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Lynn Crosbie fonds
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Notebooks, sketchbooks and day planners

Series consists of notebooks, day planners and sketchbooks created and/or used by Crosbie, as well as a number of calendars and an address book. The notebooks in this series include a variety of writing, including general notes, lists, notes pertaining to Crosbie’s writing projects and PhD research, as well as personal writing and drawings. Some items in this series contain loose ephemeral items, notes, letters, and photographs.

Day planner

Day planner includes loose notes, correspondence and photographs of Crosbie with others.

Day planner

Item includes a letter written to Crosbie from Bruce McDonald.

Notebook

Item consists of notes pertaining to Crosbie's PhD thesis.

Notebook

Item includes draft writing pertaining to Crosbie's book of poetry, Pearl.

Notebook

Item includes notes pertaining to the writing of Crosbie's screenplay about hockey player John Kordic and her edited collection, Click: Becoming Feminists.

Notebook

Item includes notes for Crosbie's Jan. 2000 interview with Al Purdy.

Notebook

Item includes loose ephemera, correspondence and photographs, including one photograph of Crosbie.

Correspondence

File consists of incoming correspondence and some outgoing correspondence, including letters, notes, cards and postcards. Correspondents include Paul Tough, Jennie Punter, David Keyes, Colleen Murphy, David Trinidad, and Sonja Dunn.

Correspondence

File consists mostly of incoming correspondence, including letters, cards, notes and postcards. Correspondents include Crosbie's parents and grandparents, Michael Holmes, David McGimpsey, Ziggy Lorenc, David Solway, Mamie Van Doren, Jeffery Conway, Kerri Huffman, Kenneth Harvey, Rob McLellan, and David Keyes.

Correspondence

File consists of incoming correspondence, including letters and cards. Correspondents include Jeffery Conway, Ziggy Lorenc, Michael Trussler and Michael Holmes.

Correspondence

File consists of incoming correspondence, including letters and postcards. Correspondents include Michael Turner, Elliott Leyton, Noel Baker, David Trinidad, Michael Holmes, and David McGimpsey.

Correspondence

File consists of email correspondence exchanged between Crosbie and friends Tim White, Russell Smith, Gil Adamson, Tralee Pearce, Michael Turner, Andrew Pyper and Elizabeth Renzetti pertaining to questions posed by Crosbie for her article about pornography and fashion magazines.

Writing and related files

Series consists of records pertaining to Crosbie’s career as a writer, reviewer and editor. Records include draft manuscripts, poems and articles, research materials, page proofs, notes, invoices, correspondence, speaking notes, programmes, posters and photographs. These records document the writing, publication and promotion of Crosbie’s books of poetry, prose and non-fiction, including Miss Pamela’s Mercy (1992), The Girl Wants To (1993), VillainElle (1994), Pearl (1995), Paul’s Case (1997), Click: Becoming Feminists (1997), Queen Rat (1998), Dorothy L’Amour (1999), Missing Children (2003), Liar (2006), Life Is About Losing Everything (2012) and Where Did You Sleep Last Night (2015), as well as her writing for newspapers, magazines and literary journals. Also included in this series are reviews of Crosbie’s books, manuscripts by other writers sent to Crosbie for comment or review, and copies of her published poems, literary reviews, newspaper and magazine articles.

Al Purdy interview notes

File includes Crosbie's handwritten notes prepared for her two-day interview with Al Purdy, conducted in British Columbia on 21-22 January 2000, as well her typescript notes based on an audio recording of the interviews. Some research materials are also part of the file.

Letter and page proofs from Martha Sharpe

File consists of a letter from House of Anansi publisher Sharpe to Crosbie regarding Crosbie's blurb for Esta Spalding's book, Anchoress. Included in the file is a copy of the blurb and page proofs of the book.

Off the pigs : a subversive alternative

Item is a poetry zine featuring writing by York University students. The following poems by Crosbie are included in this item: "Best wishes in the new year (from Orson and Rita)", "Friday the thirteenth (horror poems for Jason)" and "Monologue".

Pearl : correspondence and edit notes

File consists of edit notes and comments exchanged between Crosbie and Anansi editor Martha Sharpe as well as correspondence from Crosbie pertaining to rights permissions for quotations appearing in Pearl.

Publishers' catalogues

File consists of catalogues from Coach House Press, MacFarlane Walter & Ross, Insomniac Press, Turtle Point Press, House of Anansi and HarperCollins featuring Crosbie's books of poetry and prose.

Articles : The Globe and Mail

File consists of published copies of Crosbie's weekly pop culture column, Pop Rocks, as well as other articles and book reviews written by Crosbie for this newspaper.

Articles : The Globe and Mail

File consists of published copies of Crosbie's weekly pop culture column, Pop Rocks, as well as other articles and book reviews written by Crosbie for this newspaper.

Student projects

File consists of student projects from Crosbie's Summer 2015 course, Introduction to Creative Writing, at OCAD University.

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