Bennington – Amy Hempel reading list

Manuscript – Bennington – Sections for novel version of A Complete Gentleman.  Annotated by Amy Hempel.

Manuscript – Bennington – January 1996 residency workshop – “This Way Is Over.”  (Rewrite of “Monthly Payments.”) Short story.  Typed, pgs 1-17.  Annotated by Amy Hempel.

Manuscript – Bennington – “Renters.”  Short story. Typed, pgs 1-18. Annotated by Amy Hempel. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Literary magazine rejection slips for various short stories

Chelsea #59 featuring “A Complete Gentleman.”

Bennington – The BennZine Vortex – Volume IV, Issue II

Bennington – Handdrawn posters for January 1996 residency student readings

Bennington – The BennZine Vortex – Volume IV, Issue I

Manuscript – Bennington – “My Literary Apprenticeship.” Essay. Typed, pgs 1-20. Annotated by Amy Hempel.

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World by Donald Antrim.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Typical by Padgett Powell.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Ice at the Bottom of the World by Mark Richard.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “An Amateur’s Guide to Night by Mary Robison.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – On Sharon Olds’s poetry.

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Orbit from The Spectacle of the Body by Noy Holland.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – On Steps by Jerzy Kosinski, Speedboat by Renata Adler, and Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick.

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ray by Barry Hannah.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “My Hard Bargain by Walter Kirn.”

Manuscript – June 1996 Workshop.  “Renters.”  Short story. Typed, pgs 1-15. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Manuscript – June 1996 Workshop.  “Renters.”  Short story.  Typed, pgs 1-15.  Annotated by Maria Flook. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Bennington – The Far Side of the Vortex. – Summer 1996. Vol I, Issue I

Manuscript – Bennington – “Signaling.”  (Rewrite of “Renters.”) Short story.  Typed, pgs 1-16. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Bennington – JDC letter to 1997 graduates re Bennington bookmark; incl finished bookmark.

Bennington – June 1996 residency schedule

Bennington – June 1996 residency welcome packet

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Stardust, 7-Eleven, Route 57, A&W, And So Forth by Patricia Lear.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons.”

Bennington – The BennZine Vortex. June 1996

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Into the Great Wide Open by Kevin Canty.”

Manuscript – Bennington – “Lights, Camera, Darkness.” (Later titles: “Screen Test” + “This, Too Stars You”) Short story. Typed, pgs 1-13. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Andrew Turnball.”

Letter dated October 22, 1996 from the Mississippi Review accepting “We’re So Famous” for publication. (+)

Manuscript – Bennington –  “Ex-Urbana.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-17. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Rock Springs by Richard Ford.”

Stoneboy Press logo in various sizes and colors

Manuscript – Bennington – “What You’ll Find When the Tide Comes In.”  Short story. Typed, pgs 1-21. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Manuscript – Bennington – “We’re So Famous.”  Short story.  Typed, pgs 1-7. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

October 24, 1996 contract with the Mississippi Review for the publication of “We’re So Famous”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Morvern Callar by Alan Warner.”

Bennington – Flyer for The Bennington Writing Seminars

Self-published chapbook with hyper color cover under the imprint Stoneboy Press featuring two short stories:  “We’re So Famous” and “LoveStory.”

October 31, 1996 letter from the Mississippi Review with page proofs for “We’re So Famous”

Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, edited by JDC.

Manuscript – Bennington – JDC Graduate Lecture. w/letter from Bret Easton Ellis.

Bennington – Final thesis (Standard Deviation) review by Betsy Cox

Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, edited by BEE.

Bennington – Final thesis (Standard Deviation) second review by Bob Shacochis

The Mississippi Review, Volume 15, Nos 1-2, the 1996 Prize Issue, selected by Mary Robison, featuring “We’re So Famous.”

Postcard announcements for “We’re So Famous,” published in the 1996 prize issue of the Mississippi Review.

Manuscript – Bennington – JDC Graduate Lecture. Annotated by Amy Hempel.

Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, conducted in NYC in November 1996. Two microcassette tapes and transcript of interview.

Bennington – The Far Side of the Vortex – Winter 1996, Vol 1, Issue 2

Draft of “Sleeping Around, or The Education of a New Yorker” by JDC for The Far Side of the Vortex

AGNI New Writers Series II flyer (+)

Draft of “A Brunch in Queens” by M. Not Fitzgerald (JDC) for The Far Side of the Vortex

Pushcart nomination by Maria Flook for “A Complete Gentleman” and “We’re So Famous”

Bennington – January 1997 residency schedule and welcome packet

Correspondence – Amy Hempel

Bennington – The Far Side of the Vortex. Winter 1997. Volume 2, Issue 3, featuring “A Brunch in Queens” by M. Not Fitzgerald (JDC), and “Sleeping Around, or The Education of a New Yorker” by JDC

Correspondence – Douglas Bauer

Correspondence – Maria Flook

Correspondence – Frederick Barthelme

Bennington – Student responses go JDC graduate lecture

Rejections from various literary magazines for various short stories

Bennington – January 1997 graduation information; incl announcements.

Correspondence – Charles Bock

Bennington – Supplemental handout for JDC graduate lecture titled “Afternoon with an Author.” Typed, pgs 1- 24.

Manuscript – Bennington – Final version of JDC graduate lecture. Typed, pgs 1-16.

Correspondence – Pete Hausler (+)

Letter from Bill Clegg at The Robbins Office re literary representation

Proposed table of contents for A Complete Gentleman (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)

Manuscript – A Complete Gentleman. Novel.  First draft.  Typed, pgs 1-136.  Annotated by Bret Easton Ellis. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)

Manuscript – A Complete Gentleman.  Novel.  Second draft.  Typed, pgs 1-126.  Annotated by Bret Easton Ellis. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)

Manuscript – “Wagering.” Short Story. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Grave rubbings from road trip to Rockville, MD with Heather Fisher to visit graves of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald (1) (2) (3)