File FL0002 - Correspondence. 1982-1985

4 files of textual material: 69 Items 75 p. on 74 leaves, 2 folders (192 Items), 24 p.

• File consists of letters discussing stories submitted for publication consideration in Anthology, and relating personal news.
• Handwritten, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed.
• Includes references to the following: The New Press Anthology #1; Single Gents Only; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essays; Polly Ongle; The Curate's Egg; Making It New.
• Anthology co-edited by John Metcalf and Leon Rooke.
• Letters relating to submission of short stories for publication consideration in Anthology; discussing, accepting or rejecting works; regarding requests for subscriptions to periodicals publishing short fiction; and relating personal news. Letters enclose biographical information for some authors. Includes revised manuscript fragments of Keath Fraser's The Emerald City.
• Typescript (signed); typescript (photocopy); handwritten, signed (some photocopy);
• Includes references to the following: The New Press Anthology #1; Making It New; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essays; Third Impressions; Private Parts : A Memoir; General Ludd; The Teeth of My Father : Short Stories; First Impressions; Adult Entertainment; Streaking Through The Ivory Tower; Kaleidoscope.
• Anthology co-edited by John Metcalf and Leon Rooke.
• Letters relating to publication of Anthology; and discussing submission of manuscripts for publication consideration, possible publication or distribution outside Canada, postponing publication until 1984, publicity, editor's copies and John Metcalf's other literary projects. John Metcalf's letter (1984 July 2) includes insert for notes on contributors and clean copy draft of Anthology introduction.
• Handwritten, signed (some photocopy); printed material; typescript, signed.
• Includes references to the following: The New Press Anthology #1; The New Press Anthology #1 : Introduction; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essays; Adult Entertainment; General Ludd; Polly Ongle; Introduction to The New Press Anthology #1.
• Anthology co-edited by John Metcalf and Leon Rooke.

The New Press Anthology #1 published by General Publishing Company, 1984.

Title based on contents of file.