File FL0106 - Correspondence relating to The second Macmillan anthology between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and literary agents.

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CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0106

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Correspondence relating to The second Macmillan anthology between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and literary agents.

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  • [1987? or 1988?], 1987 September 2 - 1988 September 15 (Creation)

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122 items (158 p. on 148 leaves)

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  • File consists of letters requesting submission of short stories, poetry and prose for publication consideration in anthology; discussing works submitted; relating to selection or rejection of works and permissions to publish; and relating personal news. Includes manuscript of poem A god in the earth by Al Purdy, permissions agreement for publication of Mavis Gallant's stories in The Macmillan anthology 1 and biographical material for some authors submitting work. Some overlap occurs between correspondence relating to The Macmillan anthology 1 and The second Macmillan anthology, and some work is submitted to Leon Rooke and J. Metcalf as former editors of The New Press anthology series.
  • Holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed; typescript (photocopy); computer printout; printed material.
  • Includes references to the following: The second Macmillan anthology; The Macmillan anthology 1; Carry on bumping; Going down slow; General Ludd; Writers in aspic; What is a Canadian literature? : essay.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke.

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The second Macmillan anthology published by Macmillan of Canada, 1989.

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