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Tom Pickard's work is listed in Poetry Review Winter 1971/2, Autumn 1972 and Volume 64 No.4, 1973-4. Since then his play Squire has appeared on television and his radio feature, The Jarrow March was produced on BBC Radio 3. He holds a C.Day Lewis Fellowship in 1976/7.

John Welch has published A Place Like Here (Katabasis, 1968), On the Island (Green Horse, 1975) and Six of Five (The Many Press, 1976). Forthcoming are A Tale of Peter (Spanner) and And Ada Ann (Great Works Editions). In 1976 he founded The Many Press which pub¬lishes Vanessa Poetry Magazine.

Bob Cobbing's poems appeared previously in Poetry Review Volume 62 No.4 and Vol.65 No.1, where notes on his work were included. Since then he has himself published The Five Vowels, A winter Poem (both 1974), Five Performance Pieces (1975), A Round Dance, Poems for the North Western Territories, and Jade Sound Poems (all 1976). Good Elf published his Kyoto to Tokyo in 1975, and a major collection, Bill Jubobe — selected texts 1942-1975 — has just been published by Coach House Press, Toronto. Of the poem-texts published in this issue of Poetry Review, No.s 1 and 2 are from a 'Love Poem' sequ¬ence, No.s 3 and 4 from an hour-long piece for voices, flutes, electronics, lights and laser entitled 'Hydrangea' (in collaboration with Lawrence Casserley), and No.s 5,6 and 7 from a series as yet unfinished and untitled, a sequel to 'Run Runes' in Poetry Review Volume 65 No.1.

Paul Evans' publications arc listed in Poetry Review Autumn 1973. Since then his work has been published in Prokofiev's Concerto (Skylark, 1975) and forthcoming is Schneider's Skink (drawings by Peter Bailey). Human Handkerchief published O.I.N.C.: An Adventure Story (drawings by Peter Bailey) in 1974. He recently held the C.Day Lewis Fellowship in poetry at Aylestone High School, Willesden.

Allen de Loach's work appeared in Poetry Review Summer 1972, where there is a note on his publications. Recently he has been working with the Hopi people and the poems in this issue are one result. He teaches now at Empire State College, Buffalo.

Armand Schwerner is one of America's most interesting contemporary poets: The Lightfall (Hawk's Well, 1963); (if personal) and Seaweed (Black Sparrow, 1968 and 1969), and The Tablets (Grossman, 1971). He co-authored The Domesday Dictionary with Donald Kaplan (Simon and Schuster, 1964). Vort No.8 (1975) gave half the issue to an assessment of his work.

William Sherman's work last appeared in Poetry Review in Volume 65 No.s 2 and 3, 1975. A note on his work appeared in the Spring 1972 issue. Since then he has published his
first book, The Springbok (Aloes Books, 1973), The Hard Sidewalk (reprinted from a 1974 San Frncisco edition by Spanner Editions, 1975), Spanner Six (featuring his work), and The Horses of Gwyddno Garanhijr (New London Pride Editions, 1976).

Michael Hamburger's translations from the German are an important part of our experience of European poetry. Most recently he has edited German Poetry 1910-1925 (Carcanet) and the translation of contemporary German poets in the present issue of Poetry Review are part of his recent activity towards that volume. Previous translations include Holderlin: Poems (Harvill Press), Twenty Prose Poems of Baudelaire (Nicholson and Watson), Decline: Twelve Poems by Georg Trakl (The Latin Press), Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Convers¬ations (Thames and Hudson), Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Poems and Verse Plays (Routledge) and Modern German Poetry 1910-1960 (with Christopher Middleton; Macgibbon and Kee, 1962). His own poetry is in Flowering Cactus (Hand & Flower 1950), Poems 1950-1951 (Hand & Flower, 1952), The Dual Star ((Poetry London / New York, 1958), Weather acrd Season (Longman, 1963), In Flashlight (Northern House, 1965), In Massachusetts (Ox Head, 1967), Feeding the Chickadees (Turret, 1968), Travelling: Poems 1963-1968 (Fulcrum 1969), Travelling I-V (Agenda, 1972) and Ownerless Earth (Carcanet, 1973). His distinguish¬ed criticism is in Reason and Energy (Routledge, 1957 — revised edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971).

