Mary Butts letters: performance, archive, exhibit

And that's a wrap. The curtain falls.

During the #holidays this winter, don’t miss the digital exhibit on the letters of writer Mary Butts at @Uvic - a performance until 5pm on #Christmas Eve! #modernism #books @UVicHumanities @UVicEnglish @UVicLib @UVicSC @timescolonist exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spo…

A favourite line from Butts's letters to Goldring? Gossip, of course. Orgies, or lack of. Letter sent from Paris, late 1920s: "For the rest, my dear, silly talk about orgies written you nor I nor she [Goldring's wife] have ever been on or ever would go in, don’t cut much ice."

Pop up photo exhibition (Until Dec 1): Mary Butts and her world. With permission from the Mary Butts Estate and McPherson & Company. And, the first time out of the archive, a sketch by Jean Cocteau and Mary Butts exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spo… @msatweet @UVicSC @UVicEnglish @MModernity

Much playing out in the exhibit. A display emerging about opium, of course. And why not play Butts's Freud Game (AWM). What comes to mind when you think of Mary Butts? Post a word, phrase, quote, image, or something else. Or reply here and we can post it. exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spo…

Thinking about all the blank pages in the archives, and all the digital scans of these blank pages. Our first full exhibit page (with some spaces still to fill): all the blank pages of Butts's letters to Goldring. exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spo… What do you see on a blank page?

A previous English 436a student, Scott Matthews, just published this great piece riffing on Mary Butts's letters during Covid lockdown. modernismmodernity.org/forum… @MModernity @UVicSC @UVicEnglish @UVicEnglGrad