Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Eric Mottram, Elegies
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(1). Letters received by Peter Hodgkiss from Eric Mottram, with a final letter from Peter Donnelly. Mottrams' s letters refer not only to Elegies but also in passing to other poets, readings and publications. 23 Jul 1980. Typed letter, Mottram to Hodgkiss. 'Don't be too shocked at the heavy th...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: John Muckle, The Cresta Run
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(1). Letters from John Muckle to Peter Hodgkiss. As well as providing a guide to the publication of The Cresta Run, the letters include remarks in passing on the progress of the publication under the Paladin imprint of poetry volumes by John Ashbery, Tom Raworth, Lee Harwood, and the anthology T...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Opal Nations, A Pen, Some Paper, Many Dreams & Other Eye Movements
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(1). Seven autograph letters from Opal Nations to Peter Hodgkiss: 25 Jul 1977. Aerogramme, from Barton, Vermont. Pleased to receive Poetry Information (17) in which his interview appears. Refers to (limited) distribution outlets in Canada ('a very nationalistic country'). 'Would love to do a cha...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maggie O'Sullivan, Divisions of Labour
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The file comprises letters from Maggie O'Sullivan to Peter Hodgkiss concerning Divisions of Labour but no texts from the book. Also included, a selection of earlier poetry sent to Hodgkiss (most dated 1982). (1). Letters received from O'Sullivan: 4 Jan 1982. Typed letter (2 sheets). Delighted t...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maggie O'Sullivan, from the handbook of that & furriery
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Correspondence and text for a book that Peter Hodgkiss considered publishing but was eventually published by Bob Cobbing (Writers Forum, 1986). (1). Letters from O'Sullivan to Hodgkiss: 23 Nov 1983. Typed letter, enclosing 'from the handbook of that & furriery' (see below). Letter annotated...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maggie O'Sullivan, Unofficial Word
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(1). Communications from Maggie O'Sullivan to Peter Hodgkiss: 18 Oct 1987. Autograph postcard. 14 Apr 1988. Typed letter, enclosing corrected proofs (see below). [1988]. Typed letter, enclosing cover design and a page from City Limits (17-31 Dec 1987) mentioning Tom Leonard, Situations Theoretic...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Philip Pacey, In the Elements Free
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(1). Six letters from Philip Pacey to Peter Hoidgkiss: 1 Aug 1981. Autograph letter, submitting typed manuscript (see below). 2 Nov 1982. Typed letter: 'it gives me special pleasure to be on the same list as Peter Larkin, an old friend who actually encouraged me in my very first attempts at poet...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: William Pryor, Unearth
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(1). 9 Sep [1979]. Typed letter from William Pryor to Peter Hodgkiss, together with original typed submission: 'thirteen pages from UNEARTH'. In the letter, Pryor states that he is 'not entirely sure it's finished (can't be good to stop at 13 pages!), but thought there was enough in those pages ...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Glyn and Parvin Pursglove, 'the year of the apple'
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'the year of the apple' is a sequence of short poems in autograph. Stapled at the left margin with a paper cover, the manuscript booklet is described on the introductory page as: 'Handwritten in an edition of one, for Peter Hodgkiss, April, 1977'. A note on the following page states: 'These piec...
Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Maurice Scully, Five Freedoms of Movement
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(1). Typed letters from Maurice Scully to Peter Hodgkiss, a letter from Tyneside Frees Press to Hodgkiss regarding the cost of printing, and British Library Legal Deposit Request and Receipt: 16 Jan 1986. Enclosing 'a section' from 'Five Freedoms of Movement': 'maybe you'd like to use some of it...