{"id":1541,"date":"2012-02-29T12:16:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2013-12-13T13:29:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:29:51","slug":"hall-to-mcnair-february-27-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/hall-to-mcnair-february-27-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall to McNair: February 27, 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background: white; float: left;\"><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"Letter from Hall to McNair, February 27, 1980.  Colby College Special Collections.\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/01\/Hall-McNair-19800227-001-colby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid gray; background: white;\" alt=\"Hall-to-McNair-02-27-1980\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/01\/Hall-McNair-19800227-001-colby.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"href=\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none; background: white; display: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"alt=\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">[Click image to view]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: white; padding-left: 30px;\">27 February 1980<\/p>\n<p>Wes McNair<br \/>\nBox 43<br \/>\nNorth Sutton, NH 03260<\/p>\n<p>Dear Wes,<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the manuscripts, and the letter. I think<br \/>\nthat Old Trees is just marvelous. Very very beautiful, and<br \/>\nthe rhythm in the new lineation is just wonderful. \u2026And I<br \/>\nbelieve that this one has been published before, has it not?<br \/>\nI think you would mentioned it [sic], if it had not been. If it has<br \/>\nnot been, please let me know right away. (Well, please let<br \/>\nme know anyway, because I think I will hold up on sending out<br \/>\nthe three available poems until I heard from you about this<br \/>\none for sure.)<\/p>\n<p>Delighted to have The Thin Man for Harvard Magazine.<br \/>\nIt will take a while before it comes out, I am afraid.<\/p>\n<p>Agents get ten per cent, and Joey is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck with the contests \u2013 and expect nothing! I talked<br \/>\nto Fran yesterday, and she has not yet settled on a new publishing<br \/>\nhouse, but I expect that she will soon.<\/p>\n<p>Fine about having sent \u201cHair on Television\u201d to the APR.<br \/>\nLet me know what happens, either way.<\/p>\n<p>Best as ever,<\/p>\n<p>Don<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1541\" data-postid=\"1541\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1541 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Click image to view] 27 February 1980 Wes McNair Box 43 North Sutton, NH 03260 Dear Wes, Thanks for the manuscripts, and the letter. I think that Old Trees is just marvelous. Very very beautiful, and the rhythm in the new lineation is just wonderful. \u2026And I believe that this one has been published before, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35324,596,42965,35504,42973],"tags":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10938,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions\/10938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}