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Title
Date(s)
- 1955-2019 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
41 boxes (ca. 4.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Elise Levine is a writer and educator, and has worked as a managing editor, freelance copy editor, and production editor. Levine was born in Toronto. She received a diploma for Book and Magazine Publishing from Centennial College in 1988, a BA in English Literature from the University of Toronto in 1989, and an MFA in Writing Program – Fiction, from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Grain, The Gettysburg Review, The Antigonish Review, and Best Canadian Stories. Levine has worked at John Hopkins University as the Director of the MA in Writing Program. She has also worked as a Lecturer at Chatham University’s low-residency MFA program, and an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Dickinson College, amongst other educational roles. Levine has presented at several conferences and participated as a panelist, including the Baltimore Writers Conference and the CityLit Stage at the Baltimore Book Festival in 2019.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Elise Levine, 2019
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection documents Levine’s writing process for several publications, poems, and short stories. This includes drafts, edited manuscripts, and handwritten notes. Collection also contains personal and professional correspondence, educational records, documents from promotional events, familial records, and teaching materials. Additionally, the collection contains publications of Levine’s work.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some restrictions on access.
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-form