand community events. In addition to the poet W. D. Snodgrass, also represented\nin the front case in this exhibition, Briarwood\u2019s clients included Native\nAmerican poet Joy Harjo (Muskoke\/Creek Nation). Publicity stills, flyers, and\ncorrespondence reflect outreach for appearances and performances of Harjo and her\nband, Poetic Justice. Shown with the early publicity is Harjo\u2019s first\nfull-length book of poetry, <em>What Moon\nDrove Me to This?<\/em> This copy, from the library of Ishmael Reed, was\npublished in 1979 by his imprint, I. Reed Books. Harjo was named U.S.\nPoet Laureate in June 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All items from the William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers\u2019 Alliance correspondence and records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Promotional flyer<\/strong> for Poetic Justice, Contact Joy Harjo, Two Red Horses, 1989<\/li><li>Joy Harjo to Bill Thompson, <strong>computer-typed letter<\/strong> signed, January 25, 1989<\/li><li>Harjo, Joy. <em>What Moon Drove Me to This?<\/em> I. Reed Books, 1979. From the library of Ishmael Reed. <strong>Cover art<\/strong> by Joy Harjo<\/li><li><strong>Paste-up<\/strong> for Joy Harjo promotional flyer, Briarwood\nWriters\u2019 Alliance, 1989<\/li><li>Sponsor requirements for\nPoetic Justice, Briarwood Writers\u2019 Alliance, 1989<\/li><li>Bill Thompson to Joy Harjo<strong>, computer-typed letter<\/strong>, January 31, 1989<\/li><li>Norton Book News: \u201cThe\nWoman Who Fell from the Sky by Joy Harjo.\u201d Norton, 1994<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM]<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy Harjo (b. 1951), poet, musician William G. Thompson (1922-2009), agent William G. Thompson, president of the Briarwood Writers&#8217; Alliance, Inc. of Needham, Massachusetts, represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events. In addition to the poet W. D. Snodgrass, also represented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":258,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-exhibition.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/495"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/from-thought-into-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}