Accession consists of drafts of unpublished poems, correspondence, drafts of poems written for Uppal’s published collections “We are What We Mourn,” “Winter Sport,” “Summer Sport,” “Cover Before Striking,” her novel “Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother, and her theatrical plays “6 Essential Questions” and “What Linda Said.”
The fonds consists of drafts of published and unpublished poems, plays, stories, and novels, including those written for creative writing courses taken at York, drafts of poems written for her published poetry collections 'How to Draw Blood from a Stone,' 'Confessions of a Fertility Expert,' 'Pretending to Die,' 'Live Coverage,' 'Successful Tragedies: Poems 1998-2010' and 'Traumatology'. Also included is correspondence, research files, notes, and drafts related to Uppal's two novels 'The Divine Economy of Salvation' and 'To Whom it May Concern.' The fonds also includes the edited drafts of submissions and correspondence related to 'Uncommon Ground: A Celebration of Matt Cohen'. Files in the fonds also pertain to Uppal's work preparing anthologies as editor for 'The Exile Book of Poetry in Translation: Twenty Canadian Poets Take on the World' and 'The Exile Book of Canadian Sports Stories.' Records in this fonds also include personal and professional correspondence, drafts of plays, files regarding literary activities, including grant applications, personal appearances at conferences and events to promote publications, editorial work, writing workshops, and literary ephemera such as posters, programmes, flyers, catalogues and T-shirts. The fonds also includes teaching evaluations filled out by Uppal's students at York University, as well as literary works, stories, examinations, and final project submissions by graduate students whose work was supervised by Priscila Uppal.
Uppal, PriscilaFile includes newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to Uppal’s material for her Ink Movement workshop. Ink Movement focused on “found poetry” in newspaper clippings, exemplifying a form of poetry consisting of borrowed text from outside sources.
File includes a selection of musical scores composed by Custodio Fernandes Góes, maternal grandfather of Theresa Catharina de Góes Campos (maternal great-grandfather to Jit and Priscila Uppal).
File includes the manuscript and photocopy of “Caminhando a Dois,” composed by Theresa Catharina de Góes Campos, Priscila Uppal’s estranged mother.
File includes blog posts from Theresa Catharina de Campos Fields’s website which were machine-translated from the original Portuguese to English by Uppal.
File includes the manuscript and photocopy of “De Mãos Dadas,” written by Theresa Catharina de Góes Campos, Priscila Uppal’s estranged mother.
File includes the manuscript and photocopy of “A Balada Do Sorriso-Estrêla” written by Theresa Catharina de Góes Campos, Priscila Uppal’s estranged mother.
File includes Uppal’s friend Linda F’s travel diary for her 2003 trip to Brazil. Linda F. accompanied Uppal on the latter’s first trip to Brazil and Uppal added a new entry to the diary in 2005. It includes Uppal’s mother Theresa Catharina de Campos’s postcard booklet of her hometown, which contains a letter addressed to Priscila’s father Arvat Uppal. File also includes photocopies of the postcard booklet.
File includes articles submitted by Theresa Uppal to newspapers and publishing companies. File also includes responses made by editors working for these institutions.
File includes correspondence, transcripts, information pamplets, postcards, photographs and drawings collected by Theresa Catharina de Campos to provide Priscila Uppal with information on Brazilian life and culture. File includes two transcripts from the divorce proceedings of Theresa Catharina and Avtar Uppal. File also includes small photographs of Theresa Catharina with captions on the reverse side addressed to Priscila Uppal. File also includes scanned sketches drawn by Priscila in her childhood.
Accession consists of drafts of unpublished poems and stories, many of which were written for creative writing courses taken at York, drafts of poems written for Uppal’s published collections “Confessions of a Fertility Expert” and “Pretending to Die”, correspondence and drafts of her novel “The Divine Economy of Salvation” and correspondence and edited drafts of submissions for “Uncommon Ground: A Celebration of Matt Cohen”.
File includes two notepads containing the unpublished manuscript for a novel titled ‘Imposter – A Woman’s Mysteries.’
File includes the essay ‘A Defence of Poetry’ written by Priscila Uppal during her time as an undergraduate student and pupil of Professor Don Coles.
File includes two unpublished scripts, ‘Bee Mine’ by Priscila Uppal and ‘Mycosis,’ a play adapted by Chris Remeroski and based on Uppal’s poem of the same name.
File includes ephemera from events that included Priscila Uppal as a guest, nominee or recipient of accolades related to her work and research.
File includes ephemera from events that included Priscila Uppal as a guest, nominee or recipient of accolades related to her work and research.
File includes ephemera from events that included Priscila Uppal as a guest, nominee or recipient of accolades related to her work and research.