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Description: Clippings of Babitz's work, as well as book reviews and some biographical articles about her. Included are copies of Babitz's first published article, The Sheik, for Rolling Stone in 1972; Jim Morrison is Dead and Living in Hollywood, and I Was A Naked Pawn for Chess, both for Esquire in 1991; and several issues of The Flyer, an editorial supplement to Rolling Stone covering Southern California.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1972-1992
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.

Screenplays

Manuscripts

Typescript and photocopy drafts of Dead Giveaway, The Flute, Green Hotel, Lovers and Dangers, Models, and Naked Chess. There are three untitled screenplays: one about Art and Laurie Pepper, another about Babitz's Hollywood childhood, and the last featuring characters Marie and Gina.

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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L.A. Woman (1982); Black Swans (1993); and Two By Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night (1999); as well as the unpublished manuscripts for Travel Broadens (1963) and drafts of the unrealized Bonnie and Clyde (2001) and Russia (2001).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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Correspondence - friends incoming

Manuscripts

Primarily incoming correspondence from Babitz's friends, admirers, and publishing contacts, including Larry Bell, Joseph Cornell (12 items including envelopes and inserts, plus photocopies), Jean Francois Dalle, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion, Peter Eden, "F" (unidentified), Paul Glass, Joseph Heller (6 items including envelopes, plus photocopies), Seymour Lawrence, Erica Spellman (ICM), Leah Spinrad, Paul Ruscha, Dan Wakefield, Victoria Wilson (Knopf), and Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone). There is back and forth correspondence in a few instances. Also included is a folder of other publishing-related correspondence, and get-well faxes and letters Babitz received after her 1997 accident.

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Publications

Manuscripts

Clippings of Babitz's writing for Coast magazine, Vogue, and others; issues of a KPFK program featuring her artwork; and two copies of Manifesto LAX, which featured contributions from Ronee Blakley, Ron Cooper, Carrie Fisher, Steve Martin, Terry Melcher, Ed Ruscha, and others. There are also other collected publications which may have served as research material or another purpose.

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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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Unpublished and unrealized manuscripts

Manuscripts

Manuscript draft of the unpublished Travel Broadens (1963), based on Babitz's experiences in Europe, and typescript drafts of the unrealized Russia (1996-2001) and Bonnie and Clyde (2001).

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