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United Kingdom and United States Reading Tours, 2011

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/20/38

Scope and Contents

A file holding material relating to two reading tours given by Anne Stevenson in 2011. Between March and May of that year, Stevenson gave readings in London, at the University of Birmingham, and at a poetry festival in Wells-next-the-Sea. In October and November, Stevenson gave a number of poetry readings and craft workshops in the United States, including at West Chester University and at the University of Michigan. Stevenson also used her US tour as an opportunity to visit friends and family.

The following are present, but not limited to: two word-processed copies of a poems list for the readings at London and Birmingham, a nine-page handout for the reading at the University of Birmingham, a leaflet for the festival, Poetry next-the-Sea; itineraries for the US tour, an 11-page word-processed script for a craft workshop given at West Chester University, leaflets advertising events at West Chester and at the University of Michigan, and a bundle of word-processed copies of poems by Stevenson, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Dates

  • Creation: 2011

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for most of the items are held by the estate of Anne Stevenson, but there are other copyright claimants.

Extent

1 file(s) (A gusseted folder.) : Paper

Language of Materials

English