Scope and Contents This folder contains the manuscript of The Night Is Young. This work is the first known novel written by Milton Murayama. It was never published. This manuscript is incomplete. There are missing pages throughout including 18-26, 30-31, 57-61, 66-68, 91-92, 96-100, and the entirety of Chapter 13 - 106-115. CONTENT WARNING: This novel was written in the 1950s and is a product of its time. It contains instances of...

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The short story in this folder is an early draft of what will later become "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun" in All I Asking For Is My Body. This is the earliest-written draft pertaining to All I Asking For Is My Body in this collection.

Scope and Contents This folder is full of partial chapter drafts and deleted scenes. Several contain stories that will end up in Five Years On A Rock instead, told from Sawa's point of view instead of Kiyo's. For example, there is an early draft of Chapter 1 that describes Kiyo's childhood car accident. This was deleted from All I Asking For Is My Body and referenced in Chapter 19 of Five Years On A Rock instead....

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This folder contains versions of the story of Obaban's death. The title of this story fluctuates, but it appears most often in this folder and throughout the collection as "Obaban's Ghost." Later, this story evolves into "The Substitute" in the published version of All I Asking For Is My Body.

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This folder contains an early draft of "The Substitute," a deleted chapter featuring "Mr. Snook" the teacher, and arbitrary draft pages from All I Asking For Is My Body.

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This folder contains three drafts arranged in chronological order of the deleted short story "A Samurai's Word". The inclusion of a table of contents in this folder provides evidence that Milton Murayama originally intended it follow "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun" as part of All I Asking For Is My Body.

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This folder contains a draft of the short story "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun." This story was first published in the University of Arizona's Arizona Quarterly journal in 1959 (Volume 15, Number 2), and was later revised and reprinted in All I Asking For Is My Body in 1975.

Scope and Contents This folder contains the first complete manuscript of All I Asking For Is My Body. In this draft, there is a photocopy of a published version of "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun." The publication where this photocopy originated from is unknown. When comparing the photocopy to the version published in Arizona Quarterly, located in Box 10 of this collection, it is clearly from a different publication source. The rest of...

Scope and Contents This folder contains the second complete manuscript of All I Asking For Is My Body. In this draft, there is a photocopy of a published version of "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun." The publication where this photocopy originated from is unknown. When comparing the photocopy to the version published in Arizona Quarterly, located in Box 10 of this collection, it is clearly from a different publication source. The rest of...

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This file contains the third manuscript of All I Asking For Is My Body. This draft does not contain a copy of "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun." "The Stubstitute" is present, although in this manuscript it is integrated into the main body of the novel as Chapter One as opposed to remaining as a short story. This manuscript contains minimal handwritten edits and marginalia.

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This folder contains the fourth and final printed manuscript of All I Asking For Is My Body. This draft does not contain a copy of "I'll Crack Your Head Kotsun." "The Stubstitute" is present, although in this manuscript it is integrated into the main body of the novel as Chapter One as opposed to remaining as a short story.