1982 - 1997
Manuscript Collection Number: 438
Accessioned: Purchase, June 1998
Extent: 11 linear ft.
Content: Letters, manuscripts,
proofs, publicity, reviews
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: March 2002, by
Kevin Burke.
Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Salmon Publishing, Ltd. of Clare, Ireland, is a leading Irish and international publisher of poetry collections, particularly noted for its publication of women and new poets. Founded by the American-Irish poet Jessie Lendennie and her husband, Mike Allen, Salmon had its origins in the Galway Writers Workshop associated with University College, Galway. In 1982, Lendennie and Allen, both members of the Workshop, began publication of The Salmon International Literary Journal, a quarterly dedicated to “providing a forum for voices which were not being represented by the dominant literary outlets in Dublin.” The Salmon ceased publication in 1991. Salmon began its book publishing activities in 1984 with collections by Eva Bourke and Rita Ann Higgins. Lendennie and Allen separated in 1987 and Lendennie remained as Managing Director of Salmon. In 1994, Salmon Publishing moved from Galway to Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland. In addition to book publishing, Salmon Publishing runs regular Creative Writing Workshops and a bookstore.
Salmon has produced over 150 volumes of poetry. Many established Irish poets published their initial collections with Salmon, including Rita Ann Higgins, Eva Bourke, Theo Dorgan, and Moya Cannon. In addition, Salmon has “published a range of international poets including Adrienne Rich, Marvin Bell, Richard Tillinghast, Carol Ann Duffy, R. T. Smith, Linda McCarriston, Ron Houchin, and Ben Howard.” Although Salmon has never been exclusively a “women’s press,” it has been instrumental in discovering, publishing, and promoting the work of a significant number of Irish women poets including the 1999 anthology edited by Joan McBreen, The White Page/An Bhileog Bhan: 20th Century Irish Women Poets.
Salmon Poetry, Ireland. (n.d.). Retreived March 22, 2002, from http://www.salmonpoetry.com.
Wilson, Joyce. “Poetry Out of the Whirlwind.” Poetry Porch, 2001. Retreived March 22, 2002, from http://world.std.com/~jpwilson/jlinterview.html.
Other information derived from the collection.
The Archives of Salmon Publishing covers the activity of Salmon Publishing Ltd. of Clare, Ireland, from its inception in 1982 through 1997. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Publishing is noted particularly for its promotion of the work of new women poets. Salmon Publishing began in 1982 with The Salmon, a literary quarterly dedicated to providing a forum for new poets outside of Dublin. In 1984, Salmon began to publish books by these same poets. When The Salmon ceased publication in 1992, the book publishing operation continued, and it is with book publishing that the bulk of the material in the Salmon Archives is concerned. The collection is divided into a series of Publishing Files and a series of Administrative Files.
The Publishing Series consists of files related to the publication of individual books. These files vary greatly in completeness. Typical contents include correspondence between author and publisher, publicity materials related to the promotion of the book, and reviews from Irish and other newspapers and journals. Many files also include manuscripts and copies of corrected proofs. At their most complete these files document the entire publication history of particular works from the initial contacts between author and publisher through negotiations over contract terms and related matters, the editing and revision of texts leading to publication, and the promotion and initial reception of the work.
Noteworthy among the Publication files are those related to the Irish publication of Adrienne Rich’s Selected Poems by Salmon. These files include an extensive correspondence between Rich and Salmon publisher, Jessie Lendennie, as well as correspondence between Salmon and W.W. Norton, Rich’s American and U.K. publishers, regarding the terms of publication. Rich’s corrected proofs are also included in these files. Joan McBreen’s The White Page/An Bhileog Bhán (1999) is a major anthology of Irish women poets. Files in the collection include McBreen’s master’s thesis, which became the basis for the book, correspondence with many of the poets included in the anthology, and corrected proofs. The Salmon Archives includes publication files for books by Irish poets including Rita Ann Higgins, Theo Dorgan, Moya Cannon, Mary O'Donnell, Eamonn Wall, Mary O’Malley, Eva Bourke, Janice Fitzpatrick-Simmons, and Gerard Donovan. The American poets Marvin Bell and Richard Tillinghast are among the non-Irish poets represented in the Salmon Archive. The collection includes files related to Lendennie’s books The Salmon Guide to Poetry Publishing in Ireland and The Salmon Guide to Creative Writing in Ireland. Files in the Publication series are arranged by author name and title of the individual book.
