File FL0608 - Rooke, Leon. 1976-1985

3 files of textual material: 162 Items (275 p. on 252 leaves)

• Consists of correspondence between L. Rooke and John Metcalf.
• Letters discussing current literary projects, John Metcalf's editing of L. Rooke's short story collection The love parlour (Oberon Press, 1977), Fiction Collective, Canadian publishers and various other topics; submitting L. Rooke's short fiction for John Metcalf's critiquing and for publication consideration in Anthologies edited by John Metcalf; requesting letters of reference to accompany grant applications; and relating personal news. Letters enclose copies of letters to L. Rooke from others, newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous material.
• Typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy); typescript (photocopy); handwritten, signed (some photocopy); printed material (some photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: Private Parts : A Memoir; Here and Now; The Teeth of My Father : Short Stories; 76 : New Canadian Stories; 77 : Best Canadian Stories; Girl In Gingham; General Ludd; The Lady Who Sold Furniture : Short Stories; The Lady Who Sold Furniture : novella; 79 : Best Canadian Stories; 80 : Best Canadian Stories; Punctuation As Score; Single Gents Only; Childhood Reading; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essay; Streaking Through The Ivory Tower; Selected Stories; Making It New; The Eastmill Reception Centre; Polly Ongle; Literary Review [1985 Canadian issue].

See also Leon Rooke fonds: https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/leon-rooke-fonds

Title based on contents of file.

John Metcalf and L. Rooke co-edited the following Anthology Series: Best Canadian Stories (1981-1982), New Press Anthology Series (1984-1985) and Macmillan Anthology Series (1988-1989). Most correspondence between John Metcalf and L. Rooke relating to Anthologies is in Anthology Series; however, letters in L. Rooke correspondence files also sometimes contain references to Anthology Series. Researchers interested in Anthologies edited by John Metcalf should examine files in both Correspondence and Anthology Series.