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Typescript copies of poems, some drafts, for Letter from a far country (Manchester, 1982), together with correspondence and other papers relating to the book, 1981-1984, with a copy of the agreement between author and publisher. In addition, the file contains letters regarding permission to use poems by Gillian Clarke, most of which appear to have been included in the volume, in other publications. Among the correspondents are Fred Jones (4); Enid Luff; and Peter Forbes. -- The file also includes a script containing manuscript notes of the radio ode 'Letter from a far country', written and read by Gillian Clarke, 1979; together with manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem and related correspondence, 1978-1979.

Material relating to a 'Poems and Prints' event which took place at Oriel y Bont Gallery, University of Glamorgan, 19 September - 21 October 1994 and which featured the work of Welsh and Anglo-Welsh poets (including Tony Curtis) and Welsh-American artists. Material includes correspondence between Tony Curtis and participating artists (including Fred Jones, landscape painter and emeritus professor at Western Illinois University, who opened the event) and curricula vitae of participating artists. For a comparable event which took place ten years prior to this, in 1984, see August 2002 papers under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations.

For correspondence and enclosed material relating to a proposed poems/prints portfolio collaboration between Tony Curtis and other poets and the V-6 (Virtually-6) group of artist-printmakers, based at the School of Art and Design in Cardiff, see June 2021 papers under heading Letters to Tony Curtis.

See also August 2002 papers under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations and June 2021 papers under heading Miscellanea by/relating to Tony Curtis.

Material relating to the compilation and publication of The Alchemy of Water / Alcemi Dŵr, published by Gwasg Gomer Press/Y Lolfa in 2013, comprising poems by Tony Curtis and draft Introduction to the volume, with amendments by Curtis. Reference to Professor Fred Jones, whose own landscape photography helped inspire the volume (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/602af559-0493-3292-a50f-98ebff2ae1e3).
For the publication see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alchemy-Water-Alcemi-Tony-Curtis/dp/1848513720.
See also August 2021 papers under heading The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013).

For further collaboration between Tony Curtis and poet, writer and critic Grahame Davies, who wrote the Welsh poems contained in the published volume (not included here), see under heading Common Sense: New Paintings, Music and Poetry (Gigi Jones Artwork, 2012).

Bound copy, prior to its publication, of The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr, later to be published by Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa in 2013, containing photographs of Welsh landscapes taken by painter Fred Jones, Emeritus Professor at Western Illinois University, alongside poetry in English by Tony Curtis and in Welsh by poet and writer Grahame Davies written in response to the photographs. The volume also contains an Introduction by Fred Jones and is inscribed by Jones to Tony Curtis: 'Tony, May you have a long, wonderful retirement Fred Jones 2009'. Professor Fred Jones's photography was not ultimately utilised in the published volume (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/602af559-0493-3292-a50f-98ebff2ae1e3).
For the publication see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alchemy-Water-Alcemi-Tony-Curtis/dp/1848513720.
See also June 2021 papers under heading The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013).

For further collaboration between Tony Curtis and poet, writer and critic Grahame Davies see June 2021 papers under heading Common Sense: New Paintings, Music and Poetry (Gigi Jones Artwork, 2012).