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Manuscript Name | Papers of Les Wicks |
Manuscript Number | MSS 151 |
Last Updated | July 2021 |
Extent | 2 boxes |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Correspondence, notebooks, manuscript drafts, and reviews relating to Les Wicks |
Literary
The papers of Les Wicks relate to his early years of writing and editing up to 1986, and are mainly comprised of notebooks. The papers also include some correspondence, small press items, drafts, and reviews
1975-1986
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wicks
Poet, publisher, and editor Les Wicks was born in 1955, and studied at Macquarie University. In 1976 he founded Meuse Press with Bill Farrow, which was initially an occasional magazine. Wicks continued as the primary editor and curator of Meuse Press, delivering ground-breaking productions such as Antransit (bus poetry) in Sydney and Newcastle, and Heritage Light which included publishing a poem on the surface of the Parramatta River. Wicks has performed and run workshops across Australia, and published in numerous newspapers, anthologies, and magazines across multiple countries
References:
Austlit : Les Wicks https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18195 retrieved 13 November 2020
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Papers of Les Wicks, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 151, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The first consignment of this collection was purchased in 1985, with the remaining four consignments donated under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, the last in 1997
Les Wicks, 1955- — Archives
Small presses — Australia
Australian poetry — 20th century
Les Wicks, 1955-
Meuse Press
Poets
Editors
Publishers
Folder 1
Four notebooks - 1979, 1980, 1983
Folder 2
Notebook - 1984 - 1986
Loose pieces
Folder 3
‘Moments of Brilliance - parts 1 - 5, 1983
‘Lands’
Folder 4
‘Novella’ - first draft
Folder 5
Miscellaneous poetry and stories
‘Young Man in Paradise’, ‘The Vanguard Sleeps In’ - photocopies
Folder 6
Correspondence
Folder 7
Notebook - 1976
Folder 8
Notebooks (two) - 1976 and undated
Folder 9
Notebooks (two) - 1978 and 1978-1979
Folder 10
Notebooks (two) - 1979 and 1979-1980
Folder 11
Reviews
Folder 12
Notes on works - 1975-1977
Various notes - undated
Folder 13
Notes - 1970-1976
Folder 14
Film notes - animation project, 1980
Folder 15
‘Used and unused useless history’ - 1980
Small Press items :
‘Musicians’ Union Band Guide’
‘The Vanguard Sleeps On’
‘The Last Muese’ - no. 6
Muese - no. 3 (two copies), signed copy
Meuse - signed; Meuse - no. 1
‘Throat’ - ‘Meuse’ Anthology
‘Banyon’ - no. 1 (three copies)
‘Passing Show’ vol. 5, no. 8, 15 September 1977
‘Passing Show’ - vol. 6, no. 12, 1 November 1978
‘Fighting Arts’ - ‘Meuse’ Anthology
‘Cannibals’ - 1985
This collection contains an additional 5 oversize boxes that have not yet been catalogued or processed.