Typewritten notes from an interview with Shirley Verrett

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A 13-page document consisting of notes from an interview with opera singer Shirley Verrett, written by Lisa Hoffman. This manuscript features black typewritten text throughout and is a first-person narration of the interview of Shirley Verrett and her husband Louis Lo Monaco, at their home on Riverside Drive, New York City. On pages 1 through 4 (a-d) recount Shirley Verrett’s upbringing, with a small beginning commentary by Verrett about her and her husband’s weight. On pages 5 through 13 (e-m), Verrett discusses her journey to New York, attending Julliard, meeting her husband Louis Lo Monaco, meeting her extended family, and life at home with her husband. There are self-editing marks by Lisa Hoffman throughout. This manuscript is the complementary pared bundle, part of a larger set of pages written by Hoffman in her Shirley Verrett interview collection.

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