Posters advertising readings by Irving Layton at Guild Books in Chicago, Illinois, and at the University of Guelph in Ontario. Poster the poetry appreciation event at the University of Guelph is signed on the verso by Irving Layton.
Contains August 1983 issue of The New Montréaler.
Contains January 1983 issue of What's Up Niagara (volume 1, number 1).
The series illustrates Irving Layton’s literary work. It contains photocopies of various poems by Irving Layton, including The Incarnation, The bull calf, Cain, After Auschwitz, The Burning Bush, Post-Auschwitz Jew, The Black Huntsman, Song for Naomi, Love Letters, Rhine Boat Trip, and Catacombe dei Cappucini.
Contains the March 20, 1976, issue of The Canadian. Includes article “Irving Layton’s Crown of Thorns: If Zionism is racism, what is Christianity?” by Beverly Slopen.
Contains April 4, 1997, issue of The Senior Times (volume 11, number 7). Includes article “Friends and followers extol Layton’s work” by Irwin Block.
Contains a leaflet for Irving Layton's reading "What is Jewish about my poetry?" at the Cummings Memorial Auditorium and a pamphlet for the National Film Board of Canada documentary "Life transformed: Canadian writers at work."