Material relating to the children of R. Crusz. Includes ms. notes, drawings.

Copies of writings by poets other than Rienzi Crusz. Includes tss. (originals and photocopies), clippings, photocopies from published works.

Material relating to other poets and their works. Consists primarily of photocopies and clippings, with some ms. notes by Rienzi Crusz.

• "Song of the immigrant." Grail 2 (September 1986): 33.
• "Heart of the matter." Grail 2 (September 1986): 34.
• "Hanging on to your leg-roots like the good earth." Grail 2 (September 1986): 35.
• "Dusk." Grail 2 (September 1986): 57.
• "A touch of vinegar." Kunapipi 8, no. 1 (1986): 102.

• "Going home." The New Quarterly 4, no. 4(Winter 1985): 58.
• "'Willie' and the disenchanted child." The New Quarterly 4, no. 4 (Winter 1985): 60.
• "The opposite men." The New Quarterly 5, no. 3(Fall 1985): 69.
• "Prayer." Happenstance (December 1985): 4.

• "Mayaro sea sculpture." The Antigonish Review, no. 58 (Summer 1984): 85.
• "On the beach." The Antigonish Review, no. 58 (Summer 1984): 86.
• "The poet meets God at the Mennonite market." Getting Your Money's Worth (September 1984).
• "Michael's tree in late autumn." Imprint, 21 September 1984, p. 14.(OVERSIZE)
• "Immigrant." Getting Your Money's Worth (September 1984): n.p.
• "Elegy." Getting Your Money's Worth (September 1984): n.p.
• "A touch of vinegar." Happenstance 13, no. 1 (September 1984): n.p.
• "Dark antonyms in paradise." The Toronto South Asian Review 2, no. 3 (Winter 1984): 2.

• "Love poem." Imprint, 25 March 1983.(OVERSIZE)
• "Love poem." Prism International 21, no. 4 (July 1983): 47.
• "Arrythmia." The New Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Fall 1983): 38.
• "You gaze at the sun, then you are lost in the dark." The New Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Fall 1983): 39.
• "The way to go." The New Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Fall 1983): 40.
• "Poem in peacock blue." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 97.
• "These roses are the color of blood." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 99.
• "As told to a new Asian immigrant on the brink of winter." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 99.
• "Elegy for the unfinished poem." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 100.
• "In a weathervane idiom." Descant 43 14, no. 5(Winter 1983/84): 51.
• "... 'a door ajar to Eden or Cathay'." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 52.
• "Mayaro sea sculpture." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 53.
• "Elegy for the unfinished poem." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 54.
• "The art of self-deception." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 55.
• "On the beach." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 56.
• "Poem in peacock blue." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 57.
• "All I ask is my life." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 59.

• "The sun-man's poetic five ways." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 1(Winter 1982): 54.
• "Baby-photo inc. vs Michael Egerton Crusz." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 1 (Winter 1982): 57.
• "Riencarnation." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 1 (Winter 1982): 59.
• "Ritual at dawn." Poetry Canada Review, Summer 1982, p. 5.(OVERSIZE)
• "Galle Road (Sri Lanka), or the tango of flesh and fender." Fiddlehead, no. 134 (October 1982): 23.
• "In a weathervane idiom." Imprint, 8 October 1982.(OVERSIZE)
• "Anatomy of fear." Fiddlehead, no. 134 (October 1982): 25.

• "Baby-photo Inc. vs Michael Egerton Crusz." The New Quarterly 1, no. 1 (Spring 1981): 51.
• "The sun-man takes to wokking." The New Quarterly 1, no. 1 (Spring 1981): 51.
• "Anatomy of fear." Imprint, 5 June 1981, p. 9.(OVERSIZE)
• "Fresh-cut flowers." Imprint, 31 July 1981.(OVERSIZE)
• "Waiting for knapper." Grain 9, no. 3 (August 1981): 60.
• "The disenchanted child." The New Quarterly 1, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 36.
• "Of liars and kings." The New Quarterly 1, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 37.
• "Poem in peacock blue." Imprint, 8 September 1981.(OVERSIZE)
• "Civilization." The New Quarterly 1, no. 3 (Winter 1981): 16.

