File FL0629 - Smith, Ray. 1972-1988

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CA ACU SPC F0018-S0001-SS0001-FL0629

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Smith, Ray. 1972-1988

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  • 1972 June 25 - 1988 June 12 (Creation)

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2 files of textual material: 2 folders (101 Items)

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Metcalf, John
(1938-)

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University of Calgary Special Collections

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  • Consists of correspondence between R. Smith and John Metcalf.
  • Letters and postcards discussing current literary endeavours, readings by Montreal Story Tellers, books read and various other topics; describing travel in Europe; commenting on John Metcalf's and R. Smith's fiction; relating to submission of R. Smith's short stories for publication consideration in Anthologies edited by John Metcalf; requesting letters of reference to accompany grant applications by R. Smith; and relating personal news. Letters enclose excerpt from R. Smith's novel Dirty tricks; manuscript of R. Smith's essay Three propositions on the art of writing; and photocopy of published essay by Morton L. Ross, Praise to the Albany.
  • Typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy); handwritten, signed (some photocopy); typescript (photocopy); printed material (some photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: The Estuary; Girl In Gingham; General Ludd; Private Parts : A Memoir; The Teeth of My Father : Short Stories; Gentle As Flowers Make the Stones; Going Down Slow; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essays; Polly Ongle; What Happened To CanLit?; Travelling Northward; The Nipples of Venus; The Bumper Book.

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      11.19-11.20

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      00010417490

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      MsC 24

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