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A mimeographed list (leaves 3-68) of students, apparently in a British university, 1961 Reversed, and used as an album, containing:

1. Separately written manuscript poems, attached by scotch-tape or paper-clips. Most dated; most on American and Mexican scenes and characters. Most with a few corrections.

2. A few manuscript poems written directly in the album.

3. A few mimeographed or typed poems.

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Gives titles of 51 poems in A:1; where published (American Scenes, Agenda, Kulchur, Encounter, Resuscitator, New Statesman, unpublished); number of revisions. His American Scenes was published in 1966.

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To Tomlinson, 122 Salisbury Road, London NW 6.

Discusses Credences of Summer, An Ordinary Evening in New Haven, the valley Oley. I shall not comment on your longer commentary; dissertations on my poems.

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To Tomlinson, 122 Salusbury Road.

You are mistaken about the reference to Lincoln, p.22; door-yard; this poem exploits sounds of the letter c.

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To Tomlinson, 11 Bloomfield Road, Highgate, London.

Rejects, with helpful criticism, Tomlinson's volume of poems forwarded by Mrs Ridler. Delay because of "exceptional activities of my own last summer."

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To Tomlinson c/o Hugh Keener, 512 Hunter St West, Peterborough, Ontario.

I'm delighted that Hugh Keener has brought us together and that you, an Englishman, are influenced by me.

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To Tomlinson, The Old Rectory, Hinton Blewett, Temple Cloud, Somerset.

Have received your letter; see previous letter. "Take care of yourself. Poetry is a tough racket."

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To Tomlinson "Charles," The Old Rectory.

Your "Sea Poem"; your book will be published in America; reputations in danger in England and America; American poets, though hated, must progress in opposition to the English academicians. Your Russian translator; the internationalof the intelligence. Hugh Kenner. Paterson 5; recordings of my readings.

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To Tomlinson "Charles." The Old Rectory.

Floss has read me your book of poems: the most moving book out of England that I have ever read. Gael Turnbull. Explanation of Paterson 5.

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To Tomlinson "Charles," 1 Brook Cottages, Ozleworth, Wotton-under-edge, Glom.

Your failure to be recognized by critics is to be expected, but you will come out on top. Paterson 5 comes out on my birthday--I dislike the drawing by my brother on the jacket. Current work: a play (I don't trust the producer); Your Grandmother, my Son; working with Kenner on the book on measure. My wife. Denis Donaghue's article in The Twentieth Century.

Scope and Contents To Tomlinson "Charles," Brook Cottage.Your trip to America: Indigenous peoples and specifically Mesa Verde [uses patriarchal language]; passport trouble. Your family.Slovenly garbage-men: only artists can now be craftsmen. Glad that Cotswold shops still exist, though I believe in American progress. "We can never turn back the clock, the dominance of the iambic pentameter is lost to us forever. Whitman was a clumsy artist but he was the first to hold the...

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To Tomlinson "Charles." The Leaves of Grass book. I sent out nearly 50 copies of that essay. Your critics.

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To Tomlinson "Charles," Brook Cottage. I have been ill for over a year; your poem in Poetry; continue developing the theme.