"Elegy for the two poems that got away." Canadian Forum 59, no. 696 (February 1980): 40.

• "Hotel room." Fiddlehead, no. 117 (Spring 1978): 19.
• "Truth." Canadian Forum (May 1978): 38.

• "Elegy for the sun-man's children going." Quarry 25, no. 3 (Summer 1976): 36.
• "Elegy for an orange." Quarry 25, no. 3 (Summer 1976): 37.
• "The accepted one." Quarry 25, no. 3 (Summer 1976): 37.
• "Elegy for the children going." Fiddlehead, no. 111 (Fall 1976): 78.
• “Elegy for the poems that got away." Gazette, 15 December 1976, p. 6.(OVERSIZE)

• "Elegy." Applegarth's Folly 2 (1975): 56.
• "On talking to oneself." Applegarth's Folly 2 (1975): 119.
• "Come take the shy man by his third ear." Fiddlehead, no. 105 (Spring 1975): 106.
• "Will the real sun-man please stand up?" Canadian Forum 55, no. 653 (August 1975): 42.
• "... But seek the road..." Prism International (Summer 1975): 31.
• "The interview." Waves 4, no. 1 (Autumn 1975): 62.

"Parenthesis." Inscape 11, no. 2 (Spring 1974): 24.

• "Conversations with God about my present whereabouts." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973): n.p.
• "For Daphne." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Moods." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Elegy." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Immigrant." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Faces of the sun-man." Ceylon Observer Pictorial (1973): n.p.
• "Pardon my muted ways." Fiddlehead, no. 96 (Winter 1973): 74.
• "Separate stones." Fiddlehead, no. 96 (Winter 1973): 73.
• "How an old poet beat loneliness to death." Confrontation, no. 6 (Spring 1973): 16.
• "A touch of fever." Happenstance 3, no. 2 (March, April 1973): 6.
• "Conversations with God concerning my present whereabouts." The Maker 1, no. 3 (April 1973): 15.
• "The bone-thrower." Happenstance 3, no. 3 (May, June 1973): 7.
• "Elegy." Gazette, 13 June 1973.(OVERSIZE)
• "Elegy." Cooperation Canada (July, August 1973): 30.
• "Boy and bird." Cooperation Canada (July, August 1973): 30.
• "Resurrection." Cooperation Canada (July, August 1973): 31.
• "Remains of an Oriental poet writing in Canada." Cooperation Canada (July August 1973): 31.
• "Conversations with God about my present whereabouts." Applegarth's Folly, no. 1 (Summer 1973): 43.
• "Birth of a misogynist." The English Quarterly 6, no. 2 (Summer 1973): 217.
• "Sun-man in suburbia." Fiddlehead, no. 98(Summer 1973): 66.
• "In the idiom of the brave." Fiddlehead, no. 98 (Summer 1973): 67.
• "Christmas poem." Fiddlehead, no. 98 (Summer 1973): 68.
• "Vilma." Fiddlehead, no. 98 (Summer 1973): 69.
• "Some metaphors for Wendy." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 3.
• "The maker." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 4.
• "The sun-man looks at pain." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 5.
• "With the tempestuous myths of birds." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 6.
• "I am balancing on ice with more poems in my hand." Dalhousie Review 53, no. 3 (Autumn 1973): 558.
• "Again Vilma." Fiddlehead, no. 99 (Fall 1973): 76.
• "Sun-man." Gazette, 10 October 1973.(OVERSIZE)
• "Immigrant." Gazette, 10 October 1973.(OVERSIZE)
• "Prophecy." Gazette, 10 October 1973.(OVERSIZE)

