Journal Issue
Archie and the Ninth Dry Hole gives this issue its argumentative center, with Barding Dahl setting the terms. The fiction—The Shirt of Fire by George Hitchcock; They Sure Goofed When They Designed Guys’ Brains by R. B. Irvine; Devil, Devil by Jon Edgar Webb—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 Duo and Pieces for Harpsichord, shifting between grouped poems and single lyrics rather than settling into one house style The printed contents bring together 3 works of fiction, 18 poetry entries, 1 prose or editorial entry, giving the issue a deliberately mixed pace across genres and forms.
Contributors
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- The Shirt of Fire — George Hitchcock [Fiction, p. 1]
- They Sure Goofed When They Designed Guys’ Brains — R. B. Irvine [Fiction, p. 19]
- Devil, Devil — Jon Edgar Webb [Fiction, p. 31]
- Duo — Michael Benedikt [Poem, p. 6]
- Warble In — Charles Bukowski [Poem, p. 12]
- Budapest, 1956 — Jascha Kessler [Poem, p. 13]
- She — Jascha Kessler [Poem, p. 14]
- God and Grandmother’s House — Jack Anderson [Poem, p. 14]
- The Senses — Menelaos Guskos [Poem, p. 16]
- Li Yu at Twilight — John Haines [Poem, p. 18]
- Love Poem — Priscilla Shames [Poem, p. 28]
- On Finding a Dead Bird in the House — Jean Burden [Poem, p. 28]
- Torch Song — Sister Mary Gilbert, SNJM [Poem, p. 29]
- The Point of Ritual Death — F. X. Mathews [Poem, p. 30]
- The Window — Ann Stanford [Poem, p. 37]
- There Are Things — Robert Sward [Poem, p. 38]
- Ballad for Abecedarians — Melvin Rosenberg [Poem, p. 38]
- Reservation Carnival — Nancy-Lou Patterson [Poem, p. 39]
- Poem for S— — Felix Stefanile [Poem, p. 40]
- The Graveyard — David Lyttle [Poem, p. 42]
- Pieces for Harpsichord — Myron Levoy [Poem, p. 43]
- Notes on Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 2]
- Archie and the Ninth Dry Hole — Barding Dahl [Editorial, p. 4]
- Index to Volume V [Index, p. 46]
- Cover — David Lemon [Artwork]
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*Coastlines*, vol. V, no. 4, 1963. Text/Tech Journals, digital facsimile.