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Sender: Romer, Stephen
Recipient: Robertson, Robin at Penguin Books
Letters: 3
Date(s): 27 May 1984; 17 Jul 1984; 6 Oct 1984
Location: BC MS 20C Firebird Author File 55 Stephen Romer
Note: Sending 40 or so poems in response to Robertson's earlier card. Letter of 17 Jul puts forward a number of couplets and sends two further poems and includes a short biography. Notes that "From the Corner Seat", "In the Cinque Ports" and "Coming Back" remain unpublished and intacto -a reference to Robertson's letter of 9 Jul 1984. Letter of 6 Oct refers to the contract in regard to Firebird 4. File includes two sets of poems, one containing 35, and the other having 6 poems which are the ones referred to by Robertson. Two biographies are included in the file and a card with an address in France.
Sender: Robertson, Robin at Penguin Books
Recipient: Romer, Stephen
Letters: 1
Date(s): 9 Jul 1984
Location: BC MS 20C Firebird Author File 55 Stephen Romer
Note: Likes six poems for Firebird 4 - "From the Corner Seat", "Sea-Changes"; "Coming Back", "How Things Continue", "In the Cinque Ports" and "An Afternoon in the Parc Monceau". Robertson expresses hesitation about using work that has already appeared and asks if Romer could let him know whether "From the Corner Seat", "Coming Back" and "In the Cinque Ports" remain intacto. Requests short biographical note. (The six poems were published in Firebird 4 Page 239)
Sender: Romer, Stephen
Recipient: Pyper, Rachel at Penguin Books
Letters: 2
Date(s): 12 Oct 1984: 16 Oct 1984
Location: BC MS 20C Firebird Author File 16 Firebird 4 Corrected Page Proofs
Note: With postcard of 12 Oct enclosed one corrected copy of the proofs - not attached. Letter of 16 Oct adds corrections to the poem "How Things Continue". Acknowledgements page attached. The six poems were published in Firebird 4 page 239.