Notes for Concerning Making, circa 1970-1990

Items of note include an off-print of Coffey's "Extracts from Concerning Making," which appeared in Lace Curtain No.6 (Autumn 1973); issue is included. Also several reviews of Coffey's Death of Hektor and Samuel Beckett's Rockaby ; one copy of The Niagra Magazine, Robert Creeley: A Dialogue , No.9 (Fall 1978); and a photocopy of J.C.C. Mays's "Passivity and Openness in Two Long Poems by Brian Coffey," from Irish University Review . "Concerning Making" also contains a typescript of Alain Suberchicot's essay, "La Poesie Britannique: Le Mythe Prolonge chez Brian Coffey and Jonathan Griffin," inscribed "Dear Brian--to appear in a French magazine. / Don't know which. How are you? / All best, A"; and a typescript of James Hogan's "No.28" of Danta Gradha , inscribed "To Brian + Bridget / Best Wishes, James"