Loose insert from Colin Simms,Pine marten

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  • Reference
    • GB 133 NBK/217
  • Alternative Id.
      (Book Accession Number) GB 133 R164279
  • Dates of Creation
    • 21 Nov 1986
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Loose material from Colin Simms, Pine marten: seven prints, Genera, 14 ([Newcastle upon Tyne]: the author, ca. 1973), consisting of a letter to Nicholson from Simms [not signed], relating to: his work on revising his early poetry and his natural history work; the musical element of his poetry, which he feels is getting stronger as a result of lessons learnt from Basil [Bunting] and from reading Nicholson's work; and his gratitude for Nicholson's encouragement for his poetry in the past, along with encouragement received from Herbert Read, Basil Bunting, Hugh MacDiarmid, Eric Mottram, [Ezra] Pound, [Louis] Zukofsky and others.

Dated at Hexham, Northumberland; holograph. Inserted inside front cover.

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