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Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from family, friends, literary associates, publishers and agents concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, especially her published work including Zero Gravity, Parables and Faxes, Y Llofrudd Iaith and Sunbathing in the Rain, and the issues raised by them, notably depression and language, and also a proposed BBC documentary about Gwyneth Lewis, with typescript copies of poems from Zero Gravity (under its working title Coconut Postcards) including ‘A Goan honeymoon’ and ‘Red kites at Tregaron’, as well as ‘The Big Ask’ (dedicated and sent to the Wales rugby coach Graham Henry), together with the script of a BBC broadcast featuring poetry by Gwyneth Lewis (from Zero Gravity) and others, a draft typescript copy of a piece of prose sent by Zadie Smith, a typescript copy of an article on translation by Jenny Joseph, booklets on a residential contemporary writing centre in France and a collection of watercolours by Rose McKinley, and related press cuttings, photographs, flyers, certificates and event programmes.

Draft manuscript letters and photocopies of letters written by Gwyneth Lewis to family, friends and literary and academic associates concerning personal, social, literary, musical and academic matters relating to her time as a student at Balliol College, Oxford; also included are newsletters of the Oxford Poetry Society and a photocopy of a manuscript review of ‘Mynd lawr i’r nefoedd’ by Menna Elfyn that was written by Gwyneth Lewis for publication.

Photocopied and published press reviews of Gwyneth Lewis's volume of poetry entitled Zero Gravity, with related publicity material including lists of contacts for reviews and the launch, copies of published poems by other poets, and copies and offprints of published articles about female poets and Welsh poets; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, publishers, agents, friends and the BBC concerning Zero Gravity (originally entitled Coconut Postcards), and in particular publication, the poems, proofs, contractual matters, publicity, distribution, royalties, reviews, broadcasts and performances, as well as other literary and personal business; together with a typescript transcript of a radio interview with Les Murray about Gwyneth Lewis’s work, and a contract and a catalogue from Bloodaxe Books; and related notes, photographs and press cuttings.