File FL0486 - Metcalf, John.

76 items : 108 p.

• Letters (1973 February 10-1984 October 17), from J. Metcalf to Clark Blaise.
• Letters regarding J. Metcalf's interview of C. Blaise in Journal of Canadian Fiction, v. II, no. 4, Fall 1973 including the list of questions; the co-editing of Here and now : great Canadian stories and the 1978-1980 editions of Oberon Press's annual anthology Best Canadian stories; the inclusion of C. Blaise's short stories and essays in various anthologies edited by J. Metcalf for McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Methuen, Oberon and General Publishing; the possibility of Oberon Press publishing a limited edition of selected C. Blaise stories; information about agents; news of mutual acquaintances and other writers; J. Metcalf's work; C. Blaise's work; and other family matters.
• Includes references to the following: A North American education : short story collection; Extractions and contractions; Among the dead; Continent of strangers; Going to India; Snow people; Oakland is drowning; Here and now : great Canadian stories; Tribal justice; Days and nights in Calcutta; Lunar attractions; Broward Dowdy; The fabulous Eddie Brewster; To begin, to begin; 78 : best Canadian stories; Lusts; 79 : best Canadian stories; North; South; A class of new Canadians; A North American education : short story; Notes beyond a history; How I became a Jew; Resident alien; The cast and the mold; Eyes; The salesman's son grows older; Identity; The sense of an ending; On ending stories; 80 : best Canadian stories.