The Administrative Series includes general correspondence and correspondence with Irish funding agencies (the Arts Council, the Galway Corporation) and trade and professional organizations (CLE, Poolbeg, Poetry Ireland). Other files relate to Auburn House, an imprint of Salmon Publishing specializing in “new age” books on health and spirituality, and to The Salmon, the literary quarterly published by Salmon from 1982-1992. Additional files contain information on literary competitions and festivals, and on educational programs and trade fairs, mostly in Ireland. Files of poets’ photographs and book covers complete the Administrative Series.
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Box -- Folder -- Contents
Series I. Publishing Files
1 Archer, Nuala. The Hour of Pan/Amá, 1992
F1 Manuscript and Proofs
F2 Correspondence, Publicity, Reviews
Bardwell, Leland. The White Beach: New and Selected
Poems 1960-1998, 1998
F3 Manuscript
F4 Proofs
F5 Correspondence, Publicity, Reviews
Note: Includes autograph card from Maeve Binchy to the
publisher.
Bell, Marvin. Wednesday: Selected Poems 1966-1997, 1998
F6 Manuscript
F7 Proofs, July 1997
F8 Proofs, November 1997
F9 Proofs, January 1998
F10 Correspondence
F11 Publicity and Reviews
Boran, Pat. The Portable Creative Writing Workshop, 1999
F12 Manuscript
F13 First Proofs
F14 Second Proofs
F15 Correspondence, Publicity
F16 Boran, Pat. Strange Bedfellows, 1991
F17 Bourke, Eva. Gonella, 1985; Litany for the Pig, 1989
F18 Brennan, Rory. The Old in Rapallo, 1996
F19 Brett, Heather. Abigail Brown, 1991
2 Brogan, Patricia Burke. Above the Waves Calligraphy, 1994
F20 Manuscript
Note: Includes two early versions of the text, entitled
Sanctuary.
F21 Manuscript
F22 Publicity and original graphics by the author
F23 Brogan, Patricia Burke. Eclipsed, 1994
Burnside, Sam. Walking the Marches, 1990
F24 Manuscript
F25 Correspondence, Publicity, Reviews, and Photographs
Callaghan, Louise C. The Puzzle-Heart, 1999
F26 Manuscript
F27 First and Second Proofs
F28 Correspondence and Publicity
Cannon, Moya. Oar, 1990
F29 Manuscript and Proofs
F30 Correspondence and Publicity
Chadwick, Jerah. Story Hunger, 1999
F31 Manuscript and Proofs
F32 Correspondence and Publicity
Chapman, Patrick. The New Pornography, 1996
F33 Proofs
F34 Correspondence and Publicity
2 F35 Cowman, Roz. The Goose Herd, 1989
F36 Crowley, Vicki. Oasis in a Sea of Dust, 1992
Note: Includes photographs and slides of author's
artwork.
