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".

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters letting him know that his poem will be published in Saturday's paper.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters saying he is sorry to hear about his accident and hopes he will recover soon. He asks for more time to think about his original suggestion for an article on Gaelic literary magazines. He confirms that Denis Devlin's first Irish publication of "The Heavenly Foreigner" was in "Poetry Ireland".

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters saying that he hopes to use "Initiation" in the paper for the following Saturday.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters thanking him for the review and hoping to see more from him soon.

Letter from David Marcus, Literary Editor, "The Irish Press", Dublin, to Eugene Watters saying that he was very pleased and grateful for his review of "New Irish Writing".