Keith Armstrong's Ostrich magazine recently ceased publication and is a loss to our poetry. His publications include Tracks from the Span (Outposts, 1970); Byker Hill (I RD Arts, 1972); Paris (Erdesdun Poems, 1973); Revolution Down the Mines (League of Socialist Artists, 1973) and Shakespeare & Company (Erdesdun Poems, 1975). His poems have appeared in many magazines and he was a founder member of the Tyneside Poets group.

Kevin Crossley-Holland's work has been published in: The Rain-Giver (Deutsch, 1972), and The Dream-House (Deutsch, 1976): The Battle of Maldon and Other Old English Poems and Beowulf have been translated by him and published by Macmillan in 1965 and 1968. He is the author of a number of books for children including The Green Children.

Robin Fulton's poems have appeared in Poetry Review Summer 1972 in which a note on his work is printed. Since then he has published Tree-Lines New Rivers Press, 1974) and translations of Lars Gustafsson: Selected Poems (New Rivers Press, 1972), Gunnar Harding: They Killed Sitting Bull and Other Poems (London Magazine Editions, 1973), Tomas Transtromer: Selected Poems (Penguin Books, 1974) and Osten Sjostrand: The Hidden Music and Other Poems (Oleander Press, 1975). He edited the Scottish issue of The Literary Review in 1975, and published a book of criticism — Contemporary Scottish Poetry: Individuals and Contexts (Macdonald, 1974).

Thomas A. Clark's work appeared last in Poetry Review in Winter 1971/2 and Autumn 1972, where details of his publications may be found. Since then most of his work is print¬ed as cards and booklets from Moschatel Press, printed and published by himself, with drawings by Laurie Clark. Aggie Weston's No.5 (Autumn 1974) was devoted to his work.

Nathaniel Tarn's poetry is printed and listed in Poetry Review Autumn 1972. Since then his work includes The Persephones (Christopher's Books, 1974), Lyrics for the Bride of God (New Directions, 1975), Narrative of This Fall (Sparrow 32, Black Sparrow, 1975) and The House of Leaves (Black Sparrow, 1976).

Jack Micheline is a painter and poet. His poetry is in River of Red Wine (Troubador Press, 1958) arid I Kiss Angels (Interim Books, 1962). His prose is in In the Bronx and Other Stories (Sam Hooker Press, 1965) and he edited Six American Poets (with a prefatory note by James T. Farrell; Harvard Book Company of New York, 1964).

Antony Lopez's poems are published in Hide and Seek (Oasis Books, 1973), John's Dream (Monolith Books, 1973), and Snapshots (Oasis Books, 1976). A poem pamphlet, Driftwood, came from Sceptre Press in 1974. He also writes novels, which include The Second Coming (New English Library, 1975).
 
Richard Blevins is a young American poet whose work has appeared in a number of journ¬als including Credences.

Judy Platz is a young American poet whose work has appeared in The Human Issue and Shelley's Magazine, Los Angeles Review and Rocky Mountain Review.

Paul Matthews' work is listed in Poetry Review Spring 1972 and Volume 65 No.s 2 and 3, 1975. His recent and forthcoming work is in A Web of Birdsong Twisted (Share), Opening the Wolf's Skull (Green Horse), and Verge (Arc, 1976).

Carl Rakosi's poetry and a list of his works appeared in Poetry Review Volume 65 No.s 2 and 3. Since then he has published a major book: Ex Cranium, Night (Black Sparrow).

Jeremy Adler's work has appeared in the following books: Alphabox (Writers Forum, 1973), Tarot Cards (introduction and silkscreen by Bill Griffiths; Pirate Press, 1973), Alphabet Music (silkscreen by Bill Griffiths; Pirate Press, Alphabox Press and Writers Forum, 1974), Four Sonnets (Alphabox Press, 1974), Amsterdam. Quartet (Alphabox Press, 1976). His work is included in a number of anthologies including The Happy Unicorns (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973), WF100 (Writers Forum, 1973), Visual Poetry Anthology (bert bakker, The Hague, 1975), Concrete, Visual & Signalist Poetry (Delo XXI, Belgrade, 1975) and Type¬writer Art (London Magazine Editions, 1975). Most recently in Three (with Bill Griffiths and P.C.Fencott; Gronk Magazine, 1976).

Ralph Hawkins is co-editor of Ochre Magazine with Charles Ingham, and his poems have appeared in The Human Handkerchief and Saturday Morning. 'China', in this issue of Poetry Review, is part of a book called Well, you could do, in need of publication.