Journal Issue
Musin' about Lit by Charles L. Johnson sets the first measure of the issue. From there, Parkview Emergency Room and Photographs widen its range of voices and approaches. The fiction supplies a narrative counterweight to the poems and criticism, giving the issue a shape as well as a roster. Its mix of writing and images shapes the reading experience: literary sequences are interrupted by 4 visual portfolios, while prose and verse move at different speeds across the issue rather than being isolated in separate magazines. The fiction—beginning with Earthquake Season (Rachel's Story)—adds sustained scene and character to that collage, giving the shorter poems a narrative counterweight instead of treating them as the whole event.
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- Musin' about Lit — Charles L. Johnson [Contribution, p. 1]
- Parkview Emergency Room — Bob Rippy [Contribution, p. 9]
- Photographs — John Findlater [Artwork, p. 13]
- Random Numbers for a Sleepy Day — Paul D. Brooks [Contribution, p. 17]
- The Trapdoor Whore — Anne Valley Fox [Contribution, p. 18]
- The Thirst — Gary E. Ligi [Contribution, p. 22]
- Photographs — Jan Gealor [Artwork, p. 24]
- Earthquake Season (Rachel's Story) — Kate Ellen Braverman [Fiction, p. 28]
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Telephone — Bob Greenfield [Contribution, p. 37]
- Photographs — Susan R. Rubinstein [Artwork, p. 41]
- Pillows May Be Assaulted — Neal Spiegel [Contribution, p. 44]
- today i have used bleach — Jack Crawford, Jr [Contribution, p. 46]
- Spanish Stairway in Beverly Hills — Bob Flanagan [Contribution, p. 49]
- Cut-up and Rearranged — Notes [Contribution, p. 50]
- Beyond the Gate — Tristine Rainer [Contribution, p. 51]
- Photographs — Kim Canazzi [Artwork, p. 60]
- Travels North in February, 1974 — Bob Webb [Contribution, p. 69]
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*Bachy*, no. 5, 1975. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.