Add MS 89404/6/3

Letters and submissions to Peter Hodgkiss (editor), together with a copy of Not Poetry, no. 3. The material is listed in order of publication within the magazine:

• Not Poetry, no. 3 (1980). Featuring: Kathy Acker, Elaine Randell, Phil Maillard, Jim Kelman, Jean-Luc Parant, Ken Edwards, Ralph Hawkins, Petrer Larkin, Steve Flinders, and Jeff Nuttall. Front cover by Jed Lawson.
• Front cover artwork.
• Kathy Acker, extract from Great Expectations, Chapter 1: 'I Recall My Childhood' (photocopy typescript, dated 'Christmas, 1979'). Together with Chapters 2 and 3, inviting Hodgkiss to 'use whichever chapter you please'. With two autograph letters [Jun/Aug 1980].
• Elaine Randell, 'A' and 'B' (typescript, 2 sheets). With three typed letters (Jul/Sep 1980) and a further prose item (2 sheets) 'taken from a large collection of prose pieces about people I meet in my work'.
• Phil Maillard, 'Lambeth' (photocopy typescript, 5 sheets).
• Jim Kelman, 'Four Stories': 'A Strange Failure', 'Dear', 'les jouers', and 'The Small Bird & The Young Person' (typescript, 4 sheets). With two letters: 11 Sep 1980 (typed) and 'Oct' (autograph).
• Jean-Luc Parant, 'EYES CLX (a)' translated by Glenda George from an unpublished manuscript. With three typed letters from Paul Buck (9 Jul, 19 Aug, 29 Aug 1980) and a bibliography of Buck's publications.
• Ken Edwards, 'What the razor knew' (photocopy typescript, 4 sheets). With typed letter ('Alembic' letterhead, 22 Aug 1980).
• Ralph Hawkins. Eight short pieces: 'Stay Cool', 'When They Build Those Things We'll Take A Vote', 'Knock Three Times', 'All Along The River They Pulverise The Bark', 'Tummy Trouble', 'Solo', 'Never Say Goodbye', and 'Rider' (typescript, 8 sheets). With two typed letters (10 Sep, 15 Sep 1980).
• Peter Larkin, 'Enclosures, 5' (photocopy typescript, 4 sheets; typescript showing modest revision, 4 sheets). With two typed letters (19 Jun, 11 Aug 1980).
• Steve Flinders. Two extracts from 'Walking to Ullapool': 'Plymouth to Bristol' and 'Liverpool and The Lakes' (photocopy typescript, 13 sheets). Also in the file, from the same work, 'Introduction' and 'Yorkshire & the East Coast'. With autograph letter (8 Sep [1980]).
• Jeff Nuttall. Although Not Poetry 3 concluded with an extract from Muscle, there is nothing from Nuttall in the file.