Scope and Contents Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame, and promotional activities relating to its publication in 1989. The first file holds items dating between January and June of that year, while the contents of the second file date from July to December. Correspondents include Trevor Thomas, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Jillian Becker, Olwyn Hughes,...

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,...

Scope and Contents Typescript and word-processed drafts of essays, articles and notes written by Anne Stevenson, which were published in or submitted to various outlets. Such pieces cover a variety of topics, including, but not limited to: the state of poetry as an artform, the craft of writing, reading and listening to poetry; and writings on fellow poets that Stevenson was influenced by, admired or fascinated her.Some drafts feature annotations and corrections in pencil or ink, and they are...

Scope and Contents Eleven files holding material connected to the poet and biomolecular scientist, Geoffrey John Fraser Dutton, and his friendship with Anne Stevenson.Files one to ten are primarily composed of letters sent by Dutton to Stevenson, accompanied by mostly photocopies of his poetry, which he sent to Stevenson for her feedback. As part of these photocopies, there is a 'final draft' for his first collection, Camp One, published in 1978. Other accompanying material...

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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.

Scope and Contents A file holding a six-page word-processed document that has copies of five poems written by Anne Stevenson, and also several poems by G.F. Dutton, submitted for inclusion in the 2013 poetry anthology, Whaleback City: Poems from Dundee and its Hinterlands; edited by Andy Jackson and Bill Herbert, and published by Edinburgh University Press. Stevenson's poems for the anthology are: 'Night Wind, Dundee;' 'Tayport;' 'The Beach;' 'The Lighthouse;' and 'The Mudtower.' All...