#lowrys letters
Alexander Park, Vancouver 1948
They are taking down the beautiful houses once built with loving hands
But still the old bandstand stands where no band stands
With clawbars they have gone to work on the poor lovely houses above the sands
At their callous work of eviction that no human law countermands
Calously at their work of hearbreak that no civic heart understands
In this pompous and joyless city of police moral perfection and one man stands
Where you are brutally thrown out of beer parlors for standing where no man stands
Where the pigeons roam free and the police listen to each pigeon’s demands
And they are taking down the beautiful homes once with loving hands
But still the old bandstand stands where no band stands.
Poem Lament of the Pacific Northwest
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Bowen Island, Canada December 1953
You’ve me caught me at a bad time to write a letter like because I have toc atch a boat to an island whence the posts are few and far between. In fact a December Ferry to Bowen Island.
Letter to Albert Erskine 27/12/1953
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Mount Baker, British Columbia November 1953
Whereas before the ferry was a Charon’s boat proceeeding to a kind of hell, now it is another sort of ferry proceeding, as it were, toward the Mount of Purgatory (Mount Baker).
Letter to Albert Erskine 27/12/1953
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Taormina, Sicily November 1954
Swim to & fro, contemplate a short story called Tremor in Taormina, & we both miss you much - from us both great love
Postcard to David Markson 2/11/1954
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Milan 1954
In Milan I met the translator of the Volcano and worked on it with him for a couple of weeks. It is scheduled for March publication and I understand they are going to launch it with much fanfare and publicity.
Letter to Harold Matson 20/11/1954
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Piccadilly Circus, London Date Unknown
…in a kind of underground Piccadilly Circus of the soul…
Letter to Gerald Noxon
See Underground Piccadilly Circus of the Soul on Malcolm Lowry @ The 19th Hole
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Himalayas Date Unknown
I have quit drinking but Señor Barleycorn still shakes my hand either as though he were perpetually glad to see me still alive or were persistently taking leave. I will move the Himalayas to see you again soon
Letter to Margerie Lowry 30 July 1939
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Bergen, Norway Date Unknown
“You should of course try & see Bergen..”
Letter to Jan Gabrial Summer 1933
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