DL/A-Z//SONO - [Correspondence with Jonah Raskin of Sonoma State University]

DL/A-Z//SONO

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[Correspondence with Jonah Raskin of Sonoma State University]

1996-2004

13 Letters (typescript and MS)
1 Article
1 Postcards

Sonoma State University
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

15 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Jonah Raskin of Sonoma State University and Doris Lessing.

DL/A-Z//SONO/003 [from Doris Lessing to Jonah Raskin, 16/05/1997]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Mentions the Vietnam War. Discusses her opinions on drugs, that she "admired drugs and drug-taking" but that it was a "mad, bad, sad time". References the Soviet Union.

DL/A-Z//SONO/004 [from Jonah Raskin to Doris Lessing, 21/07/1997]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he is sorry Lessing was distressed by his letter (missing). Implies that in his last letter he asked for the "real" name of "Jack". Mentions Thomas Pycheon and J.D. Salinger, and that "the more the writer tries to live a private life the more the media seems to think they should be outed". Writes that he agrees that "nobody needs to know" Jack's real name.