F37 Donovan, Gerard. Columbus Rides Again, 1992
F38 Donovan, Gerard. Kings and Bicycles, 1995
Donovan, Gerard. The Lighthouse, 2000
F39 Manuscript, First Version (May1999)
F40 Manuscripts, Two Revisions (November 1999, January 2000)
F41 Correspondence
F42 Dorcey, Mary. Moving into the Space Cleared by Our
Mothers, 1991
F43 Dorcey, Mary. The River That Carries Me, 1995
F44 Dorgan, Theo. The Ordinary House of Love, 1990
F45 Dorgan, Theo. Rosa Mundi, 1995
Duffy, Carol Ann. The Salmon Carol Ann Duffy, 2000
F46 Manuscript
F47 Proofs
F48 Correspondence and Publicity
F49 Egan, Michael. We Came Out Again To See the Stars, 1986
3 F50 Ellis, Patricia. Swans and Angels, 1996
F51 Enzweiler, Joseph. A Curb in Eden, 1999
Fanning, Michael. Verbum et Verbum, 1997
F52 Manuscript
F53 Proofs
Note: Includes signed copy of the book with annotations
for a projected second edition.
F54 Correspondence, Publicity, and Reviews
Fitzmaurice, Gabriel. Kerry On My Mind, 1999
F55 Manuscripts, Two Versions
F56 First Proofs
F57 Second Proofs
F58 Correspondence
F59 Fitzpatrick-Simmons, Janice. Settler, 1995
Fitzpatrick-Simmons, Janice. Starting at Purgatory, 1999
F60 Manuscript
F61 Proofs
F62 Correspondence
F63 Genaga, Paul. Striking Water, 1989
Golden, Frank. The Interior Act, 1999
F64 Manuscripts, Two Versions
F65 Correspondence and Publicity
F66 Gorman, Michael. Up She Flew, 1991
F67 Greene, Angela. Silence and the Blue Night, 1993
Harmon, Maurice. The Last Regatta, 2000
F68 Manuscript
F69 Correspondence
3 Hartigan, Anne Le Marquand. Clearing the Space, 1996
F70 Manuscript
Note: Includes manuscript of La Corbiére, a play by
Hartigan that was included in her collection, Immortal
Sins.
F71 Correspondence, Publicity, and Reviews
F72 Hartigan, Anne Le Marquand. Now is a Moveable Feast, 1991
Heffernan, Michael. Another Part of the Island, 1999
F73 Manuscript
F74 Correspondence
F75 Heffernan, Michael. The Back Road to Arcadia, 1994
Higgins, Michael D. The Betrayal, 1990
F76 Manuscript
F77 Manuscript, First Revision
F78 Manuscript, Second Revision
F79 Correspondence, Publicity, Reviews
4 F80 Higgins, Rita Ann. Face Licker Come Home, 1991
F81 Higgins, Rita Ann. Goddess and Witch, 1990
F82 Higgins, Rita Ann. Higher Purchase, 1996
F83 Higgins, Rita Ann. Philomena’s Revenge, 1992
Hildebidle, John. Defining Absence, 1999
F84 Manuscript, Two Versions
F85 Correspondence
Houchin, Ron. Death and the River, 1997
F86 Proofs
Note: Includes Houchin’s chapbook, The Falling Boy.
F87 Correspondence and Publicity
Howard, Ben. Midcentury, 1997
F88 Manuscript
F89 Proofs
F90 Correspondence and Reviews
Hull, Gerald. Falling into Monaghan, 1999
F91 Manuscript and Proofs
F92 Correspondence and Publicity
F93 Johnston, Fred. Song at the Edge of the World, 1988
Johnston, Fred. True North, 1997
F94 Manuscript
F95 Proofs
F96 Correspondence and Publicity
F97 Kavanagh, John. Etchings, 1991
Kavanagh, John. Half-Day Warriors, 1999
F98 Manuscript
F99 Proofs
F100 Correspondence
F101 Kennedy, Anne. Buck Mountain Poems, 1989
5 Lendennie, Jessie. Daughter, 1988
F102 Correspondence, Publicity
F103 Newspaper clippings
F104 Lendennie, Jessie and Hickson, Paddy. The Salmon Guide
to Creative Writing in Ireland, 1991
F105 Lendennie, Jessie. The Salmon Guide to Poetry
Publishing in Ireland, 1989
F106 Liddy, James. Gold Set Dancing, 2000
F107 Lott, Clarinda Harriss. The Night Parrot, 1988
F108 McBreen, Joan. A Walled Garden in Moylough, 1995
McBreen, Joan. The White Page/ An Bhileog Bhán, 1999
F109 Manuscript of A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Irish
Women Poets
Note: This M.A. thesis, submitted by the author to
Dublin's University College in 1997, provided the basis
for The White Page.
