Journal Issue
Science Fiction: From Escape to Freedom gives this issue its argumentative center, with Mel Weisburd setting the terms. The fiction—Circus on the Hill by Rita Mosher; Malibu Cove by William Norton—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 Right Fielder and Three Poems, shifting between grouped poems and single lyrics rather than settling into one house style. Essays and reviews carry that movement into Editorial, so the issue reads as a conversation rather than a stack of unrelated contributions The printed contents bring together 2 works of fiction, 10 poetry entries, 2 prose or editorial entries, giving the issue a deliberately mixed pace across genres and forms.
Contributors
- George Abbe
- Mario Casetta
- Rita Mosher
- Kenneth Rexroth
- A. Wilber Stevens
- William Norton
- Peter Yates
- Thomas McGrath
More contributors (5)
Publication details
Full contents
- Right Fielder — George Abbe [Poem, p. 2]
- Documentary — Mario Casetta [Poem, p. 3]
- Circus on the Hill — Rita Mosher [Fiction, p. 4]
- Poem — Kenneth Rexroth [Poem, p. 10]
- The Meeting of Mouse and Mind — A. Wilber Stevens [Poem, p. 11]
- Malibu Cove — William Norton [Fiction, p. 12]
- Concerto of the Birds — Peter Yates [Poem, p. 18]
- Litany — Peter Yates [Poem, p. 19]
- Escape — Thomas McGrath [Poem, p. 20]
- The Exiled — Don Gordon [Poem, p. 21]
- Rain — Helen Nonam [Poem, p. 22]
- Three Poems — Bert Meyers [Poem, p. 23]
- Science Fiction: From Escape to Freedom — Mel Weisburd [Essay, p. 25]
- Cover — David Lemon [Artwork]
- Editorial [Essay, p. 39]
- Notes on Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 38]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1955 by the issue publisher or named copyright holder.
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1955 copyright notice or contains contributions first published in 1955; rights in individual works and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Coastlines*, vol. I, no. 3, Autumn 1955. Text/Tech Journals, digital facsimile.