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Dee Richardson's article "A High School Senior Meets Robert Cormier"
Richardson recounts a student's journal entries on The Chocolate War as he worked on a paper on censorship of Cormier's work. The article includes portions of Paul's letter to Cormier and Cormier's complete response. Richardson closes on the…
Gloria's letter and poem to Robert Cormier 3 March 1988
Gloria introduces her poem to Cormier and shares her aspiration to be a professional writer. Included is a poem she wrote based on I Am the Cheese.
Janet Mitzner's letter to Robert Cormier 3 February 1978
Janet, a doctoral candidate, writes Cormier with a number of questions about I Am the Cheese. One question is about the reference to "The Farmer in the Dell." Janet also proposes several questions regarding potential plot holes in the Farmer family's…
Rough typescript on father's death
Cormier describes being driven to write by strong feelings.
Freewrite on a writer's connection to characters
A rough typescript of Robert Cormier's speech on living through his characters.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Sheila 28 May 1983
Cormier speaks to his motives for writing and its basis in emotion.
Assorted drafts on Robert Cormier's childhood PART II
In these drafts, Robert Cormier mines his memories of childhood to articulate the inspirations for his dark books.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Fabio Coen DRAFT
Robert Cormier thanks Fabio Coen for his comments and describes the revisions he made to The Chocolate War.
Robert Cormier's drafts of his chapter on censorship
Assorted draft pages of Cormier's chapter on censorship later included in his essay "A Book Is Not a House: The Human Side of Censorship."
Letter from Robert Cormier to Joseph Sepesy 5 December 1988
Cormier describes how Jerry was his most significant challenge in writing Beyond the Chocolate War. He also talks about his tentative work on a potential third novel.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Deborah Fones 14 December 1986
This incomplete document includes Cormier's explanation for why a writer cannot consider a reader's response while writing because it risks producing bland work.
Assorted drafts on Robert Cormier's childhood PART III
Cormier describes the difference between St. Celicia's Parochial School and the public May A. Gallagher Junior High School. He mentions the novelty of racial diversity and his crush on Jean Spettigue. He also talks about his passion for music and…
Emotion in writing typescript
Cormier writes about how different emotional revelations drove him to write The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, and Fade and how crucial emotion is to the success of his writing.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Gary Sanderson 28 May 1999
Cormier describes his use of similes and metaphors and the effect fictionalization has on his real-life sources of inspiration.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Gloria 4 April 1988
Cormier shares brief feedback on Gloria's I Am the Cheese poem.