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Matt Cohen fonds. Ninth accrual. -- 1983-1994. -- 1.45
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Box 86
file 1 Notes for the book and drafts of Prologue and beginning chapters
(``The Male Secretary''). Ms. and ts. with holograph corrections. Approximately
53 pp. 22 July 1991 (date on page with Cohen's address in France).
file 2 first draft (Prologue + chapters 1-10). Ts. with holograph corrections.
Approximately 300 pp. August 1991.
file 3 second draft. Ts. (Prologue + chapters 1-11). Approximately 225
pp. 1991.
file 4 second draft. Ts. with holograph corrections. (Prologue + chapters
1-11 + Epilogue). Approximately 240 pp. December 1991.
file 5 second draft (Prologue + chapters 1-2) and ``transition'' draft
(from second to third drafts, of the same material). Ts., both with holograph
corrections. Approximately 80 pp. 1991.
Box 87
file 1 Notes on the book with some comments by Alfred A. Knopf Canada
(Louise Dennys). Ms. 14 pp. 1991.
file 2 Notes on the book with some correspondence with Louise Dennys.
March-April 1992.
file 3 Obsolete pages. Combination of ts. and ms. 19 pp. 1991-2.
files 4-5 Draft 3 to 4. Ts. with holograph corrections and ms. insertions.
(preliminary pages, Prologue, Chapters I-XV + Epilogue). Approximately
320 pp. 1992.
files 6-7 Draft read by Kelly with written comments on the ts. and ``post-its''.
371 pp. with a number of inserted pages. 1992.
Box 88
files 1-2 Draft heavily corrected, with ``post-its'', and inserts. (Chapters
1-18). Ts. 10 June 1992.
files 3-4 Draft read by an external reader (Louise Dennys?) who has written
comments and placed ``post-its'' in the margins. Ts. Approximately 370
pp. 10 June 1992.
Box 89
file 1 Draft with a few holograph corrections. Ts. Approximately 315 pp.
1 December 1992.
file 2 Notes for corrections and changes. Ms., some photocopied. 49 pp.
1992.
files 3-4 Ts. 338 pp. 3 December 1992.
files 5-6 Ts. with holograph corrections and a few ``post-its''. 339 pp.
December 1992.
Box 90
files 1-2 Photocopy of ts. (identical to files 5-6, box 82 but without
holograph corrections). 339 pp. December 1992.
files 3-4 Ts. with a few preliminary pages and comments on ``post-its''
from external readers. 317 pp. December 1992.
file 5 Final draft. Ts. 235 pp. 23 February 1993.
Box 91
file 1 First set of page proofs, corrected (photocopy). Proofreader Alison
Reid. vi, 243 pp. 3 March 1993.
file 2 First set of page proofs, corrected (photocopy), with copy of FAX
from Linda blank to Alan Terakaya, 24 February 1993. Pagination as in
file 1. Corrections made 12 March 1992.
file 3 First (``Second'' crossed out) set of page proofs, photocopy with
a few corrections. vi, 242 pp. 15 March 1993.
Voix Parallèles / Parallel Voices. Edited by Matt Cohen
and André Carpentier. Kingston, Ont.: Quarry Press; Montreal: XYZ
Editeur, 1993.
file 4 Correspondence with contributors: Margaret Atwood, 1991 (includes
drafts of Atwood's translation, ``Life Is Short'', of Monique Proulx's
``La vie est courte''); George Bowering, 1991-92 (includes Bowering's
translation, ``Metropolitan Opera'', of Yves Lacroix's ``l'oeuvre du samedi'');
André Carpentier, 1990-92 (includes Carpentier's ``L'ondoyé
de poussière'' and Cohen's translation ``Baptized by Dust''; and
drafts of Cohen's story ``Children of the Moon'' and Carpentier's translation
``Les enfants de la lune'').
Box 92
file 1 Correspondence with contributors: Ann Diamond, 1991-92 (includes
Louis Dupre's ``Ailleurs, New York'' and Diamond's translation ``Elsewhere,
New York''); Steve Heighton, 1991 (includes Heighton's ``Magi'' and ``Mr.
Dyer's Explanation'' and Jean Pierre's Quelque part ... rire'' and Heighton's
translation ``Somewhere ... Laughing''); Greg Hollingshead, 1991 (includes
Hollingshead's ``The Appraisal'' and Daniel Gagnon's ``Petits portraits
illuminés d'elle'' and ``Luminous Portraits of Her''); Thomas King,
1991-92 (includes King's ``The One about Coyote Going West'' and Louis
Jolicoeur's ``Le voyage en Europe de l'oncle Timmy'' and King's translation
``Uncle Timmy's Trip to Europe'').
file 2 Correspondence with contributors: Rohinton Mistry, 1991; Nino Ricci,
1991; Diane Schoemperlen, 1991-92; Sarah Sheard, 1991-92 (includes Schoemperlen's
translation ``The Photo Album'' of Bertrand Bergeron's ``L'album de photos'');
and Jane Urquhart, 1991 (includes Marie Jose Theriault's ``Le violon vert''
and Urquhart's (with Gary Plaxton) ``The Green Violin).
file 3 Cohen's notes, correspondence and with the publishers, and partial
copy of proofs, 1991-93.
file 4 uncorrected proofs of the book, 1993.
