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- [1978x1995] (Creation)
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Prose of indeterminate provenance by Tony Curtis, comprising:
Annotated typescript piece titled 'Diverse Disguises: The Welshness of Recent Poetry from Wales', together with copies of poetry by Tony Curtis and others.
Manuscripts for proposed children's stories titled 'Back to Steam' and 'Barry the Engine', with covering letter of rejection from Gomer Press.
Response to an article by Robert Nisbet in the cultural/political magazine Planet (rough manuscript and fair-copied typescripts).
Draft annotated typescripts of a short piece titled 'That day'.
Untitled manuscript draft of ?short story.
Short untitled manuscript draft.
Manuscript draft of piece titled 'Visit to Annie's'.
Short typescript pieces titled 'The Saturday Morning Thoughts of Joe', 'Occupations', 'The Journey Back' and 'The Letter', and one untitled typescript piece.
Typescript piece of indeterminate style resembling stream-of-consciousness prose (text in capitals).
Biographical piece relating to the artist Graham Sutherland.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of a short piece relating to a tortoise (see also under Individual poems (loose papers), where this piece is titled 'Tortoise').
Short typescript overviews of the work of poets Gillian Clarke, Raymond Garlick, Jeremy Hooker and John Ormond.
Draft (annotated) and fair-copy typescript pieces titled 'Playing it Cool: Poetry & Jazz in Britain', which references a work by American poet Michael S. Harper (for whom, see under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations).
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For Gomer Press, see, for example: https://gomerprinting.co.uk/
For Robert Nisbet, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nisbet_(journalist)
For Planet magazine, see, for example: https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/
For Graham Sutherland, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Sutherland
For Gillian Clarke see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Clarke.
For Jeremy Hooker see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hooker.
For John Ormond see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ormond.
For Raymond Garlick, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Garlick.
For Michael S. Harper, see, for example: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michael-s-harper.
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- Gwasg Gomer/Gomer Press (publishers) (Subject)
- Nisbet, Robert, 1968- (Subject)
- Planet (magazine) (Subject)
- Sutherland, Graham Vivian, 1903-1980 (Subject)
- Clarke, Gillian, 1937- (Subject)
- Hooker, Jeremy, 1941- (Subject)
- Ormond, John, 1923-1990 (Subject)
- Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016 (Subject)
- Garlick, Raymond (Subject)