Journal Issue
Fragment gives this issue its argumentative center, with Christopher Perret setting the terms. The fiction—Trino by Ramon Sepulveda; Flag for Independence Day by Stanley Noyes—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 Moses and Two Poems, shifting between grouped poems and single lyrics rather than settling into one house style. Essays and reviews carry that movement into In the Wrong Direction, so the issue reads as a conversation rather than a stack of unrelated contributions The printed contents bring together 2 works of fiction, 18 poetry entries, 8 prose or editorial entries, giving the issue a deliberately mixed pace across genres and forms.
Contributors
- Ramon Sepulveda
- Stanley Noyes
- Jack Lindeman
- James Schevill
- Walter Albert
- Dorothea Walker
- Tristan Derème
- Michael Benedikt
More contributors (22)
- Luciano Folgore
- Dora M. Pettinella
- Arthur Rimbaud
- Robert Burlingame
- Judson Jerome
- William Harmon
- Charles Edward Eaton
- Tim Reynolds
- Melissa Blake
- Robert S. Sward
- Milton Kessler
- Marion Montgomery
- Kingsley Widmer
- Larry Rubin
- Christopher Perret
- Gene Frumkin
- Lachlan MacDonald
- Mel Weisburd
- Ann Stanford
- David Seidman
- Peter Yates
- Milton Gershgoren
Publication details
Full contents
- Trino — Ramon Sepulveda [Fiction, p. 3]
- Flag for Independence Day — Stanley Noyes [Fiction, p. 26]
- Moses — Jack Lindeman [Poem, p. 16]
- Two Poems — James Schevill [Poem, p. 17]
- O World of Fire and Evening — Walter Albert [Poem, p. 18]
- Two Poems — Dorothea Walker [Poem, p. 19]
- Four Poems — Tristan Derème; translated by Michael Benedikt [Poem, p. 21]
- Undressing — Luciano Folgore; translated by Dora M. Pettinella [Poem, p. 23]
- Vowels — Arthur Rimbaud; translated by Dora M. Pettinella [Poem, p. 24]
- Three Poems — Robert Burlingame [Poem, p. 24]
- Four Poems — Judson Jerome [Poem, p. 33]
- Two Poems — William Harmon [Poem, p. 35]
- Antinomy — Charles Edward Eaton [Poem, p. 36]
- Two Poems — Tim Reynolds [Poem, p. 37]
- Goldfinches — Melissa Blake [Poem, p. 38]
- Two Poems — Robert S. Sward [Poem, p. 39]
- Two Poems — Milton Kessler [Poem, p. 41]
- The Quitter — Marion Montgomery [Poem, p. 42]
- Beauty on the Beach — Kingsley Widmer [Poem, p. 42]
- Two Poems — Larry Rubin [Poem, p. 43]
- Notes on Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 2]
- Fragment — Christopher Perret [Essay, p. 44]
- The Debt — Gene Frumkin [Editorial, p. 48]
- Books New or Neglected: IV — Lachlan MacDonald [Review, p. 49]
- Bone and Marrow — Mel Weisburd [Review, p. 50]
- The Essence of the Moment — Ann Stanford [Review, p. 51]
- Ghosts and Strong Spirits — Gene Frumkin [Review, p. 52]
- Six Plays at UCLA — David Seidman [Review, p. 53]
- In the Wrong Direction — Peter Yates [Review, p. 55]
- Cover — Milton Gershgoren [Artwork]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1960 by the issue publisher or named copyright holder.
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1960 copyright notice or contains contributions first published in 1960; rights in individual works and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Coastlines*, vol. IV, no. 4, Autumn 1960. Text/Tech Journals, digital facsimile.