Correspondence with English poet Brian Jones relating to his Carcanet poetry collection The island normal (1980), including references to: his initial submission of the manuscript and comments upon it; the enthusiastic response of Schmidt and Peter Jones to the collection, which Schmidt believes is more interesting than Brian Jones's earlier books; choice of title; contractual details; the pre-publication of the Aeneas sequence from the book in PN Review [11]; the supply of biographical details and quotes from reviews of his earlier work for publicity purposes; and Jones's satisfaction with the finished product. The file also includes a letter from John Rice of South East Arts, with copy reply, relating to the possibility of an extended review of the book in their review magazine.
Dated at: Canterbury, Kent.
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