F110 Manuscript, t.p. through p. 100
F111 Manuscript, pp. 101-237
F112 Proofs
F113 Correspondence and Proofs: March 1997, Jan-Aug 1999
F114 Correspondence and Proofs: September 1999
F115 Correspondence and Proofs: 1-15 October 1999
F116 Correspondence and Proofs: 18 Oct-Nov 1999
F117 Copies of Poems, Correspondence, and Publicity
F118 Corrected Proofs for Second Printing (2000)
F119 Related Materials
Note: Includes text of a talk, "Women’s Poetry in
Contemporary Ireland," given by McBreen in August 1994;
also, manuscript of a thesis, "Ireland’s Hidden
Traditions: Contemporary Irish Female Poet’s," by Sarah
L. Roesler that contains many references to Salmon
poets.
McCarriston, Linda. Little River: New and Selected
Poems, 2000
F120 Manuscript
F121 Correspondence and Publicity
F122 MacCarthy, Catherine Phil. This Hour of the Tide, 1994
McCormick, Jeri. When It Came Time, 1998
F123 Manuscript and Revised Manuscript
F124 Correspondence and Publicity
6 F125 McNulty, Ted. On the Block, 1995
F126 McNulty, Ted. Rough Landings, 1992
Medbh, Máighréad. Tenant, 1999
F127 Manuscript
F128 Proofs
F129 Correspondence and Publicity
Menaghan, John. All the Money in the World, 1999
F130 Manuscript
F131 Proofs
F132 Correspondence
F133 Miller, Áine. Goldfish in a Baby Bowl, 1994
Miller, Áine. Touchwood, 2000
F134 Manuscript, Early Version
F135 Manuscript, Second Version
F136 First Proofs
F137 Second Proofs
F138 Final Proofs and Correspondence
F139 Monahan, Noel. Curse of the Birds, 2000
Monahan, Noel. Opposite Walls, 1991
F140 Manuscript, Two Versions
F141 Proofs
F142 Correspondence and Clippings
F143 Monahan, Noel. Snowfire, 1995
Morgan, Tom. In Queen Mary's Garden, 1991
F144 Manuscript
F145 Proofs and Correspondence
F146 O'Brien, Jean. The Shadow Keeper, 1997
7 O'Connor, Claire. When You Need Them, 1989
F147 Manuscript
F148 Proofs, Correspondence, Publicity, Reviews
F149 O'Donnell, Hugh. Roman Pines at Berkeley, 1990
F150 O'Donnell, Mary. Reading the Sunflowers in September,
1990
O'Donnell, Mary. Unlegendary Heroes, 1998
F151 Manuscript and First Proofs
F152 Second Proofs
F153 Correspondence and Publicity
F154 O'Donohue, John. Echoes of Memory, 1994
F155 O'Driscoll, Ciaran. Gog and Magog, 1987
F156 O'Grady, Desmond. Tipperary, 1991
Note: Includes a copy of the catalog for the exhibition
of the photographs of John Minihan, "Bacon, Beckett,
and Burroughs," signed by Minihan.
F157 O'Hagan, Sheila. The Peacock's Eye, 1992
F158 O'Hagan, Sheila. The Troubled House, 1995
7 F159 O'Malley, Mary. A Consideration of Silk, 1990
O'Malley, Mary. The Knife in the Wave, 1997
F160 Manuscript
F161 Proofs
F162 Correspondence, Publicity, Reviews
Note: Includes correspondence concerning the poet's
1993 collection, Where the Rocks Float.
