I saw this too. I hadn’t realised, until I saw it, how far Neil had got in tracking her down. I tried myself a few years ago through the usual channels of ex-publishers and agents but drew a blank. I still have her 2 volumes from the 60s and think very highly of them; I’ve not read her novels, of which there were 6 or 7, and they seem to have dropped out of existence as well. It would be good at least to have a new compilation of her poems, including perhaps uncollected work from magazines. Perhaps Bloodaxe will come to the rescue.
Tony
On 8 May 2014, at 09:48, Peter Riley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Rosemary Tonks has died, obituary by Neil Astley in yesterday's Guardian. No new revelations or hopes of public redress, but some interesting biography and family connections. There could be a thesis on C20 women who abandoned poetry in something like horror of its irresponsibility.
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> I also get the feeling, perhaps wrongly, that nobody's much bothered. There was a flurry of excitement about RT in these circles some twenty years ago, but it took Neil Astley to follow up and attempt to do something.
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