File 029600
Email Chain: Lisa New and Jeffrey Epstein Discussing Serena Williams Invitation (File 029600)
Email correspondence between Elisa New, Harvard professor and Poetry in America director, and Jeffrey Epstein regarding an invitation draft for Serena Williams, dated November 2018.
Summary
Elisa New exchanges emails with Jeffrey Epstein to revise an invitation intended for Serena Williams. Epstein critiques New's draft, asking her to recount uses of first-person pronouns and requesting edits to the opening. The correspondence includes New's apology about an unrelated 'bootleg' episode and references to literary recommendations, including Nabokov's Lolita and Cather's My Antonia. New's email signature identifies her as Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature and Director of Poetry in America at Harvard University.
From: Lisa NewSent: 11/26/2018 2:31:48 PMTo: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]Subject: Re: invitationAttachments: invitation to Serena Williams November 25 (1).docxImportance: Highbetter?On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 7:06 PM Lisa New <okay.... let me revise with I and me in mind before I talk to you.Can I call you tomorrow am?wrote: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 < > 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 < > 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 me and youwere so kind to make it happen.LisaElisa NewPowell M. Cabot Professor of American LiteratureDirector, Poetry in AmericaHarvard University148 Barker Center12 Quincy StreetCambridge, MAHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029600I 02138please 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 029601Elisa 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, MA02138HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029602