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"Terrorism in the 80's --- We Must Drink the Coffee"
This three-page typescript of Robert Cormier's article "Terrorism" includes pen and pencil markings and the second page is made of two portions of typed pages taped together. Cormier writes from his hotel room of the Tylenol crisis and the distant…
"Terrorism" in Literary Cavalcade
Robert Cormier's essay "Terrorism" for Literary Cavalcade recounts the author's thoughts on terrorism from his St. Paul hotel room as he waits for his breakfast from room service. He talks of the facelessness of terrorism and the doubt that follows…
Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 10
This two-page marked typescript of Chapter 10 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes penciled line edits. Henry is unloading a delivery truck and sees Doris, Mr. Hairston's daughter. He asks her about her falls and she warns Henry to be careful of…
Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 11
This four-page marked typescript of Chapter 11 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes penciled line edits. In the chapter, Mr. Hairston keeps Henry after work to show him a drawing of the monument for his brother, Eddie. Henry admires it but tells…
Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 13
This three-page marked typescript of Chapter 13 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes pencilled line edits. In the chapter, Henry arrives at work and diligently does his chores. He waits for Mr. Hairston to go in the locker to grind meat so he can…
Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 15
This six-page marked typescript includes portions of Chapter 15 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To with penciled line edits. In the chapter, Mr. Hairston presents his proposal to purchase the monument for Eddie's grave, give a raise to Henry, and…
Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 17
This six-page marked typescript of Chapter 17 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes penciled line edits. In the chapter, Mr. Hairston dismisses Henry from work, telling him to destroy Mr. Levine's village that night. If he doesn't, he's fired.…
Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 3
This seven-page marked typescript of Chapter 3 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes penciled line edits. The chapter shows Mr. Hairston's deceptively friendly demeanor to his clientele and his dictatorial behavior during World War II rationing. A…
Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 6
This three-page marked typescript of Chapter 6 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes penciled line edits. Henry and Mr. Hairston talk about purchasing a cemetery monument, which makes Henry hopeful that Mr. Hairston might help him.
Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 7
This seven-page marked typescript of Chapter 7 of Tunes for Bears to Dance To includes penciled line edits. George Graham at the community center suggests that Henry learn wood carving from Jacob Levine. Henry cuts himself during his lesson and Mr.…
Chapter Draft We All Fall Down
This seven-page draft of a section of We All Fall Down includes many pencil edits. The draft opens with the scene at the mall and the remarks on the crowds. Lines about teenagers and older people are crossed out. The piece continues with the Avenger…
Interview on After the First Death
Three pages of typed, and in places, typed-over, text appears to be Robert Cormier constructing interview responses and possibly even questions to which to reply about his audience, topic, research, and writing processes for After the First Death. He…
Revision Notes for We All Fall Down
These notes on the structure of We All Fall Down reveal aspects of Cormier's drafting and revision process. The first page is a handwritten rough outline of major events in the chapters. The second page is a typed list of ten concerns on narrative…
Tags: Drafting, Motive, Outline, Revision, We All Fall Down (novel)
Robert Cormier letter to Justin
In this brief, half-page letter of reply to Justin, Robert Cormier appears to address Justin's questions that may have been posed in his letter to Cormier about Tunes for Bears to Dance To and After the First Death. Cormier relates his purposes in…
Robert Cormier on After the First Death
In this piece, Robert Cormier reflects on the influences at work in After the First Death. He discusses the type of person who could commit a terrorist act, and yet who could still see himself or herself as a hero or a patriot. In such a case,…