Letter from Clive Bush to Louise KErtesz

Original, typewritten letter, dated March 10th 1981, from Clive Bush to Louise Kertesz. Bush thanks Louise for her letter, and for agreeing to help Sarah (no last name). Bush states that everything that he has read about Detroit is worrisome, but he understands that Louise wants to get out of the suburbs, which he states that Muriel stated that nothing ever happens in the suburbs. Bush wonders when Americans will realize that “...you can’t for ever “move out” from your crimes and mistakes”. Bush states that he visited Wayne State University in 1988, and that he started with someone who had visited his University, Warwick, in England, the year before. His name was John Reed, and Bush wonders if he was still there. Bush has written to Modern Literature Review to see if they would be interested in a review of Louise’s book. Bush will let Louise know what happened. He says that basically academic publishers and few others give a damn about pushing books, and soon there will be no academic books of merit at all. Bush states that his book,which was extensively reviewed, didn't sell. He will write one more book,and then spend the rest of his energy on lithographs and poetry. Bush ends the letter by saying that he will be visiting his brother in Chicago some time in early July, and that Detroit is five hours from the bus in Chicago. He wonders if Louise will be in Detroit at that time.