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Recurrence, Vol. III, No. 11 (Winter 1953)

Flying Fish and Weapon and Shield give the issue a strong interest in seasonal change.

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Variegation, Vol. VIII, No. 29 (Winter 1953)

Cecil Kyle’s 4-poem run, from Retreat to Ascent, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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Trace, No. 3 (February 1953)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 3 its clearest point of entry, while the editorial material that follows it widens the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Spring 1953)

The Role of the Prophet gives this issue its argumentative center, with George Abbe setting the terms.

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Recurrence, Vol. III, No. 12 (Spring 1953)

Carol Hogben’s 3-poem run, from My Summer Stranger to Life Lane, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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Variegation, Vol. VIII, No. 30 (Spring 1953)

Ada Davies’s 3-poem run, from Years after Thirty to Through the Windshield, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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Trace, No. 4 (June 1953)

Little Magazines and Tyranny by Lawrence Barth gives Trace no. 4 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May and Opinion widen the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1953)

Michael Wilson’s screenplay Salt of the Earth gives this issue its shape: a New Mexico mining strike becomes a test of solidarity, with the women’s demand for equality at home strengthening the workers’ fight on the picket line.

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Recurrence, Vol. IV, No. 13 (Summer 1953)

Ann Stanford’s 3-poem run, from The Trolley to Apple in a Southern Garden, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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Variegation, Vol. VIII, No. 31 (Summer 1953)

William Millett’s 4-poem run, from Blind Man to Trains Mourn Their Distance, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Autumn 1953)

Portrait of an Undesirable Alien gives this issue its argumentative center, with Frank Scully setting the terms.

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Recurrence, Vol. IV, No. 14 (Autumn 1953)

Largesse and Proverb Reconsidered give the issue a strong interest in shifting scenes and states of mind.

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Trace, No. 5 (October 1953)

A Survey of Little Magazine Publishing gives Trace no. 5 its clearest point of entry, while Returns and Longevity widen the issue’s field.

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Variegation, Vol. VIII, No. 32 (Autumn 1953)

William Millett’s 3-poem run, from Rebirth to Silently They Invade, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1954)

Poetry Must Have as Its Aim… gives this issue its argumentative center, with Paul Éluard setting the terms.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1954)

Elegy for a Soldier of the Spanish Civil War opens a number whose strongest movement comes through poetry.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1954)

Elegy for a Soldier of the Spanish Civil War opens a number whose strongest movement comes through poetry.

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Recurrence, Vol. IV, No. 15 (Winter 1954)

Wind and Tumultuous Altars give the issue a strong interest in water and weather.

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Variegation, Vol. IX, No. 33 (Winter 1954)

Cecil Kyle’s 5-poem run, from My Nirvana to Entreaty, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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Trace, No. 6 (February 1954)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 6 its clearest point of entry, while Adventures in Poetry Magazines widens the issue’s field.

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Recurrence, Vol. IV, No. 16 (Spring 1954)

The Myth and The Pigeons give the issue a strong interest in shifting scenes and states of mind.

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Trace, No. 7 (June 1954)

Prognosis for Little Magazines by Ellen Edelman gives Trace no. 7 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May widens the issue’s field.

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Recurrence, Vol. V, No. 17 (Summer 1954)

Eleanor Glenn Wallis’s 3-poem run, from Partridge Call to The Interval, gives this issue its clearest formal center.

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Trace, No. 8 (August 1954)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 8 its clearest point of entry, while the editorial material that follows it widens the issue’s field.

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