Dear Ms. Vega:
I am in the early stages of editing an anthology of Ava Gardner poetry, with the working title of Touches of Venus, and I am interested in receiving permission to include the lyrics of "Frank and Ava."
I am a professor and chair of the English Department at Central Connecticut State University, and the author of A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (2002) and editor of the anthology Sinatra: But Buddy I'm a Kind of Poem, just released by Entasis Press, the publisher to whom I hope to pitch this Ava Gardner collection.
I look forward to hearing from you and hope you grant me permission to reprint. If you do, please let me know if there are any other permissions I need to obtain.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Gilbert L. Gigliotti
Professor and Chair
Department of English
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06050
860-832-2759