<> Letters to Stanford Greacen Estate 1977 May 31st LHL Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF GreacenStanford278 Letter Michael Longley English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford278 LHL LHL Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford278.jpg LHL Archive  Review,formerly "Poetry Nation". I got a nice revi w of the Fox book - only 2 yrs late! - in the latest issue. It came from Andrew Waterman who first wrote a long introductory section on Ulster poets,damning them generally and in particular Michael Longley. I’ve written to Waterman and had a very nice reply — he will read to the Group when in London. But if Longley shd hear of RG-Waterman contacts,well........ Which reminds me/ to tell youthat I have put in for another Bursary.... ' Yes,Roy’s book is out. Nicely produced,I thought,and not provincial-looking. He is disappointed not to have a London publisher - Chatto turned it down. Roy is somewhat contra- dictory in attitude: a strong local patriot,he dislikes all local writers and their works with one or two exceptions. His style and content has altered little through the years. Good,I think, but I feel he ought to strike out into some new line and not keep chewing over the old Ulster/ Irish themes. But do say a good word about his book if you can. Not much else to tell you. I enclose a new Fox poem. The facts about Giuliano are taken from Gavin Maxwell's book,"God Protect Me from My Friends". love to you both - Robert- Text