Files relating to Junk Mail (1996), Perfidious Man (2000), Sore Sites (2000), Feeding Frenzy (2001), Psychogeography (2007), Psycho Too (2009), and other journalism and non-fiction writing.
Will Self: Junk Mail (draft material relating to 'Part One: On Drugs')
Scope & Content:
Draft material relating to the first section ('On Drugs') of Junk Mail (1995), and to an earlier conception of the book: (1). Outline for the projected book: 'Smack, Crack, Hack and Back: Four Essays on the Theory and Practise [sic] of Drug Addiction' (word-processed, 4 sheets). (2). 'Junk Mail:...
Will Self: Junk Mail (transcription of 'Conversation' with J. G. Ballard)
Scope & Content:
(1). 'J. G. Ballard and Will Self 2/9/94'. Word-processed transcription of Self and Ballard in conversation, pp. 1-42. The text the same as their published conversation (Junk Mail, pp. 329-71), apart from minimal 'tidying' for clarity of expression. (2). Photocopy of the same text, with passages ...
Page proofs (unmarked) of the U.S. edition of Junk Mail (Black Cat / Grove: New York, 2006). This edition differs considerably from the earlier English publication (1995) with the same title. Whilst there is some overlap in contents, the American edition includes selected material that post-dat...
Will Self: Perfidious Man (background: transgender issues)
Scope & Content:
(1). Stephen Whittle, 'Guest Editorial,' Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1998), pp. 269-72. Off-print. (2). Stephen Whittle, 'The Trans-Cyberian Mail Way,' Social & Legal Studies: An International Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1998), pp. 389-408. Off-print. (3). Stephen Whittle, The Trans...
Will Self: Perfidious Man (interviews with Stephen Whittle)
Scope & Content:
(1). Self interviewing Stephen Whittle. Transcripts of four interviews, each heavily underlined in pencil: 16 Nov 1999 (33 sheets); 5 May 2000 (27 sheets); 18 May 2000 (14 sheets); 2 June 2000 (26 sheets). (2). Text by Stephen Whittle, as published in Perfidious Man (2000), equivalent to publish...
Will Self: Sore Sites (faxed copy for Building Design)
Scope & Content:
Columns for the publication Building Design, as originally submitted by fax (word-processed). A few texts are dated 1997, but most are undated. Nearly all are without the titles they are given in the collection Sore Sites (2000); nor are they in the sequential order of that publication.
Will Self: Sore Sites (revised and annotated proofs)
Scope & Content:
(1). Six plain postcards setting out the sequence of articles and cartoons. (2). Draft publication pages for Sore Sites heavily annotated and revised, date of printing 2 Sep 1999. The contents will be further re-ordered.
(1). Final proofs, to p. 206 (equivalent to published p. 237). Pages printed 21-22 Oct 1999. (2). Pages 43, 60-62. (3). Draft cover design, faxed to Self 4 Nov 1999. (4). Original file cover, annotated in pencil.