<> Letters to Stanford Greacen Estate 1974 Mar 30th LHL Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF GreacenStanford102 Letter Honest Ulsterman, Holland Park English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford102 LHL LHL Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford102.jpg LHL Archive against H.U. Prob. thought it too undergrad. Have also had Valerie's verse “seizure”,as you aptly put it. Not bad,but derivative. It confirms my view that she is very clever but basically un- creative,unoriginal; a good imitator of the styles of others - not to be despised,but limiting. I found the piece quite xxxx effective. I wonder if Cis is filling yr lamp with oil. I've had nothing since Christmas,but B.B.N. keep sending. Somewhat wearily— love to you both Robert Re future lunch meetings. I work until 1 p.m. in Holland Park (quite literally round the corner} so what I suggest is that we cd perhaps meet xx somewhere near xxxxxxxxxxxx Gloucester Rd Station about 1.30. There are a couple of quite attractive restaurants there - xxxxxxxxxx e.g. Dino's and Kardomah. Anyway, that's for future reference. And of course this work may prove temporary. R Have you thought of selling your autobiography in pieces rather that as a xxxxx book? Text