• "Apologia of a dark poet." Fiddlehead, no. 92 (Winter 1972): 16.
• "Boy and bird." Fiddlehead, no. 92 (Winter 1972): 18.
• "Remains of an Oriental poet." Quarry 21, no. 1 (Winter 1972): 29"How does one reach the sweet kernel?" West Coast Review 6, no. 3 (January 1972): 37.
• "The scrawlers." Confrontation, no. 5 (Winter/Spring 1972): 84.
• "Immigrant." IPLO Quarterly 14, no. 1 (July 1972): 41.
• "Sun-man." IPLO Quarterly 14, no. 1 (July 1972): 42.
• "Prophecy." IPLO Quarterly 14, no. 1 (July 1972): 44.
• "Faces of the sun-man." Prism International 12, no. 1 (Summer 1972): 92.
• "Kamala." Poetlore 67, no. 3 (Autumn 1972): 230.
• "Taste of old wine." Quarry 21, no. 2 (Autumn 1972): 24.
• "The night before my birthday." The University of Windsor Review 8, no. 1 (Fall 1972): 32.
• "September." [Gazette?], [1972?].(OVERSIZE)
• "The scrawlers." Gazette, 15 November 1972.(OVERSIZE)

• "Pardon my muted ways." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "A touch of fever." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "Resurrection." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "At the wedding of the lake." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "Little brown boy." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?].(OVERSIZE)
• "Truth." The Chevron, 22 January 1971, p. 24. (OVERSIZE)
• "For Daphne." The Chevron, 12 March 1971, p. 24. (OVERSIZE)
• "A bull shows its true colors." Voices (April 1971): 30.
• "The defiant one." Voices (April 1971): 30.
• "Before the great flood." Voices (April 1971): 30.
• "The maker." Voices (April 1971): 31.
• "Only because we are coming to the bend." Voices (April 1971): 31.
• "Only after the coffee-break." Canadian Forum 51, no. 606-7 (July, August 1971): 40.
• "Remains of an Oriental poet writing in Canada." New Ceylon Writing (1971): 76.
• "For Daphne." NEWSTATEments 1, no. 2 (1971): 38.
• "Sun-man." NEWSTATEments 1, no. 2 (1971): 52.
• "Immigrant." NEWSTATEments 1, no. 2 (1971): 56.
• "The Dana Porter Arts Library lounge." The Chevron, 10 September 1971, p. 16.(OVERSIZE)
• "Biography of an elusive cat." The Chevron, 17 September 1971, p. 28.(OVERSIZE)
• "Black on green." Poetlore 66, no. 3 (Autumn 1971): 286.
• "Song of David." Poetlore 66, no. 3 (Autumn 1971): 286.
• "Sacred cow." Poetlore 66, no. 3 (Autumn 1971): 287.
• "Ma." The Chevron, 22 October 1971, p. 22.(OVERSIZE)
• "Petition for a university probe." The Chevron, 26 October 1971, p. 12.(OVERSIZE)
• "For Daphne." The Inkpot Monkey, 10 December 1971, p. 22.(OVERSIZE)
• "Christmas poem." Gazette, 15 December 1971.(OVERSIZE )

• "Resurrection." Liontayles 3 (April 1970): 21.
• "From a fisherman's log-book." Liontayles 3 (April 1970): 20.
• "Summertime at Waterloo Park." Malahat Review, no. 14 (April 1970): 108.
• "Resurrection." Quarterly Poetry Magazine, no. 31 (Spring 1970): 21.
• "From a fisherman's log-book." Fiddlehead, no. 85 (May, June, July 1970): 19.
• "Immigrant." Fiddlehead, no. 85 (May, June, July 1970): 20-21.
• "Tramp." Fiddlehead, no. 85 (May, June, July 1970): 22-23.
• "Sermon in the forest." New York Quarterly, no. 3 (Summer 1970): 48.
• "The companions." Prairie Schooner 44, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 163.
• "The havocking of silence." Prairie Schooner 44, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 164-165.
• "September." Prairie Schooner 44, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 165.
• "Like the lotus." Fiddlehead, no. 86 (August, September, October 1970): 138.
• "Prophecy." Trace (Autumn 1970): 489.
• "Prophecy." Gazette, 4 November 1970. (OVERSIZE)
• "Moods." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "For Daphne." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Immigrant." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Resurrection." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Summertime at Waterloo Park." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Remains of an Oriental poet writing in Canada." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Sun-man." Gazette 4 November 1970.
• "For Daphne." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 385.
• "God's hiding place." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 386.
• "Sun-man." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 387.
• "Summertime at Waterloo Park." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 388.
• "Dream for a Singhala Man." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 389.
• "Protest." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 391.

