[{"node":{"title":"GreacenStanford273","Collections":"Letters to Stanford","Contributor":"Greacen Estate","Coverage":"1977 Apr 6th","Creator":"LHL","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"GreacenStanford273","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Inside the Forties","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford273","Publisher":"LHL","Relation":"LHL","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford273.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff27 P. C.\n\n6 April 77\n\nMy dear Derek,\n\nWhen I came back yesterday I found a copy\nof INSIDE THE FORTIES awaiting me (from xxxx\nBBN). I have devoured it eagerly and,even I\ndidn't know the author,I'd give it a very\nfavourable review. How excellently you have\nrecreated the atmosphere of the period! I like\nespecialty the way you combine personal memory\nwith critical comment. I congratulate you on\nthis fine piece of work. I may say that what\nyou write about me has my full approval: as\nCatholic Bishops say in the front of books on\nreligion of which they approve:Nihil obstat.\nI thank you for telling the world that I like\npork chops,useful information for any lady who\nhopes to woo me from my darling Herta. But\nbefore I leave the topic of your new volume,\nI want to express the wish that it will receive\nthe critical attention it deserves.(I also\nhope - this is a minor matter - that one day\nwhen you visit me at No. 27, you will sign my copy\nand also,perhaps,THE FREEDOM OF POETRY (or is\nit FROM?!).\n\nI'm sure you realise that you have made an\nenemy of Leslie Gillespie because of what you\nsay about him. He will be in a rage if/when he\nsees it. You know,I think,that^I haven't seen\nLeslie (or any of his family for almost 2 years.\n\nI just couldn't stand him any longer -- his\nbitter envy,and his obsessive frustration\nbecause nobody will publish his work. What a\n","Type":"Text"}}]