Scope and Contents A file holding letters sent to and by Anne Stevenson, connected to her biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, which include reactions to the publication following its release. Correspondents include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Robert McMullen, Jude Bourguignon at Penguin Books, Dale J. Sprague, Bob Dykeman, C.J. Hardy, Jullian Becker, Ruth Scott, Madeline Strong Diehl, Marion Bright, Paul Roche, Joe Lobenthal, Richard Murphy, Ruth...

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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Work by Gillian Clarke arising from a residency at the Museum of Zoology. Comprises sheets cut from a 'Thresholds' notebook, bearing notes and drafts of five poems: 'Archaeopteryx'; 'Behind glass'; 'In the insect room': 1: Marsh fritillaries; 'In the insect room': 2: The Snowdon rainbow beetle'; and 'The brown hare'. With a note from Clarke to Helen Taylor, 4 May 2013.

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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.