By B. H. Friedman, 1940s-2010
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Manuscripts and Drafts
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"Almost a Profile", circa 1980s
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"Ampersand", circa 2007
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Appreciation of Property, circa 1985-circa 2000s
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"Art World Details: Journal Excerpts, 1952-1992", circa 1992-2000s
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"An Award", circa 1985-2000s
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Beauty Business: A Farce in Two Acts , circa 1987-circa 1991
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Between the Flags
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"Blind Date", circa 1985-circa 2000s
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Book Reviews, 1960s-1990s
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Case History: A Play in Two Acts, circa 1990s
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Circles , circa 1962
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The Critic: A Play in Two Acts inspired by Moliere's 'The Misanthrope'
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Criticism, circa 1962-circa 1970s
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"Criticism, Volume I", 1965-1968
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"Criticism, Volume II", 1965-1968
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"Diptych, Part One: Almost a Profile", circa 1950s
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"Diptych: Who's Who", circa 1950s
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Early Writings, "Let's Have a Wonderful Time", circa 1940s-circa 1950s
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Early Writings, Poems, circa 1940s-circa 1950s
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Early Writings, Poems and Short Stories, circa 1940s-circa 1950s
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Early Writings, Short Stories, circa 1940s-circa 1950s
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"An Education at Paradise Point", 1982-1983
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"Eros and Psyche" (another version is titled Sex and Character ), 2000
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Everyone's Afraid of Thomas Wolfe
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"Flora's Two-Part Invention" (also called "Two Part Invention"), 2008
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"Fragments of an Occupational Autobiography, circa 1957-circa 1973
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"Happy Birthday, Dear Norman, Happy Birthday to Me: A Retrospective of the Party", circa 1973
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Heart of a Boy: A Play in Two Acts , circa 1993
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Heart of a Boy: A Screenplay , circa 1996
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"Honeymoon", circa 1950s
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"Hope's Story", circa 1985-circa 2000s
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In Search of Luigi Pirandello: A Play inTwo Acts (another version is titled My Small Self: A Play in 10 Scenes , circa 1986
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"It's Only Money", circa 1968-circa 1973
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"Journal of an Anonymous Businessman"
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"The Kleptomaniac," revised (other versions are titled My Case Rests and "Things"), 1988
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"Lanes", circa 1985-circa 2000s
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"The Making of a Writer", circa 1975-circa 1984
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Married Moments Synopsis, circa 2005
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Married Moments , 2006
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"The Message in the Bottle: Objects in Bottles, Mostly American, Religious and Turn-of-the-Century" with illustrations
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"A Mini-Vacation to a Mini-Paradise", 2010
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"Mushrooms", circa 1962
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"Mushrooms: A Field Guide to the Harvard Drug Scandal", circa 1963
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My Case Rests (other versions titled The Kelptomaniac and "Things"), circa 2004
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My Small Self: A Play in Ten Scenes (another version is titled In Search of Luigi Pirandello: A Play in Two Acts ), circa 1997-circa 1999
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Notebooks, circa 1940s-circa 1950s
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Notes and Fragments, undated, 1986-1988
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Open End
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"The Ossorio Collection", circa 1967
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"Parkhurst Tower", circa 1980s-circa 2000s
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"Past Imperfect", circa 1985-circa 2000s
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Planning a Trip: A One Act Play , circa 1995
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Poems, circa 1950s-circa 2000s
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"Pop Goes the Dandy", circa 1978
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"The Price for a Piece of Paradise", circa 1968
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"Raw Art", circa 1990s
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"Rendering of an Architect", circa 1961-circa 1973
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"Scenes Arranged by Hope and Chance"
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Sex and Character - Novel (other versions titled Eros and Psyche , circa 2000-circa 2005
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Sex and Character - Play with comments by Alan Wynroth, director (another version is titled Eros and Psyche ), circa 2000s
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Short Stories, circa 1940s-circa 2000s
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Short Stories List, circa 1940s-circa 1980s
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"The Sleeping Pill", circa 1953
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"Small Strokes", circa 1958-circa 1973
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Student Writings, Cornell University, circa 1943-circa 1948
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Swindle Sweetly: A Musical Farce , circa 1993
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"Tattoo", 1960s
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"Things" Short Story Collection (other versions titled The Kleptomaniac and My Case Rests ), circa 1970-circa 2000s
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"Things" Story Version (other versiosns titled The Kleptomaniac and My Case Rests ), circa 1980s-circa 2000s
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"Two-Part Invention" (also titled "Flora's Two-Part Invention"), circa 2008
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[Untitled (superseded by "When Everyone Hated the Jews")], circa 1993-circa 2000s
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"Virginal Triptych", circa 1960s-circa 1980s
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Weininger Essay, "A Touch of the Genius", 1946-circa 2000s
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"When Everyone Hated the Jews", circa 1993-circa 2000s
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Whispers - Novel, circa 1959-circa 1973
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Whispers - Play Adaptation by Alan Wynroth, circa 1973
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"Who's Who" (another version is titled Diptych: Who's Who ), circa 1953-circa 1970s
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Yarborough , circa 1962
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Published Versions
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Articles, Reviews, Letters to the Editor, 1940s-2000s
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Books, Almost a Life , Viking Press,Inc., New York, 1975
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Books, Between the Flags: Uncollected Stories,1948-1990 , Fiction Collective Two, Boulder, CO, Normal, IL, Brooklyn, NY, 1990
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Books, Circles , Fleet Publishing Corporation, New York, 1962
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Books, Coming Close: A Novella and Three Stories as Alternative Autobiographies , Fiction Collective, New York, 1982
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Books, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Flora Miller Irving, research collaborator), Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York, 1978
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Books, Jackson Pollock: Energy Made Visible , Da Capo Press, New York, 1995
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Books, Museum , Fiction Collective, New York, 1974
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Books, Swimming Laps: Stories and Meditations , Edgewise, New York, 1999
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Books, Tripping: A Memoir , Provincetown Arts Press, Provincetown, MA, 2006
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Books, Whispers , Ithaca House, Ithaca, NY, 1979
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Plays, Heart of a Boy , 1994
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Plays, My Case Rests , 2009
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Poems, Provincetown Poets , volume 1, number 2, 1975
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Short Stories, Miscellaneous (photocopies), circa 1970s-1980
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Lectures and Panel Discussions
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B. H. Friedman and John Ash introduced by Jull Hoffmann, 1987 November 13
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"The Museum as Art Dealer," a Discussion about the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its Policy of Selling from the Collection, 1973 January 22
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P.M. East , "Buildings in New York", 1961 September 6
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"Pollock and Krasner," Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center 1989 Summer Lecture Series, 1989 July 30
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By Other Authors, circa 1950s-circa 1990s
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Cage, John. "James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: an Alphabet", 1982
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Henry, W. B. The Smallest Sound , Screenplay; B. H. Friedman Script Editor, 1966
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Schueler, Jon. "Fourty (sic)-Five Paintings", circa 1950s-circa 1970s
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Schueler, Jon. "Magda/Death and the Margaret Ann/Magda and the Margaret Ann/the Sound of Sleat", 1970
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Schueler, Jon. "The Woman in the Sky," Excerpts (1958-1977), circa 1990s
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