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Date(s)
- [2000-2001] (Creation)
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Ffeil / File
Extent and medium
1 envelope
Context area
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Draft and fair-copied poetry by Tony Curtis which would eventually be included in his collection of poems Heaven's Gate (Seren Books, 2001) (see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/heavens-gate/). Different versions of the same poem are grouped together so that Curtis's development of the poem from initial rough draft(s) may be traced, with some poem titles changing over time.
Together with:
Annotated draft contents page of Heaven's Gate.
Letter, 6 February 2001, to Tony Curtis from Seren Books.
Printed-out review of Heaven's Gate by poet and literary biographer Nicholas Murray, with covering note to Curtis from Seren Books Poetry Editor Amy Wack.
Email, 11 September 2001, to Tony Curtis from Amy Wack.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Poems arranged in alphabetical order of title. Titles marked, unless apparent, on attached 'post-it' notes.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Note
For Seren Books, see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/about/
For Amy Wack, see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/2021/10/seren-poetry-editor-amy-wack-announces-her-retirement/
For Nicholas Murray, see, for example: http://www.nicholasmurray.co.uk/
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- Seren Books (publishers) (Subject)
- Wack, Amy (Subject)
- Murray, Nicholas, 1952- (Subject)