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In these drafts, Robert Cormier mines his memories of childhood to articulate the inspirations for his dark books.

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…

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…

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.

A rough typescript of Robert Cormier's speech on living through his characters.

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, 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…

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.

Robert Cormier thanks Fabio Coen for his comments and describes the revisions he made to The Chocolate War.

Cormier describes his use of similes and metaphors and the effect fictionalization has on his real-life sources of inspiration.

Cormier shares brief feedback on Gloria's I Am the Cheese poem.

Cormier writes about his allusion to The Wizard of Oz in I Am the Cheese as well as the homosexual references in the novel.

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.

Cormier speaks to his motives for writing and its basis in emotion.

Action shot of Robert Cormier at his typewriter.
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