• "Nihilist." Liontayles 2, no. 2 (April 1969): 22.
• "Dream for a Singhala man." A: University of Waterloo Staff Association Newsletter 2, no. 2 (September 1969): 8.
• "Karma." The Canadian Forum 49, no. 586 (November 1969): 197.
• "Before the great flood." The Chevron, 7 November 1969, p. 24.(OVERSIZE)
• "When Johnny came marching home." The Chevron, 11 November 1969, p. 12.(OVERSIZE)

• "The accepted one." Liontayles 1, no 2 (March 1968): 54.
• "Return of the fisherman." Liontayles 1, no 2 (March 1968): 55.
• "Yesterday and today." Liontayles 1, no 2 (March 1968): 6.
• "Blind Jack." The American Poet, (April, May, June 1968): 95.
• "Francis of Assisi." Cardinal Poetry Quarterly 4, no. 1(Summer 1968): 31.
• "The accepted one." United Poets (July, August, September 1968): 25.
• "Integration of a kind." Liontayles 2, no 1 (December 1968): 23.
• "Sun-worshipper." Voices International 3, no. 4 (Fall-Winter 1968): 41.

Two poems published in ??? "Remains of an oriental poet writing in Canada."
and "Conversations with God about my present whereabouts."
"Summertime at Waterloo Park" in Fire, ed. Peter Carver. Toronto :P Methuen, 1978: 26.

Contents : ms., ts. notes, drafts, lists, etc.

Contents : receipts, invoices, agreements, cheque stubs.

Contents : ts. essay (photocopy, undated) relating to the poetry of Rienzi Crusz.
Thorpe, Michael. "Beyond 'otherness': the poetry of Rienzi Crusz".

Contents : ms. notes on readings given by Rienzi Crusz.

Contents : ts. articles and essays (originals and photocopies) relating to the poetry of Rienzi Crusz.

Contents : ms. notes on manuscripts Cinnabar of sun and Elephant and ice, as well as ms. notes on poems. None of the writers are identified.

Review (ts. photocopy).

Review (photocopy).

Reviews (photocopies and originals) published in newspapers and periodicals.

One review (photocopy).

Reviews (photocopies and originals) published in newspapers and periodicals.

Reviews (photocopies and originals) published in newspapers and periodicals.

Announcements of publication of books and individual poems by Rienzi Crusz. Includes prospectus for Flesh and Thorn.

Material relating to readings given by Rienzi Crusz, by hismself and with others. Contains clippings, ephemera, ms. notes. Contents overlap with material in other files, eg. Speeches and presentations.

Copies of certificates awarded to Rienzi Crusz by Poet Lore for poems in various categories.

Clippings relating to grant awarded to Rienzi Crusz by the Ontario Arts Council in 1974 for his work Flesh and thorn.

Material relating to Rienzi Crusz's work as a judge for the 1986 Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award Contest. Includes ms. notes, contest entries, ephemera, and publication containing the winning entries.

Material relating to a proposed anthology to be edited by Rienzi Crusz and Cyril Dabydeen. Includes call for contributions, ms. (originals) and ts. drafts of introductory material.

Ms. (original) and ts. (photocopy) drafts of "South Asians in Canada : research proposal" by Rienzi Crusz.

Material relating to grant applications made by Rienzi Crusz in 1973 and 1975. Conists of photocopies and forms.

