Sorry to hear of Lawrence’s death. I published two ebooks by him a few years ago:
Memory Fictions:
https://www.argotistonline.co.uk/MEMORY%20FICTIONS.pdf
Commentaries on Bob Cobbing:
https://www.argotistonline.co.uk/COMMENTARIES%20ON%20BOB%20COBBING.pdf
He said he wanted to write something for the Argotist about a (then) fracas concerning The Writers Forum, which is explained here:
http://www.wfuk.org.uk/blog/?cat=8
I said that I’d be interested to read anything he wrote, and would likely publish it once the aforementioned ebooks had been published. Unfortunately, after they had been published, he changed his mind about writing about the fracas. I think by then he might have had a rapprochement with the various parties involved.
Subject: Re: Petition to save the archival papers and collections of Lawrence Upton
From: Wolfgang Görtschacher <[log in to unmask]>
To: British & Irish poets <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:31:23 +0100
cris, thank you for taking the initiative. I was about to do the same. Among others, I had one particularly important meeting with Lawrence when I conducted a long interview with him for my book "Contemporary Views on the Little Magazine Scene" (2000). He very generously supported my project. I have already volunteered to publish a volume under the Poetry Salzburg imprint. I have just signed the petition and will publicize it.
Best wishes from Salzburg,
Wolfgang
Am 28.02.2020 um 04:42 schrieb cheek, cris:
Please help bring pressure to bear so that Lawrence Upton's papers and collections do not become landfill fodder. The situation is precarious. Lawrence has no next-of-kin (as far as we know) and might have died intestate. We need to gain access to the building to ascertain if there is a will and to begin to assess the condition of the mountain of materials inside his house. It is currently boarded up by the police for security and possibly in danger of being declared a public health and safety hazard by the coroner's office. Time is in short supply. This petition seeks to demonstrate the importance of his materials for future research by scholars and practitioners.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/the-archive-of-lawrence-upton?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=&loc=thank-you-page
Looking forward,
cris
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