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Add MS 88998/2/45
- Record Id:
- 040-002837513
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002354004
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023575999.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88998/2/45
- Title:
- Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Lansing - Luna)
- Scope & Content:
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20 communications from Gerrit Lansing, Tom Leonard, Brian Lewis, Tony Lopez, Cameron Lowe, John Lucas, and Joe Luna.
- (1). Lansing, Gerrit. [Gloucester, Massachusetts], 10 April 2008. With envelope, a colour photograph of Lansing with letter on the verso. Looking forward to seeing Harwood in Gloucester at the end of the month.
- (2). Leonard, Tom. Glasgow, 22 January 1999 (postmark). Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Letter includes remarks on James Thomson.
- (3). Leonard, Tom. Glasgow, 13 September 1999. Autograph postcard. 'A poem of mine bing set in GCSE I am doing school readings south of the border and am in Portsmouth 11th October, and 30th November. What larks.'
- (4). Lewis, Brian. [Swindon, Longbarrow Press], 14 April 2011. Autograph postcard. Refers to recording Harwood's reading that accompanies The Books (Longbarrow Press, 2011).
- (5). Lewis, Brian. Swindon, 6 May 2011. Typed letter (1 sheet). 'The recordings seem to have turned out well'.
- (6). Lewis, Brian. [Swindon], 11 June 2011. Autograph postcard.
- (7). Lewis, Brian. [Swindon], 11 November 2011. Autograph postcard. 'There's a faint chance I might be able to attend your reading with [Tom] Raworth and [Iain] Sinclair in a few weeks' (i.e. Brighton, 24 November 2011).
- (8). Lewis, Brian. [Swindon], 29 November 2011. Autograph folding card (Longbarrow Press). Unable to attend the Brighton reading, but did attend Kelvin Corcoran's reading in London. 'We recorded "Words Through a Hole" in its entirety earlier this month.' (Corcoran, Words Through a Hole Where Once There Was a Chimpanzee's Face, Longbarrow Press, 2011.)
- (9). Lewis, Brian. Swindon, [2011]. Undated typed letter (1 sheet). Letter accompanying Harwood's proof copy of The Books.
- (10). Lewis, Brian. Sheffield, 22 May 2012. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Having recently moved from Swindon to Sheffield. Peter Riley's XIV Pieces has kept Longbarrow Press busy in recent months. Pleased to find 'Ben's Photo' (included in The Books) in the London Review of Books (5 April 2012).
- (11). Lewis, Brian. [Sheffield, 2012]. Undated folding card (Longbarrow Press) sending belated 73rd birthday greetings.
- (12). Lopez, Tony. London, 22 October 1975. Typed letter (2 sheets) and outline map of Greek islands (1 sheet), with envelope. Includes comments on Harwood, Boston-Brighton (the ending of 'Notes of a Post Office Clerk'), and seeks permission to include a comment from a letter from Harwood in Snapshots (Oasis Books, 1976). The outline map shows the route taken by Lopez on a recent trip to Greece (including Paros).
- (13). Lopez, Tony. Cambridge, 15 August 1985. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
- (14). Lopez, Tony. Edinburgh, 27 November 1988. Autograph letter (2 sheets), with envelope. Details of cooking venison, adapted from Elizabeth David. Refers to climbing 'in September on a snowy day' the Scottish mountain An Teallach.
- (15). Lopez, Tony. Exmouth, 18 April 1997. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Pleased to hear from Harry Guest that Harwood is 'well enough to be walking and climbing in the hills once again'.
- (16). Lopez, Tony. 4 April 2001. Autograph postcard. 'I'm particularly interested in the Armenian poem ['Dreams of Armenia', Morning Light], as you know, the ambition to respond to such events has been a big source for me too. I'm still going back to that piece, recognising it's a love poem and a holocaust poem'.
- (17). Lopez, Tony. 14 April, 2012. Autograph postcard. Refers to High on the Downs: A Festschrift for Harry Guest (2012), ed. Lopez. 'I'll see what I can do with the flyer when it comes to production.' (For the flyer for a poetry reading at Lancing College, 12 October 1963, when Harwood met Guest, see p. 63.)
- (18). Lowe, Cameron. East Geelong, Victoria, 7 November 2012. Autograph folding card (Geelong), enclosing typed poem 'Beginning and ending with a line by Lee Harwood' (1 sheet), with envelope. Very much enjoyed Harwood's Collected Poems. 'Here in Australia there seems to be a blind spot in regard to innovative contemporary British poetry. We know the Americans well enough - perhaps too well.'
- (19). Lucas, John. Nottingham, 18 June 2014. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Comments on Harwood, The Orchid Boat (2014).
- (20). Luna, Joe. Brighton, 16 February 2011. Typed letter, with envelope. Refers to Harwood reading (Hi Zero series) in Brighton, April 2011.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002837513 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/2 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received
Add MS 88998/2/45 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Lansing - Luna) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0045]/040-002837513
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88998
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1975
- End Date:
- 2014
- Date Range:
- 1975-2014
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Lansing, Gerrit, American poet, b 1928
Leonard, Tom, poet, 1944-2018
Lopez, Antony, poet, author, b 1950
Lowe, Cameron, Australian poet, b 1973
Lucas, John, poet, critic, publisher, b 1937