Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters thanking him for his story and he will let him know. He continues that he is unaware of any literary agents dealing in poetry, and that even the good agents only deal in stories where they have a novel from the same author. He would be delighted if he were on the panel to review books, and comments that he will be in contact when books in his area come up.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters saying that he enjoyed "The Drowned Piano" but agrees that to print it in the New Irish Writing page would be to put it out of context, ang that it would be better suited for publication in a literary magazine. He enclosed a slim book for him to review, and perhaps send back around 600 words.

Copy of letter from Eoghan Ó Tuairisc to David Marcus thanking him for his "decisive handing" of "The Drowned Piano". He enclosed another sequence "Initiation" for his comments. He agrees with him that working on these pieces is taxing "…but in this solit

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters thanking him for his recent letters and book review, which he hopes to publish. Says that he will read the second part of the novel soon and tell him what he thinks would be the best course to get it published. Ends by asking if he can put his full name at the end of the review.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters thanking him for his poem "To Pluto". "It is full of delights and echoes of itself and hidden beauties that are revealed more and more on each reading". He promises to publish it when he gets the chance. He comments that he will read the section over Easter, and that his book review will be appearing the following Saturday.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters asking for a little more time to consider "Initiation". "I still am uncertain about it".

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters saying that he is delighted to hear that he is writing again after four years. He says that he will call it a work in progress rather than a novel. He says the title Genesis might cause confusion with Kevin Faller's novel of the same name and asks for a biographical note, including place and year of birth.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters stating that his earlier hesitation on "Initiation" revolved around the content possibly being too thin. "But this worry completely falls away before the brilliance and unusual quality of the writing". He comments that it may be a few months before he could get it published, and would state that it was an extract from a novel in progress. He asks for more of the work to see if the literary agents he has in mind would be suitable.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters thanking him for his letter and biographical note. He answers his questions for a review he is doing of "New Irish Writing 1". He states that he approached "The Irish Press" to run the page because he felt a literary magazine was not feasible. As far as he is aware it is unique among newspapers in the world, and that he has a surfeit of good poems and stories coming in. He says that the style is eclectic, and complains that writers do not write towards a style to suit the page.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters thanking him for his comments. He wonders if Eoghan would like to do a piece of literary magazines in Irish for his arts page which appears every Wednesday. He looks forward to seeing the copy of his review in "Comhar".