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Pierre, I didn’t realise poets were actually paid to deposit their materials in archives. Is that only the case for established, well-known poets, whose work is considered “significant"? --------------------Original Message----------------------- Pierre Joris wrote: I did sell my archives to a University Library for 2 reasons: 1) my son was going to college & I needed to raise money for his tuition. (That is one of the core reasons many poets wind up selling their archives: it brings in more money than their poetry ever did, & can be a useful little retirement nest-egg.) 2) That way all those dusty boxes are out of the house & well-organized — so should I ever want to locate something (which I doubt) I could actually do so. Pierre