Ms. notes by by Rienzi Crusz for his introduction to poetry readings at Northern Lights College in 1986.

Ms. and ts. notes by Rienzi Crusz relating to readings given by Canadian Poets and Writers. Includes "notes submitted to L. of C.P., 30 Aug 1984" re himself and his classroom style, as well as ms. notes for his "Introduction" of Canadian poets and writers.

Material relating to a conference in which Rienzi Crusz participated. Includes ephemera and report only.

Material relating to a conference in which Rienzi Crusz participated. Includes ms. notes, ephemera.

Material relating to a conference in which Rienzi Crusz participated. Includes ephemera only.

Ms. and ts. drafts of a speech given by Rienzi Crusz before the Canada-Sri Lanka Association, April. 13, 1985.

Clippings from newspapers relating to Rienzi Crusz.

Biographical and autobiographical information about Rienzi Crusz. Includes ms. and ts. draft c.v.'s, photocopies of published information, as well as ms. and ts. drafts of an autobiographical piece with title: "talking to myself."

Envelopes saved by R. Crusz as significant. Some bear signatures, eg. Irving Layton.

Correspondence written by Rienzi Crusz.

Correspondence received by Rienzi Crusz.

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Drafts and working notes for title-pages and tables of contents for the work Sun-Man: a collection of poems.

Drafts and working notes for title-pages and tables of contents for Lovescapes and vinegar.

Drafts and working notes for title-pages and tables of contents for the work published as Flesh and thorn. Includes a cover mock-up with title Thorn and flesh.

Drafts and working notes for title-pages and tables of contents for the work published as Elephant and ice.

Drafts and working notes for title-pages and tables of contents for the work published as Still close to the raven.

Collection of poems, ms and ts. originals and photocopies (46 p.) arranged in a scrapbook.

Collection of poems, some printed and some ts. and ms. originals (41 p.) arranged in a scrapbook.

Collection of poems, some printed and some ts. originals (47 p.) arranged in a scrapbook.

Two partial ts. drafts, ([39] and [43] leaves, photocopies).

Ts. draft (60 leaves, photocopies, spiral-bound).

Ts. draft ([70 leaves], photocopies).

Ts. draft ([70 leaves], photocopies with insertions, spiral-bound).

Ts. draft ([59 leaves], originals with insertions, spiral-bound).

Ts. draft ([73 leaves], photocopies)

Draft ts. with title Still close to the Raven, (69 leaves, ms. and ts., originals and photocopies). Note added to folder: "Original and final ms. of Still close to the raven sent to TSAR Publishing on 4 May, 1989."

Draft ms. with working title Still close to the Raven, ([ca. 100 leaves], ms. and ts., originals and photocopies), with annotations and corrections. Note added to folder: "Master working copy of Still close to the raven.

Ts. and ms. draft pages for Singing against the wind. Includes title-pages, contents lists, ms. notes, etc. (originals and photocopies).

Ts. draft ([66] leaves, photocopy, pencil annotations). Includes proof copies (snapshots) of illustrations.

Ts. draft ([62] leaves, photocopy

Two ts. drafts ([33 leaves], original and carbon). T.p. states "illustrations by Virgil Burnett" although no illustrations are present.

One work with a title page, ms. and ts. drafts of poems ([26] leaves, originals).

Ts. (photocopy), ca. 250 leaves, unpaginated. Manuscript of a planned volume to be edited by Cyril Dabydeen and Rienzi Crusz.

One copy of Elephant and ice, published 1980 by the Porcupine's Quill, with illustrations by Tim Wynne Jones.Typescript ms., partially bound,uncut pages (95 p., uncut, not bound).

Ts. draft [ca. 55 leaves], photocopies. Includes working notes for cover, title page and introduction.

One typescript ([ca. 89 leaves], photocopies) of a work later published as _Elephant and Ice. Cover with title Cinnabar of Sun is undated; contains also a title page for Elephant and Ice dated 1979.