O'Malley, Tom. Journey Backward, 1998
F163 Early Correspondence and Manuscript
F164 First Proofs
F165 Second Proofs
F166 Third Proofs
F167 Parkinson, Barbara. Any Change for the Jugglers, 1995
F168 Parry, Gwyn. Crossings, 1998
Patten, Angela. Still Listening, 1999
F169 Manuscript
F170 Proofs and Correspondence
F171 Pleasants, Virginia. Healthy Choices, 1996
Pye, Joyce. Ireland's Musical Instrument Makers, 1990
F172 Manuscript
F173 Correspondence and Publicity
8 F174 Rhatigan, George. Dreams: Secret Language of the
Soul, 1996
Rich, Adrienne. Selected Poems: 1950 – 1995, 1996
F175 Manuscripts, Photocopies, Proofs
Note: Includes photocopies of Rich's poems selected by
Salmon for inclusion in the book, supplemented with
copies of poems provided by Rich; also, Rich's
corrections to pages of the proofs, and the manuscripts
and corrected proofs of Eavan Boland's Introduction to
the book and Jean Valentine's Afterword.
F176 Proofs
F177 Correspondence and Publicity
Note: includes correspondence between Rich and Jessie
Lendennie, publisher of Salmon; also correspondence
between Salmon and W.W. Norton, Rich's American and UK
publisher; also contains publicity materials for the
book and newspaper clippings documenting Irish
reception of the book and its author.
F178 Roper, Mark. The Hen Ark, 1990
F179 Sexton, Tom. Autumn in the Alaska Range, 2000
F180 Shepperson, Janet. The Aphrodite Stone, 1995
Simmons, James. The Company of Children, 1999
F181 Manuscript
F182 First Proofs
F183 Second Proofs and Correspondence
F184 Simmons, James. Mainstream, 1995
F185 Skinner, Knute. The Bears and Other Poems, 1991;
Learning to Spell Zucchini, 1988
F186 Skinner, Knute. The Cold Irish Earth, 1996; What Trudy
Knows, 1994
F187 Slade, Jo. Certain Octobers, 1997; The Vigilant One,
1994
F188 Slade, Jo. In Fields I Hear Them Sing, 1989
F189 Slonims, Shula. Flight of the Raven, 1996
Smith, R.T.. Split the Lark, 1999
F190 Manuscript and Proofs
F191 Correspondence and Reviews
F192 Strong, Eithne. Let Live, 1990
F193 Sullivan, Breda. After the Ball, 1998
F194 Sullivan, Breda. A Smell of Camphor, 1992
F195 Teck, Jill. Becoming the Tree, 1997
9 F196 Tillinghast, Richard. A Quiet Pint in Kinvara,
1991
Tillinghast, Richard. Today in the Café Trieste, 1997
F197 Manuscript and Proofs
F198 Correspondence and Reviews
F199 Tyaransen, Olaf. The Consequences of Slaughtering
Butterflies, 1992
F200 Unrau, John. Iced Water, 2000
F201 Valentine, Jean. The Under Voice, 1995
F202 van de Kamp, Peter. Notes, 1999
Vassal, Michelle. Sandgames, 2000
F203 Manuscript
F204 Proofs and Correspondence
Wall, Eamon. The Crosses, 2000
F205 Manuscript
F206 Proofs and Correspondence
Wall, Eamon. Iron Mountain Road, 1997
F207 Manuscript and Proofs
F208 Correspondence and Reviews
Walmsley, Gordon. Terebinthos, 1999
F209 Manuscript and Correspondence
F210 Proofs
Wichert, Sabine. Sharing Darwin, 1999
F211 Manuscript
F212 Proofs
F213 Wichert, Sabine. Tin Drum Country, 1995
Zell, Ann. Weathering, 1998
F214 Manuscript
F215 Proofs
F216 Correspondence
Series II. Administrative Files
10 F217 Salmon: General Publicity
Note: Includes text of a paper by Victor Luftig of Yale
University, “No Frontiers: Salmon Publishing and the
Frontiers of Irish Poetry,” presented to Midwest MLA
November 1990; also, journal and newspaper articles,
and testimonial letters.
