File 029578
Email Chain: Invitation Draft and Book Recommendations (File 029578)
Email correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and Harvard professor Elisa New regarding an invitation draft, with discussion of literary recommendations including Lolita and My Antonia.
Summary
This email chain from November 2018 shows correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein (using the email jeevacation@gmail.com) and Elisa New, a Harvard literature professor. The exchange centers on drafting an invitation that Epstein could forward, with New requesting edits to reduce first-person pronouns. The emails also contain book recommendations, particularly My Antonia by Willa Cather, and references to a collaboration involving a poem reading and a 'bootleg' episode that New hoped to release.
From: J [jeevacation@gmail.com]Sent: 11/26/2018 3:26:46 PMTo: Elisa NewSubject: Re: invitationcan you call meOn Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM Lisa New < > wrote:better?On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 7:06 PM Lisa New < wrote:okay.... let me revise with I and me in mind before I talk to you.Can I call you tomorrow am?On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 6:56 PM J <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:count how many times you say I or me?On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 7:30 PM Lisa New <W wrote:Jeffrey,How's thisOn Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 11:05 AM J <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:Needs edit. Start with id like you to join clinton ..eycOn Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:52 AM Lisa New < 1> wrote:Dear Jeffrey,Here is an invitation you can forward. Fingers crossed.I'm going upstairs to hunt for my copy of Lolita, or will get on my kindle and reread on our way toAustralia. I may have lent it to one of my kids. I would recommend reading My Antonia by Cather nexttime you're on a long plane trip. The prose is gorgeous, and the book has-- come to think of it-- similarthemes to Lolita in that it's about a man whose whole life is stamped forever by his impression of a younggirl.Thank you for this help with Serena. I'm so sorry about what happened with WA. I will keep the"bootleg" episode and hope to release someday. It's so good, and he was so kind to read the poem with meand you were so kind to make it happen.LisaElisa NewPowell M. Cabot Professor of American LiteratureDirector, Poetry in AmericaHarvard University148 Barker Center12 Quincy StreetHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029578Cambridge, MA02138please noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedElisa NewPowell M. Cabot Professor of American LiteratureDirector, Poetry in AmericaHarvard University148 Barker Center12 Quincy StreetCambridge, MA02138please noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029579Elisa NewPowell M. Cabot Professor of American LiteratureDirector, Poetry in AmericaHarvard University148 Barker Center12 Quincy StreetCambridge, MA02138Elisa NewPowell M. Cabot Professor of American LiteratureDirector, Poetry in AmericaHarvard University148 Barker Center12 Quincy StreetCambridge, MA02138please noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029580