Cindy Ryal's letter to Robert Cormier
Cindy Ryal's letter to Robert Cormier faded and word-processed, dated 12 May 1989 (and it shares most of its text with a letter to Cormier by Kristy). Cindy asks about <em>After the First Death</em>'s characters and plot twists. She ends the letter saying her mother read it with her and together they enjoyed the heart-pounding suspense of the book.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
12 May 1989
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
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JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Maura Fabrice's letter to Robert Cormier
Maura Fabrice from Thornton, Pennsylvania, wrote a two-page typed fan letter on 3 Oct. 1997, addressed to Robert Cormier at Dell Publishers. She tells him that she is a high school student and has just read her first book by him, <em>We All Fall Down</em>. She is intrigued by the combination of romance and suspense that Cormier creates.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
3 October 1997
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
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JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Rebecca D. Pace's letter to Robert Cormier
Rebecca D. Pace, a seventh-grade student, wrote a typed two-page letter to Robert Cormier dated 12 March 1991. She talks about what a gripping and surprising novel <em>We All Fall Down</em> was. She openly admired Kate and specifically noted that Miro got away free. She notes that it was different for the hero to die and the villain to get away. It appears to be a fan letter and not connected to a school project.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
12 March 1991
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/103" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Robert Cormier's draft response to Rebecca Pace</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Interview on <em>After the First Death</em>
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 <em>After the First Death</em>. He sympathizes with adolescents as he viewed that phase of life as "lacerating" and challenging. He shares how he conducted what research he could on a terroristic act and he explains how his characters unfold themselves to him through diligence and his telling of their truths.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
JPG, 8.5 x 11 onion skin paper
English
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Robert Cormier's response to Khaled Khalaf
In his 22 March 1998 response to Khaled Khalaf's letter, Robert Cormier shares where he got ideas for characters in his book <em>Tunes for Bears to Dance To</em>.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
22 March 1998
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
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JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Robert Cormier's response to Maura Fabrice
In his letter to Maura Fabrice, Robert Cormier talks about using The Avenger character in <em>We All Fall Down</em> as a suspense device. He also talks about Buddy and Jane, the inevitability of the last scene, and how "heartbreaking" it was for him to write. He encouraged her to keep reading.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
27 October 1997
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/90" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Maura Fabrice's letter to Robert Cormier</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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