Box 93
file 1 Freud: The Paris Notebooks. Kingston, Ont.: Quarry Press,
1991. Corrected proofs with letter from the publisher to Cohen's agent
Bella Pomer.
file 2 Lives of the Mind Slaves. Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill,
1994. Includes correspondence with John Metcalf, 1992-94, and six drafts
of Cohen's short story, ``Trotsky's First Confession''. See also box 97.
file 3 Short story. ``The Man Who Knew What His Mistress Was Thinking'',
ts. with holograph corrections and several pages in ms. 32 pp. 199?.
file 4 Short story. ``Morning Always Comes''. Several drafts in ts. along
with uncorrected proofs (11 pp.) and correspondence with the editor, John
Hoyland. For anthology, Bad Sex. London: Serpent's Tail, 1993.
file 5 Short story. ``Waiting for Angel''. Ts. with holograph corrections,
10 pp. Also copy of this story as published by the Magnum Book Store (Ottawa),
February 21, 1993. Magnum Readings 21.
file 6 Translation of final chapter to Guy Lafleur's Overtime.
Toronto: Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1991. Three tss., copy of the original
in French, and letter from Penguin Books (Kirsten Hanson).
file 7 Translation of Denys Arcand's Jésus de Montreal.
Ts. with holograph corrections. Approximately 160 pp. with correspondence
with the Quarry Press and the Canada Council, 1992.
file 8 Monsieur Vogel. Montreal: XYZ Editeur, 1992. Traduit par
Daniel Poliquin. Proofs with correspondence with the translator and the
publisher.
file 9 Freud à Paris. Montreal: XYZ Editeur, 1990. Correspondence
with the publisher.
file 10 Translators' Association. Correspondence and leaflets, 1992.
file 11 Notebook. Ms. of 25 leaves, remaining leaves blank. Containing
notes for various literary projects (e.g.. ``The Man Inside''). Also included
in the file is another notebook of miscellaneous jottings -- references
to The Bookseller, French names and expressions possibly used in
translations, names of computer files, etc.; 8 leaves with writing on
them, the rest of the notebook blank. early 1990s.
Box 94
Translation by Cohen of Monique Proulx's Homme invisible à la
fenêtre. Four drafts of the translation. Ts., approximately
215 pp. each, with holography corrections and ``post-its'', the fourth
one Marked up by Proulx. May 1994.
Box 95
file 1 ``Letter from Paris'', article on the French literary scene for
the Toronto Star. Two ts. with holograph corrections, each five
pp.
file 2 "Montreal Fiction, article for New York Times Book Review,
June 1988. Various drafts of the article along with notes along with correspondence
with Becky Sinclair. Two ts., 14 pp. each plus other portions of ts. and
ms.
file 3 ``Realism in Modern Fiction'', carbon ts. 11 pp. plus one page
of ms., with letter from Canadian Literature (W.H. New), 1983.
file 4 ``Writers Bloc'', article for Quill & Quire, May 1993.
Four tss, each 3 pp., with holograph corrections plus fax ts.
file 5 Review of Elisabeth Baillie's Anais Nin: Naked under the Mask.
Two tss., each 4 pp. with notes. September 15, 1992. Published in the
Toronto Star.
file 6 Review of Gordon Bowker's Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm
Lowry. Ts. with holograph corrections, 5 pp., 2 pp. of notes, and
clipping from the Toronto Star, October 16, 1993.
file 7 Review of William Christian's George Grant: A Biography.
Ms., 11 pp. Ts., 2 pp. with other notes and clipping from the Toronto
Star, December 18, 1993.
file 8 Review of Mavis Gallant's Across the Bridge. Three tss.
with holograph corrections, 3 pp. apiece except one which is lacking the
first page. With clipping from the Toronto Star, October 2, 1993.
file 9 Review of Oscar Hijuelos's The Fourteen Sisters of Emilie Montez
O'Brien. Ts. with holograph corrections, 3 pp. Published in the Toronto
Star, June 1993.
file 10 Review of R.B. Kitaj's First Diasporist Manifesto. Ts.,
4 pp. With letter to Susan Walker, September 14, 1989.
file 11 Review of Janet Malcolm, The Silent Woman. Three ts., each
4 pp. with holograph corrections with clipping from the Toronto Star,
May 6, 1994.
file 12 Review of Peter Mayle's Hotel Pastis. Two tss., each 3
pp. (extra p. 3 in one copy), both with holograph corrections. For the
Toronto Star, 1993.
file 13 Review of Ken McGoogan's Visions of Kerouac. Three tss.,
one 4 pp. and the other two 3 pp. For the Toronto Star, May 1993.
