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M.G. Vassanji fonds File
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“The Dilemma of Arrival” : response to newspaper article

File consists of four lined pages of a handwritten response to a newspaper article in the New York Times, 28 Aug. 1988, by Bharati Mukherjee titled “Immigrant Writing: Give Us Your Maximalists!” File also contains an original copy of the newspaper article.

Notebook

File consists of a steno notebook containing writing drafts.

Correspondence : publishers

File consists of records pertaining to the publication of “The Gunny Sack” mainly with Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. and Heinemann International. File also contains publisher reviews of Vassanji’s manuscripts.

The Ghost of Bagamoyo : play script and children’s story

File consists of the script for a children’s play first filmed and broadcast on CBC's "Morningside" in 1992 and on CBC's "Arts Tonight" in 1993. The play was part of “The Child’s Play Collection” that features six original plays all written by Canadian authors. The file also consists of a copy of the story with children’s drawings accompanying the text.

Toronto South Asian review

File consists of: correspondence with Syl Cheney-Coker and a short story by his daughter, Malaika; a short story by Lyndon Cayonne; draft of an article, "Embellishing the winter skies : South Asian literature in Canada"; correspondence and copies of grant applications to the Canada Council; correspondence regarding a joint book publishing venture with the International Writing Program; and a leaflet and typescript article regarding a rift within PEN Canada regarding the marginalization of writers of colour in response to literature handed out by Vision 21 and the Multicultural Women Writers of Canada in September 1990 at PEN's annual congress in Toronto.

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