Add MS 89404/6/5

Letters and submissions to Peter Hodgkiss (editor), together with two copies (different covers) of Not Poetry, nos. 5/6 double issue. The material is listed in order of publication within the magazine:

• Not Poetry, nos. 5/6 double issue (Winter 1981/82). Two copies are included in the file with differing front and back covers by Opal L. Nations. Featuring: David McFadden, Maggie O'Sullivan, Peter Finch, Paul Brown, Elaine Randell, Allen Fisher, Paul A. Green, Bill Griffiths, Penelope Bailey, Alastair Paterson, Opal L. Nations, Eric Thacker, Andy Scott, Paul Buck, Lawrence Upton, Anthony Edkins, Anthony Earnshaw, Clive Fencott, Eleanor Makepeace, Cory Harding, Christopher Beckett, Yann Lovelock, and Pierre Joris.
• Front and back cover artwork: four designs by Opal L. Nations. With autograph letter from Nations (22 Apr 1981).
• David McFadden, 'The Bunny Farm' (typescript, 1 sheet). With typed letter (15 Jun 1981).
• Maggie O'Sullivan, 'notes & outings' (photocopy typescript, 5 sheets). With two typed letters (14 Jan 1980, 5 Feb 1981). Also, a further work not included in the magazine: 'concerning spheres' (photocopy typescript, 2 sheets).
• Peter Finch, 'The Condition of Moving' (photocopy typescript, 9 sheets). With autograph letter (1 Feb 1981).
• Paul Brown. Original submission of 'A Series of Exercises' is not included in the file.
• Elaine Randell, 'The thickened lining breaks down' (carbon typescript, 3 sheets). With undated autograph letter [Jun 1981].
• Allen Fisher, 'more from Busk' (typescript, 7 sheets). With typed letter (30 May 1981), annotated by Hodgkiss: 'reply 6/7/81 - book suggested'.
• Paul A. Green, 'Spontaneous Combustion: A Precis' (carbon typescript, 2 sheets). With autograph letter (23 Mar 1981).
• Bill Griffiths, 'Notes (Staithes, Whitby)' and 'Gamelans' (3 sheets). With two autograph letters (3 May, 1 Aug 1981).
• Penelope Bailey, 'Feminine Ending' (typescript 3 sheets, with revised typescript, also 3 sheets). With two letters: 16 Feb 1981 (typed) and 21 Mar 1981 (autograph).
• Alasdair Paterson, 'Mr President' and 'After Matsuo Basho' (photocopy typescript, 2 sheets). With autograph letter (9 Apr 1981).
• Opal L. Nations, 'Great Going with an RCA Victor'.
• Eric Thacker, 'At the Hedgehog's Heart' (typescript, 3 sheets).
• Andy Scott. Two typed letters (17 Mar, 10 Apr 1981). Original submission ('Octet for Term Beginning') is not included in the file.
• Paul Buck, 'extract of Lust / the lost world' (typescript, 6 sheets). With two typed letters (25 Mar, 20 Apr 1981).
• Lawrence Upton, 'from Cartoons' and 'Walking on Air (from P I W)' (typescript, 5 sheets).
• Anthony Edkins, 'Passing the Time of Day with Walter Benjamin and a Convict' (photocopy typescript, 2 sheets). With typed letter (13 Oct 1981).
• Anthony Earnshaw, 'The Ideal World' (as typescript and as typeset, 2 sheets). With two autograph letters (30 Jun, 18 Jul 1981).
• Globe/ball of thread image (artist not indicated).
• Clive Fencott, ['A Vital Inventory'] (photocopy autograph, 9 sheets) and 'Notes to the Editor' incorporating a brief letter [Jan 1981] (autograph, 1 sheet). There are nine 'instructions' in Fencott's 'Notes to the Editor'; Hodgkiss has published (and re-numbered) five of them, i.e. those he has carried-out to produce the published text.
• Eleanor Makepeace, 'Taking the Shine Out of "Kramer v Kramer" ...... Or Notes for a Novel Mislaid' (typescript, 2 sheets). With two autograph letters (22 Jan, 7 Feb 1981).
• Cory Harding, 'Sometimes I Imagine People Are Real...' (typescript, 2 sheets). With typed letter [Jul 1981] and autograph letter [Nov 1981].
• Christopher Beckett, 'Aleatory News: A Discrete Narrative' (typescript, 6 sheets). With typed letter (19 May 1981) and autograph letter (23 Nov 1981).
• Yann Lovelock, '5 Strategies and a Ludo Board' (photocopy typescript, 5 sheets). With typed letter (5 Aug 1981).
• Pierre Joris, 'from The Ahmed Narratives' (carbon typescript, 3 sheets). With typed letter (12 Apr 1981).