file 14 Review of Thomas R. Nevin's Simon Weil: Portraits of a Self-Exiled
Jew. Ms., 2 pp. with notes. Three tss. with holograph corrections,
two being 4 pp. and the other 3 pp. Including newsclipping and correspondence
with Judy Stoffman, Toronto Star, February 22, 1992.
file 15 Review of Jacques Poulin's Mr. Blue. Two tss., each 4 pp.,
and partial ts., some with holograph corrections. With newsclipping from
the Toronto Star, April 9, 1994, and newsclipping and other documents
related to Poulin.
file 16 Review of Henry Roth's Mercy of a Rude Stream. Two tss.,
one with holograph corrections, 4 pp. each. With article on Roth and newsclipping
from the Toronto Star, February 19, 1994.
file 17 Drafts and partial drafts of two speeches (possibly articles).
``George Grant and the National Dreaming'' (ts., 23 pp., with pages from
other drafts, April 10, 1990) and ``The Role of Gender in Canadian Literature''
(ts., 9 pp., 1991). With FAX from the Canadian Embassy and letter to Quarry
Press, 1991.
file 18 The Colour of Wars. Correspondence, with contracts, between
McClelland and Stewart, Margin Productions, and Cohen concerning the film
rights to the book. Includes photocopy of second draft of the film script,
ts., 25 pp. 1981-83.
file 19 Film script, ``Simple Hearts'', various drafts, for Maruska Stankova
workshop, November 19, 1992.
file 20 Screenplay, ``Mirrors'', based on his short story of that title,
for CBC-TV-Drama. Three drafts, the second one co-authored with E. Jane
Thompson (the director). Three versions of the first draft. Second draft,
ts., 6 pp., August 24, 1992. Third draft, photocopy of ts., 24 pp., October
14, 1992. Includes correspondence with Thompson, 1992.
Box 96
file 1, ``Autobiography'' for Contemporary Authors, Autobiography
Series, vol. 18 (Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994), pp. 79-91. Four drafts
with holograph corrections. Tss., 29 pp., 30 pp., 31 pp., 31 pp. Includes
correspondence with the editor, Joyce Nakamura, 1992-93. See also box
12.
file 2 Saskatchewan Writers Guild, 18th Annual Literary Awards (Paul Wilson).
Correspondence with Cohen's notes on some of the submissions, 1990.
file 3 Ontario Arts Council. Application for Works-in-Progress grant (The
Bookseller), 1991. Includes ts., 60 pp. of The Bookseller.
file 4 Interview with Mervin Butovsky. Photocopy of two tss., 37 pp. and
26 pp., April 16, 1989, with two letters from Butovsky, 1989.
file 5 Writers' Union of Canada, annual meeting, May 13-15 1994. Besides
containing documents pertaining the annual meeting, this file has publisher's
catalogues and notices advertising readings by Cohen.
file 6 Correspondence: with publishers and agents, A.M. Heath, Éditions
Quinze, Lester & Orpen Dennys, MacIntosh and Otis Inc., and Penguin
Books Ltd.; government organizations, The Canada Council, Rencontre québecoise
internationale des écrivains; and a few individuals, Christopher
Levenson, George Woodcock, etc. 1985-93.
Box 97 Publications containing writings by or about Cohen.
Jon Kertzer, ``Time and Its Victims'', Essays in Canadian Writing
17 (Spring 1980): 93-101.
``The Sins of Tomas Benares'', Canadian Fiction Magazine, no. 43
(1982): 14-32.
``Gothenburg Galaxy'' Books in Canada 12, no. 1 (January 1983):
4-6.
``Queen in Exile'' Books in Canada 12, no. 7 (September 1983):
9-12.
``Golden Whore of the Heartland'', Canadian Fiction Magazine no.
45-46 (1983): 113-48.
Veronica Kolp. ``The Fictional Town, Salem, in the Work of Matt Cohen''.
Mémoire presenté en vue de l'obtention du grade de Licenciée
en Phlilologie Germanique. Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1982-83.
`The Thinker'' Radio Guide 6, no. 1 (January 1986): 6-7.
`Emotional Arithmetic'' Books in Canada (August-September 1987):
16, no. 6: 11-12.
`If You Have to Talk'', Saturday Night 103, no. 11 (November 1988):
55-58. 2 copies.
`Emotional Arithmetic'' Saturday Night 105, no. 9 (November 1990):
58-61.
`Grand Old Men'', Saturday Night 106, no. 6 (August 1991): 49-50,
56.
Review by Veronica Ross of Freud: The Paris Notebooks, Paragraph
14, no. 2 (1992): 31.
`Matt Cohen'' in Contemporary Authors, Autobiography Series, vol.
18 (Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994), pp. 79-91.
Lives of the Mind Slaves: Selected Stories. Excerpt. ``Trotsky's
First Confession''. Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill, 1994.
Not in box: large black-and-white photograph of Cohen (used for cover
of Canadian Fiction Magazine no. 45-46 (1983): 113-48).
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