Three typed letters, one 2 pages, others 1 page each. On New Directions letterhead.

The earliest letter (4/1/1968) from James Laughlin to Corso in Woodstock, NY encouraging him to further writing and noting that a royalty check is enclosed for sales in 1967 ($902.81). The second letter (2/1/1978) from Frederick Martin to Corso care of City Lights in San Francisco, again encouraging him to write and mentioning a meeting with Allen Ginsberg. This letter with a holograph note of encouragement from Ginsberg. The final letter (7/28/1978) from Laughlin to Corso care of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, offering both encouragement and criticism. Provenance: From the collection of Nathan May, editor of Beatitude Magazine, #32.