Add MS 89404/5/8

(1). Published material as submitted to the editor, together with, in most cases, related letters. Material is listed in order of publication within the magazine:

• Paul Matthews, 'Are We Sentenced by Sentences?' With three autograph letters (12 Jul, undated and 6 Sep 1976).
• Tom Leonard, 'The Locust Tree in Flower,and Why It Had Difficulty Flowering in Britain'. With typed letter (26 Sep 1976).
• Lewis Warsh. Review of Tom Raworth, A Serial Biography. With two typed letters (23 Feb and 28 Jul 1976).
• John Mead. Review of Phil Maillard, A North American Journal.
• John Freeman. Two reviews: Gael Turnbull, Residues, and James Wright, The Branch Will Not Break. With typed letter (9 Apr 1976).
• Glyn Pursglove. Review of five publications by Jeremy Hilton.
• Glynn Pursglove. Short reviews of publications by: Paula Claire; Helen Adam; Joseph Skipsey; The Blue Tunnel; Tom Clark; Novalis; Kenneth White; Rochelle Owens; and Stefan Themerson.
• Pete Faulkner. Review of David Ward, Uncle Strange. With two typed letters (2 and 15 May 1976).
• David Miller. A review of Allen Fisher, Place (Book One); and an article on Robert Lax. With a related autograph letter from Jeremy [Hilton] (25 Sep [1976]).
• Richard Caddel. Review of several publications by Brian Marley. With autograph postcard (24 Aug 1976).
• Clayton Eshleman, 'Some Recent American Poetry'. With typed letter (9 Mar 1976).
• Jim Burns, On Yugen magazine.
• Phil Maillard, 'Are We Still Here?' (on Ed Dorn).
• Robert Vas Dias. Review of two publications by Toby Olson.
• David Chaloner, review of Michael Palmer, The Circular Gates. With two typed letters (7 and 11 Sep 1976).
• Nicholas Zurbrugg. Review of Henri Chopin, The Cosmographical Lobster. With undated autograph letter.
• Paul Buck, 'Re: With My Regards'. With typed letters: 28 Mar, 20 May, 25 May, 28 May, and 26 Aug 1976, the last letter with a short piece on David Antin (not published).
• Malcolm Parr. Short reviews of César Vallejo, Osip Mendelshtam (translated by John Riley), César Moro, and Luis de Camões.
• Peter Riley. Review of two publications by Peter Baker. With undated autograph letter ([Feb 1976]).
• Lawrence Upton, 'The National Poetry Centre Bookshop'. With autograph letter (3 Sep 1976).

(2). Various letters received by the editor including unpublished material:

• Correspondence (photocopies) between Micheline Victor and Michael Horovitz (1975-76) regarding New Departures. Copies supplied to Hodgkiss for possible inclusion in Poetry Information. Two typed letters from Victor to Hodgkiss (8 and 14 Mar 1976).
• Two brief letters from Joy Walsh (of New York) to Hodgkiss (Apr 1976): 'I was greatly disturbed by Clayton Eshleman's reduction of Blake on page 60 of Poetry Information 14. I wrote a reply to this which is now deposited in the State University of New York at Buffalo graduate reserve department. Would you be interested in reading it, and possibly printing it as a response to Eshleman's statement?' (Walsh's 'reply' is not present in the file.)
• John Freeman. Three articles, with covering autograph letters (1976): review of Phil Maillard, A North American Journal; review of Ed Dorn, Recollections of Gran Apacheria; an article on 'new poetry' and 'where to find it', published in Cambridge Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1 (article as photocopy typescript draft).
• Two articles, by Kevin Borman and by David Tipton, on Gary Snyder, with covering letters (1976).
• 'Newsletter' [Summer 1976] of The National Poetry Centre, Earls Court (8 duplicated sheets).