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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 Globe and Mail advertising : “We the undersigned...”

File consists of correspondence, an original published article, and an invoice for a published statement condemning recent attacks on the United Talmud Torah elementary school library in Montreal, published on May 8, 2004. The article lists all people involved or who helped pay for its publication. The file also consists of brief notes from the undersigned as Vassanji organized the statement’s publication and wrote the piece.

Introduction : The Street

File consists of two drafts of the introduction, written by Vassanji, to the 2007 edition of Mordecai Richler’s book “The Street.”

Draft convocation addresses

File consists of annotated drafts of speeches Vassanji gave at convocations including Carleton University, York University, University of Toronto, and McMaster University.

Am I a Canadian Writer?

File consists of an off-print guest editorial published in “Canadian Literature,” volume 190, autumn 2006. File also contains several annotated drafts of the editorial and index cards with notes for an acceptance speech on the same topic.

Interviews

File consists of several interview questions that include Vassanji’s handwritten answers.

Knowing South Asia Workshop

File consists of correspondence, travel arrangements, workshop program and an interview transcript between Vassanji and two members of the South Asian Studies Council, Yale University.

A Canadian responds : essay draft

File consists of a response by Vassanji to the attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001. File also contains letters to The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail seeking publication, as well as to Bruce Westwood, literary agent.

“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.

Gandhi : lecture drafts

File consists of several drafts of a lecture presented by Vassanji for the Gandhi Society, in Calgary, Alberta, 2013.

Forward : Gandhi : an autobiography

File consists of two drafts of Vassanji’s forward in the book “Gandhi: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth” by Mohandas K. Gandhi. The edition of this book with Vassanji’s forward was published in 2011.

Essays : annotated drafts

File consists of three essay drafts: “A Novelist’s Adventures in Nonfiction: Writing About India,” “The Novelist and the Phantom of History,” and “The View from Across the Street: The City and its Other.” All three are heavily annotated by Vassanji and others.

Notebook

File consists of a steno notebook containing writing drafts.

Notebook

File consists of a spiral bound notebook containing research notes and short stories or book chapters written by Vassanji.

Off-prints : article and interview

File consists of an article titled, “Community as a Fictional Character,” written by Vassanji, published in Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, 1994, and a transcript of an interview with Vassanji for Canadian Literature, autumn 2006.

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