Salmon General Correspondence
Note: Much of this correspondence is from poets
submitting work to The Salmon; other correspondence
covers a wide range of business, promotional, and
personal activities of poets and others associated with
Salmon.
F218 1982-1983
F219 1985-1986
F220 1987
F221 1988: I
F222 1988: II
F223 1989
F224 1990
F225 1991-1992
F226 Undated
F227 Arts Council: Correspondence and Grant Applications
F228 Galway Corporation: Correspondence and Grant
Applications
F229 CLE (Irish Book Publishers Association) Reports
Poolbeg: Correspondence, Minutes, Reports
F230 1993-1994
F231 1995-1997
F232 Poetry Ireland: Correspondence and Newsletters
11 F233 Auburn House
Note: Auburn House was an imprint of Salmon Publishing
specializing in “new Age” health and spirituality.
F234 The Salmon: Publicity and Articles
Includes copy of The Salmon no. 12 and cover art.
The Salmon: Poets' Biographies
Note: The majority of these are autobiographical,
submitted by the poets for inclusion in The Salmon.
F235 A-L
F236 M-Z
12 F237 Competitions
F238 Educational Programs
Series II. Administrative Files
F239 Festivals
F240 Trade Fairs
13 F241 Poets' Photographs (63 items)
Boran, Pat (2 copies)
Brett, Heather
Burnside, Sam (2 copies)
Cannon, Moya (3 photographs)
Dorcey, Mary
Egan, Michael (2 copies)
Genaga, Paul (with Victor Luftig)
Genaga, Paul
Gorman, Mickey (1985, “from a painting by Anne
Costelloe”)
Greene, Angela
Higgins, Michael (with Sabrina Higgins)
Higgins, Michael (3 photographs; with Rita Ann Higgins
and Joan McBreen)
Higgins, Michael (2 photographs; with unidentified)
Higgins, Rita Ann (photograph by Anne Kennedy)
Johnston, Fred
Johnston, Fred (1989)
Joselow, Beth (“delivering toast Book party New York
12/89”)
Kavanagh, John (2 copies)
Lendennie, Jessie
Lendennie, Jessie (2 copies)
Lendennie, Jessie (with Rita Ann Higgins; 2 copies)
Lendennie, Jessie (with Paul Genaga, Dave Cesario,
Viviene Leone; “Launch of 7th Anniversary Issue of
‘The Salmon’ New York City, 1989”)
Lendennie, Jessie (with Mike Murphey and Deborah Evers;
2 copies)
Lendennie, Jessie (3 photographs: with dog Zookie; with
Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith; at Listowel Writers’
Week with Hugh O’Donnell, Eithne Strong, Gabriel
Fitzmaurice)
McBreen, Joan (“at Poets House, Donegal”)
McBreen, Joan (with Joe McBreen, 1995; “Poet’s House,
Co. Donegal”)
Monahan, Noel (April 1991)
Monahan, Noel (April 1991)
O’Connor, Claire
O’Connor, Claire (1989)
O’Donnell, Hugh
O’Donnell, Mary
O’Grady, Desmond (Kinsale 1990; photograph by John
Minihan)
O’Hagan, Sheila (2 Copies)
13 O’Hagan, Sheila
Roesler, Sarah
Roper, Mark
Salmon Bookstore and Writer’s Center (2 copies)
Skinner, Knute (2 photographs; with Edna Kiel)
Slade, Jo
Strong, Eithne
Sullivan, Breda (1992)
Tillinghast, Richard (2 photographs; 1992)
Tyaransen, Olaf (2 copies)
F242 Book Covers
Includes promotional postcards, paperback covers, and
dust jackets for hard cover copies for both Salmon and
Auburn House publications.
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