Journal Issue
Correspondence from the Field gives this issue its argumentative center, with Barding Dahl setting the terms. The fiction—The Damnation of Eugene Kaske by J. D. Koerner—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 ‘Saturday Is My Drinking Day’ and Two Poems, shifting between grouped poems and single lyrics rather than settling into one house style. Essays and reviews carry that movement into The Writer’s Position in America, so the issue reads as a conversation rather than a stack of unrelated contributions The printed contents bring together 1 work of fiction, 9 poetry entries, 5 prose or editorial entries, giving the issue a deliberately mixed pace across genres and forms.
Contributors
- J. D. Koerner
- Winifred Cullen
- Arthur Castillo
- Richard Ashman
- Melissa Blake
- Nelson Bentley
- Louis Johnson
- Philip Appleman
More contributors (6)
Publication details
Full contents
- The Damnation of Eugene Kaske — J. D. Koerner [Fiction, p. 3]
- ‘Saturday Is My Drinking Day’ — Winifred Cullen [Poem, p. 14]
- Three Extracts from a Science-Fiction Opera — Arthur Castillo [Poem, p. 15]
- Gadarene Swine — Richard Ashman [Poem, p. 20]
- Hunger and the Treasure of Flight — Melissa Blake [Poem, p. 20]
- Two Poems — Nelson Bentley [Poem, p. 21]
- Three Poems — Louis Johnson [Poem, p. 22]
- On Crowning Good with Brotherhood — Philip Appleman [Poem, p. 23]
- In the Forest — Don Gordon [Poem, p. 24]
- Two Poems — Jack Beeching [Poem, p. 24]
- Correspondence from the Field — Barding Dahl [Essay, p. 26]
- The Poetry of Relevance — Gene Frumkin [Essay, p. 28]
- A Few Cool Words for ‘Howl’ [Essay, p. 34]
- Notes on Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 35]
- Blunderbuss: What’s Going On Around L.A [Review, p. 36]
- The Writer’s Position in America — Arthur Miller [Essay, p. 38]
- Cover — David Lemon [Artwork]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1957 by the issue publisher or named copyright holder.
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1957 copyright notice or contains contributions first published in 1957; rights in individual works and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Coastlines*, vol. II, no. 4, Autumn 1957. Text/Tech Journals, digital facsimile.