Willard, Nancy (Nancy Margaret) (1936-06-26-2017-02-19)

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The flat parts of this egg has photographs of Amy Hempel, and the curved part showcases the cover image and title of Amy Hempel's story collection "At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom." Signed by Amy Hempel.

Scope and Contents One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg features an image of Carol Frost. This egg is themed around Carol Frost's poem "To Kill a Deer." An drawing of a deer is pasted over a green and orange painted background. The objects glued to the egg include a small wooden bow (reading "'To Kill a Deer'") a strip of leather (reading "bone, head tilted on its axis of a neck"), and a wishbone. Elsewhere on the egg it reads "'part of the woods a woman with a doe's ears'" and...

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Approximately 30 wooden eggs signed by Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (BLWC) faculty and painted and decorated by BLWC faculty member, Nancy Willard.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg is painted black, but features a collage of very tiny newspaper clippings. There are photographs of David Huddle, an image of a soldier labeled with "Vietnam" (in which Huddle served as a member of the U.S. Army) as well as the cover image and title for Huddle's collection of stories "Only the Little Bone." Signed by David Huddle.

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One hand-painted and decorated egg by Nancy Willard, 1989. The egg features small cuttouts of books by Donald Hall, including: Ox-Cart Man, String too Short to Be Saved, and The Man Who Lived Alone. Glued to the top of the egg is a small baseball glove with a baseball resting in the palm, and glued to the side of the egg is a small baseball bat reading "Terry Pendleton." There is a small white string wound around the egg. Signed by Donald Hall, and enscribed "for Nancy."

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, 1988. Includes a checkerboard of sheet music, and a watercolor-esque painting of a pond at sunset, overlaid by the opening stanza of "Villanelle at Sundown" by Donald Justice. Signed by Donald Justice.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. Presumably unfinished, the egg is painted white and features a black-and-white headshot of Ellen Bryant Voigt. Signed by Ellen Bryant Voigt.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, 1988. Includes three small golden stars; seven minature book covers, including two books by Anton Chekhov and The Collected Short Stories of Isaac Babel; and a simplistic black and white sketch of Francine Prose. Signed by Francine Prose.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, 1987. The egg is mostly painted silver, and reads "BREADLOAF / Nancy + Hilma Golden Hours" surrounded by a frame of small golden stars. On the reverse, there is a small silver charm depicting a city skyline and reading "N.Y. WORLD'S FAIR."

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One hand-decorated wooden egg, likely entirely by Hilma Wolitzer, 1987. The egg reads "Dearest James - Happy Easter and every other day," "This is your lucky omulet [sic]," and "Good Luck! Break an egg!" and has doodle drawings of flowers, vines, and a person in an egg shell. Signed "Love, Hilma" by Hilma Wolitzer.

Scope and Contents One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg has a black background with several text clippings of how Howard Nemerov viewed his relationship with fame. There is also the last stanza of Nemerov's poem "The Makers" handwritten on the egg, as well as a photograph of the poet. There are several small charms afixed to the egg, including: the St Louis arch, an airplane, a football, a square washer, and an acorn with the Star of David drawn on its body. Signed by Howard...

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One hand-painted and decorated egg by Nancy Willard. Features a collage of stamps, bookcovers, an image of a church, and newspaper clippings of quotes by Jay Parini. Glued to the top is a small silver charm of a cross. Signed by Jay Parini, and enscribed "For James, In friendship."

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg (presumably unfinished) is painted white and has two small photographs of Jim Shepard. Signed by Jim Shepard.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg is painted black, and features many small nativity-related figurines with quotations clipped from John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany around them. The egg hinges open, and on the left side there is a small replication of the front and back covers of John Irving's The Cider House Rules. On the right side, there is a picture of John Irving standing outdoors. The egg is signed by John Irving.

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One hand-painted and decorated egg by Nancy Willard. The egg is painted black, and each of its three flat sides has a photograph of a person, including one photograph of Joyce Johnson. Signed by Joyce Johnson.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg features bright, bold, and colorful patterns; a photograph of Judith Ortiz Cofer; and an illustration of a girl holding a village between her arms. Signed by Judith Ortiz Cofer.

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One wooden egg, 1987. The egg is a natural wood color, and has been signed and enscribed by Linda Pastan. It reads "In this kingdom the sun never sets ...," quoting the first two lines of the poem "Egg" by Linda Pastan.

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One hand-painted and decorated egg by Nancy Willard, 1988. Mostly dark blue with gold stars afixed. Pictures include a pair of naked people, and a woman wearing a toga sitting in chair holding gold threads in her hands. Egg signed by Linda Pastan.

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One hand-decorated egg by Nancy Willard. Features doodles and drawings of people, flowers, and dogs. Enscribed "For James Here's love from Mitzi and Jacob and Trudy and Me" by Lore Segal.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, June 1989. Red, yellow, and orange puffy paint looks like fire with five small silver faces, three small brown plates, and one small picture of Bell engulfed. Includes text quotation from "Drawn by Stones, by Earth, by Things that Have Been in the Fire" (Bell 1884). Signed by Marvin Bell, "with love for Nancy and family from Marvin Bell."

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Approximately 30 wooden eggs signed by Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (BLWC) faculty and painted and decorated by BLWC faculty member, Nancy Willard.

Scope and Contents One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg is painted red and has small black music notes painted and small plastic jewels glued throughout. Pictures pasted to the egg include a photograph of Nicholas Delbanco surrounded by a golden frame, the University of Michigan logo, a portait of physician Benjamin Thompson (a.k.a. Count Rumford. This portrait was used as the cover image for Delbanco's "The Count of Concord," 2008), and a printed invitation to "a reception for...

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One hand-painted and decorated egg by Nancy Willard. The egg is mainly white (presumably unfininished) and features a black-and-white photograph of Paul Mariani, outlined with a blue frame. Signed by Paul Mariani.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, 1988. The egg is covered in a map of Detroit (hometown of Philip Levine), with a few newspaper clippings about Detroit and working in the auto-industry, and one black-and-white image of the poet. A silver charm depicting a male angel with arms overhead has been glued to the side of the egg. Presumably, another charm has fallen off the top (reminints of glue). Signed by Philip Levine.

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One painted wooden egg by Nancy Willard. Plain white, signed by Rick Jackson.

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One hand-painted and decorated egg by Nancy Willard, 1989. The egg is painted with dark blue, yellow, and orange streaks, with numerous gold stars placed on top. In the middle is a small black octopus figurine, holding one of the gold stars. Signed by Robert "Bob" Pack. In 1990, Pack published a children's book titled "The Octopus Who Wanted to Juggle," illustrated by Nancy Willard.

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard. The egg features a small printed cover of Ron Hansen's "Mariette in Ecstacy" (1991), and related images and drawings. A small beaded rosary charm is glued to the egg. Signed by Ron Hansen and enscribed "sis boom bah!"

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One hand-decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, August 1989. Includes paper strips picturing rural town houses, a microphone charm, and a photograph of Ron Powers. Signed by Ron Powers.

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One wooden egg by Nancy Willard. Hand-painted and decorated with various Seasame Street characters, clippings, and book covers, as well as one black and white image of Ron Powers. Plastic statue of Big Bird (in a hat with a teddy bear) reading a book in his nest is attached to the top of the egg. Signed by Ron Powers: "To Nancy, my eggs-istential friends! Ron Powers."

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One hand-painted and decorated wooden egg by Nancy Willard, August 1989. Includes clippings from Rosellen Brown's writings, an excerpt from in interview in which Brown promises that Dan Quayle will not like her eigth book "Before and After," as well as two black and white images of the author. Signed by Rosellen Brown.