Scope and Contents Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...

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A file holding proofs of pages 271 to 275 and 285 from an unidentified poem anthology. Pages 271 to 275 feature the following, previous published, poems written by Anne Stevenson: 'The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument;' 'The Marriage;' 'Swifts;' 'Making Poetry;' 'Talking Sense to My Senses;' and 'And Even Then.' Page 285 contains biographical notes for the following poets: Jo Shapcott; Penelope Shuttle; Pauline Stainer; and Anne Stevenson.

Scope and Contents Typescript and word-processed drafts of reviews by Anne Stevenson on the works of other poets and authors, which were published in or submitted to various outlets. Some drafts feature annotations and corrections in pencil or ink, and they are occasionally accompanied by other material.This sub-series is composed of 82 items/files, held in four boxes. The reviews are listed below in order of either the title of the reviewed publication, the title of the first publication when...

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There were 18 Prospero Poets editions, from 1994 to 1997. Most subseries here include papers relating to the individual publication and to the accompanying Clarion Newsletter. Further correspondence involving the designer Dennis Hall and series editor Simon Rae will be found in subseries D1.

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Two files holding correspondence, along with poetry typescripts and related items, connected to Anne Stevenson's editorship of the 1991 publication, The Poetry Book Society Anthology 2. The majority of the correspondence are addressed to Stevenson, and most have been sent from those featured in the anthology.