Manuscripts

L.A. Woman

Description: Typescript drafts and galleys of L.A. Woman, some with handwritten notes and revisions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1981
Call number: mssBabitz
Creator: Babitz, Eve(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Eve Babitz through Glenn Horowitz Bookseller with support from Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield, November 2021.; gift of Mirandi Babitz, December 2024.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

L.A. Woman

Manuscripts

Typescript drafts of L.A. Woman, some with handwritten notes and revisions.

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Typescript drafts and early versions of Sex and Rage, including some drafts marked "original" and others under the titles "One Too Many" and "If This Diamond Ring Don't Shine." Some drafts include handwritten notes and revisions.

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Articles and stories N-W

Manuscripts

Primarily typescript drafts and photocopy drafts of articles and stories, many of which appeared in magazines or the 2019 collection I Used to Be Charming. Grouped alphabetically with a few titles housed separately in original folders or housing: A New Yorker's Foolproof Guide to L.A., Power Seducts, The Ruscha Rainbow, and Valley High. Many stories in this box document Babitz's 1997 accident and recovery, including The Raymond, Waiting for Songs, and Weathering Heather. Some drafts include notes from publishers and revisions.

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Articles and stories A-M

Manuscripts

Primarily typescript drafts and photocopy drafts of articles and stories, many of which appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, and other publications. Grouped alphabetically with a few titles housed separately in original folders: Gilded Lily, Hair These Days, Inventories, In Praise of Folly, and Maui Wowie. Some drafts include notes from publishers and revisions.

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Sex and Rage

Manuscripts

Typescript drafts and galley proofs of Sex and Rage, some with handwritten notes; and a few related notes from Victoria Wilson, Babitz's editor at Knopf.

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Writings

Manuscripts

Drafts and galleys of Babitz's books Slow Days, Fast Company (1977); Sex and Rage: Advice to Young Ladies Eager for a Good Time (1979); L.A. Woman (1982); Black Swans (1993); and Two By Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night (1999); as well as the unpublished manuscripts for Travel Broadens (1963) and drafts of the unrealized Bonnie and Clyde (2001) and Russia (2001). Articles and stories include drafts of early work for publication in Rolling Stone, Coast magazine and others; and stories later published in the collection I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz (2019). Also includes several screenplays, incomplete drafts, and copies of clippings and publications featuring Babitz's published work.

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