Add MS 89404/2/25

Autograph and typed communications, including a few poems. Most material is dated, and some has been annotated by Hodgkiss with the date of his reply.

(1). 1975-78:

• 19 Jul 1975. Typed letter (1 sheet).
• No date. Typed brief note: 'delighted to see you Friday' (1 sheet).
• 24 Apr 1976. Typed letter (1 sheet).
• 8 May [1976]. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• July 1976. Typed poetry (2 sheets) , first sheet 'Hierosgamos/Heat Sonnets'; second sheet headed '(3)'.
• 9 Sep 1976. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 27 Sep [1976]. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 6 Oct 1976. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• No date. Autograph note ('Hilton due Saturday') written on the verso of printed poem 'The Roar of Water' (1 sheet).
• 26 Jan 1977. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 6 Feb 1977. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 'Monday'. Autograph note (1 sheet).
• 2 Apr [1977]. Typed letter: 'Preparing for Cambridge' (1 sheet).
• 9 Jun 1977. Autograph letter: 'PCL went off O.K. last w/e, but Lee [Harwood] caused quite a flutter when he talked, rather against the current, to the crowd' (1 sheet).
• Typed profile with colour photograph of Torrance attached, listing publications and including comments on his work by Lee Harwood, Philip Pacey and Robert King (1 sheet).
• 7 Jul 1977. Brief autograph letter: 'couldn't make ABANA' (1 sheet).
• 4 Aug 1977. Brief autograph letter: '£10 donation / subscription to Galloping Dog Press' (1 sheet).
• 18 Aug 1977. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 4 Oct 1977. Autograph letter: 'I'm really very dissatisfied with this interview' (1 sheet).
• 8 Nov 1977. Typed letter: 'Thanks for your letter, & the interview, which is great' (1 sheet).
• Monday [Nov 1977]. Brief autograph letter: 'Interview has set my mind ticking over ... cld have a couple of typed pages for you by tomorrow' (1 sheet).
• 17 Nov 1977. Typed letter: 'Just ONE MORE CHANGE in the interview if possible' (1 sheet).
• 19 Jan 1978. Typed letter (1 sheet).
• 18 Apr 1978. Brief autograph letter, enquiring if Hodgkiss received the manuscript of Palug's Cat (1 sheet).
• Sunday [1978?]. Brief autograph letter: 'I've got to come into Swansea Tuesday to swear & file some divorce papers' (1 sheet).
• 9 Sep 1978. Autograph letter: 'Your wedding was a joy & a pleasure to be at' (1 sheet).
• 20 Sep 1978. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• Wednesday [1978?]. Brief autograph letter: 'Coming into Swansea Friday' (1 sheet).
• 17 Oct 1978. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 19 Oct 1978 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
• Sunday night [1978?]. Brief autograph letter (1 sheet).
• Undated autograph note [1978?]: 'Thanks for invite to Celtic evening' (1 sheet).

(2). 1979-81:

• 26 Jan 1979. Autograph letter (2 sheets), referring to his evening class, sending essay from a student on Barry MacSweeney's Black Torch 'in the hope that it may prove publishable in "Po Info"' (text not present).
• 28 Jul 1979. Autograph letter (1 sheet): 'Delighted to get Palug's Cat & your comments wch really advance & clarify things. I'll get a mss ready now wch shld incorporate your suggestions, new drawings, & final minor alterations.'
• 20 Aug 1979. Autograph postcard: 'Just retd. from Pontardawe Festival'. A bespoke postcard featuring printed poem by Torrance ('Mumbles Sands'): Cwmnedd Press, 1979.
• [1979?]. Two further autograph postcards (both featuring 'Mumbles Sands').
• 13 Sep 1979. Typed letter (1 sheet): 'As to PALUG, working on it is making me quite physically sick'.
• 'Almost Halloween '79'. Typed letter (2 sheets) referring to reading Palug's Cat at King's College.
• 5 Dec 1979. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 19 Jan 1980. Typed letter (1 sheet): 'here's PALUG going off to you'.
• 13 Mar 1980. Typed letter ( 1 sheet): 'all the amendments & suggestions are absolutely OK, & I'm thrilled to hear about the proper spine'.
• 30 Apr 1980. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 4 Aug 1980. Autograph postcard: 'did you manage to get those errata slips done for PALUG?'
• 17 Sep 1980. Autograph letter (2 sheets): 'Your reminder that you're willing to publish Bk IV is timely'.
• [Jan 1981]. Autograph postcard ('Mumbles Sands'): 'Happy New Year'.
• 13 Feb 1981. Autograph letter (3 sheets).
• 16 Mar 1981. Brief autograph note to Hodgkiss annotated at the foot of a carbon copy of a letter (1 sheet) sent by Torrance to the editor of Poetry Wales ('My attention has been drawn to the contemptuous & trivialising capsule review in the current issue of POETRY WALES of my new book').
• 'Midsummer Monsoon' ('reply 18/9/81'): 'Many thanks for the flavourful batch of Galloping Dogs [...] G.D. are the main action in the small press scene'.
• 27 Oct 1981. Autograph letter (6 sheets): 'We must discuss plans for BOOK OF BRYCHAN soon, huh? There's a few very minor alterations I'd like to make - & one more important thing: I'd like to somehow divide the text up into 4 sections, with some kind of picture or even blank division between each. & what are we going to do about a cover? Maybe Robin Campbell might be interested?'

(3). 1982-91:

• 26 Apr 1982. Printed text (duplicated) beginning: 'Wolf spiders dart across sunbaked sandstone'.
• June 1982, typed (1 sheet): 'AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT MATCH OF THE BARDS PLAYED BETWEEN THE CWN-NEDD CWM-TAWE AXIS & THE TAFF AXIS PLAYED ON THE FIELD OF MERCURY ON THE 12TH JUNE 1982'.
• 18 Sep 1982. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 'Mid-Dec '82'. Typed letter, with autograph final page (2 sheets).
• 17 Jan 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 11 Mar 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• 8 Jun 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Refers to work being featured ('complete switcharound') in Poetry Wales.
• [Summer 1983?]. Annotated by Hodgkiss 'MS returned 8/2/84'. Autograph letter (1 sheet): 'How would you like to undertake publication of IN THE COUNTRY?'
• [Feb 1984]. Undated autograph letter (2 sheets): 'Many thanks for returning the ms, together with your usual perceptive & accurate comments. I'm glad that we haven't found a publisher yet, as the book is obviously "brewing in the vat", & considerable excision of the prose has been found necessary.'
• 10 Dec 1984. Autograph letter (2 sheets).
• 9 Apr 1986. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• [Easter 1986]. Typed letter ( 1 sheet).
• 3 Jun 1986. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
• [1986]. Autograph letter (2 sheets), refers to launch of Kite magazine ed. Chris Broadribb (1986).
• Undated ('reply 8/4/88') autograph letter (2 sheets). Refers to plans for a 'staging' of The Diary of Palug's Cat 'at The Warehouse, an Arts Club off City Rd.'
• 28 Jun 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet). The performance of Palug's Cat by POETHEAT will be 30 July.
• [13 Aug 1988]. Autograph postcard: performance of Palug 'now definitely set for Fri 29 July'.
• 23 Aug 1988. Autograph letter (2 sheets). Enquires if Hodgkiss is interested in publishing In the Country (by Torrance and Elaine Randell).
• 13 Dec 1989. Autograph note (1 sheet): 'Are you publishing any books at all these days? I'm truly desperate for a publisher.'
• 'Xmas 1991 to New Year 91/92'. Autograph letter (1 sheet).