New poetry, 1975-78
- Component identifier:
- Series 2
- Content Summary:
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New Poetry, which first appeared in 1971, was Australia's leading poetry magazine, publishing an extensive range of contemporary poetry from well known Australian and overseas poets, as well as lesser-known new writers and previously unpublished ones. As editor in the years 1976-78 Creatrix accumulated drafts, galley proofs and published copies of the magazine. Some of the typescripts have covering notes from writers including David Campbell, Fay Zwicky, and Robert Creely. Contributions from David Malouf, Tim Thorne, Philip Roberts, Sylvia Kantarizis, Richard Harland, Denise Leverton, Alexander Craig and Nevill Drury are in folder 21.
The Adamsons organized and financed a reading tour by the American poet Robert Duncan in September 1975. The material relating to the tour, including correspondence and an itinerary, is in folder 27.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were purchased by the Library in 1978 and 1982. Further papers were added in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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