Journal Issue
A Place Called Choice: Second, Third and Fourth Parts gives this issue its argumentative center, with E. P. Thompson setting the terms. The fiction—The Vine by Root Embraced by Sanora Babb; A Flight of Ravens by Ray Bradbury; Birthday by Sylvan Karchmer—moves among private crisis, social pressure, and public consequence, with each story’s title and setting supplying a distinct point of entry. The poetry runs from Three French Colonial Poets and In a Season of War, shifting between grouped poems and single lyrics rather than settling into one house style The printed contents bring together 5 works of fiction, 10 poetry entries, 1 prose or editorial entry, giving the issue a deliberately mixed pace across genres and forms.
Contributors
- Sanora Babb
- Aimé Césaire
- Léon Damas
- Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
- Ray Bradbury
- Sylvan Karchmer
- Henri Coulette
- Edwin Honig
More contributors (6)
Publication details
Full contents
- The Vine by Root Embraced — Sanora Babb [Fiction, p. 3]
- Three French Colonial Poets [Poetry feature, p. 15]
- Barbarian — Aimé Césaire [Poem, p. 15]
- Borders — Léon Damas [Poem, p. 16]
- Rebel — Léon Damas [Poem, p. 17]
- The Drunkards — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo [Poem, p. 18]
- A Flight of Ravens — Ray Bradbury [Fiction, p. 19]
- Birthday — Sylvan Karchmer [Fiction, p. 27]
- Dedications — Henri Coulette [Poem, p. 31]
- Aftermath — Edwin Honig [Poem, p. 33]
- Autumnal — C. E. Eaton [Poem, p. 34]
- The Change — Howard Griffin [Poem, p. 35]
- In a Season of War — Thomas McGrath [Poem, p. 36]
- The Fire at Cat Creek Bend — Millen Brand [Fiction, p. 38]
- A Place Called Choice: Second, Third and Fourth Parts — E. P. Thompson [Essay, p. 46]
- A Legend of Huehuetonoc — B. Traven [Fiction, p. 56]
- Notes on Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 2]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1952 by The California Quarterly, Inc.
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1952 copyright notice or contains contributions first published in 1952; rights in individual works and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*California Quarterly*, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter 1952. Text/Tech Journals, clean reading edition.