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Typescript copy of interview between Tony Curtis and US poet, painter and social activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti, together with related press cutting and letter to Tony Curtis from Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Material relating to a series called 'Desert Island Books' held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea and apparently hosted by Tony Curtis, largely comprising texts of interviews between Curtis and various literary figures, together with printed excerpts from the interviewees' chosen books. Among the interviewees are writer, broadcaster and former politician Edwina Currie, broadcaster, author and stage director Ned Sherrin, jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer George Melly, Labour politician Merlyn Rees and biographer, novelist and short story writer Margaret Drabble.

For names of all interviewees, please request access to this section of the archive.

Material relating to the compilation and production of How Poets Work, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 1996 (see, for example: How Poets Work, see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/how-poets-work/)
The material comprises:
Overview of the publication and list of contributing poets
Draft poetry by and printed interviews (conducted by Tony Curtis) with some of the contributing poets
Correspondence from Mick (Mike) Felton of Seren Books and from contributing poets Dannie Abse, Simon Armitage, Maura Dooley, Carol Ann Duffy, Helen Dunmore, Douglas Dunn, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Longley, Don Paterson and Anne Stevenson