Journal Issue
Published in Spring 1967, no. 64 of Trace gives readers several clear ways into the magazine. It contains 51 named pieces or sections, beginning with Academia & the Little Magazine by Charles Robinson, The Certainties by A. Fredric Franklyn, and Towards Print (the World in Poetry) by James Boyer May. That opening offers a direct path through the issue, but it is not the only one. A reader can follow the printed order, pause over a familiar contributor, or start with a title that catches the eye. No special background is needed. The magazine explains itself gradually through the choices it makes and through the company each piece keeps.
Academia & the Little Magazine by Charles Robinson gives Trace no. 64 its clearest point of entry, while The Certainties by A. Fredric Franklyn and Towards Print (the World in Poetry) by James Boyer May widen the issue’s field. Dated Spring 1967, this expansive number contains 56 pieces or named sections, moving between writing about literature, creative work, reviews, correspondence, and the everyday work of a little magazine. The order matters: recurring editorial features sit beside contributions with their own aims, so the magazine feels like an exchange among writers rather than a stack of unrelated pages. The reader’s edition makes that sequence easy to follow; the private source facsimile preserves the cover, page design, advertisements, visual material, and directory information that locate the writing in its first publication. Together, the reading edition and private source record show James Boyer May keeping a place for new writing while also showing how independent magazines found one another.
The contents page also works like a small map. Early entries establish the issue’s first set of voices; around the middle, Birth by Thomas Kretz changes the view; the closing stretch reaches Graphics. The works differ in length, subject, and manner, yet their placement creates connections that a simple list of names cannot show. The pleasure comes from those changes. A short piece can clear the air after a longer one, a new voice can redirect the mood, and an unexpected title can make an earlier page look different when the reader thinks back to it.
The contributor list includes A. Fredric Franklyn, A. Fredric Franklywil, Abigail Ann Hamblen, Albert Drake, Belle Adams, C. D. MacDonald, CHARLES OLSON, and Charles Robinson, along with 51 additional contributors. Some readers will arrive looking for a particular name; others will meet these contributors here for the first time. Either approach works. The publication details add useful context: the issue was edited by James Boyer May, published by Villiers Publications Ltd., and issued from London, England; Hollywood, California (editorial office). A journal is also a made object, assembled by people deciding what to print, how to order it, and which voices should share a number. Reading from beginning to end lets those choices appear naturally.
The catalog subjects—Little magazines, Experimental literature, Poetry, Fiction, and Literary criticism—are useful starting points, especially for searching, but they do not set limits on what a reader may find. For a first visit, begin with Academia & the Little Magazine by Charles Robinson, turn next to Birth by Thomas Kretz, and finish with Graphics. The clean reading edition is designed for that kind of movement. Original scan: 168 PDF pages. Reader’s edition: 178 PDF pages. It keeps the contents in a stable, legible form and makes names and titles easier to find. A source facsimile remains part of the project’s private editorial record, but it is not included in the public upload. What appears here is the reading copy: a practical way to spend time with the issue and discover which pieces invite a return.
Contributors
- A. Fredric Franklyn — Poet
- A. Fredric Franklywil — Contributor
- Abigail Ann Hamblen — Essayist
- Albert Drake — Poet
- Belle Adams — Poet
- C. D. MacDonald — Poet
- CHARLES OLSON — Contributor
- Charles Robinson — Essayist
- Charles Shaw — Poet
- David C. French — Poet
- David Lyle — Reviewer
- E. I. Louch — Reviewer
- Earl Hendler — Poet
- Editor JAMES BOYER MAY — Contributor
- Felix Singer — Artist
- Florence Ungar — Poet
- Francis Golffing — Contributor
- Francis Murray — Fiction writer
- Georg Britting — Poet
- Gerald Locklin — Artist
- Helen Luster — Poet
- Henry Fonda Joanne Woodward — Contributor
- HUGH B. FOX Spanish American Little Mags — Contributor
- Ivan Goll — Poet
- J D. Whitney — Poet
- James Boyer May — Essayist
- Jay Bail — Fiction writer
- Joel Weishaus — Contributor
- John Stevens Wade — Poet
- Jon Remmerde — Artist
- JON REMMERDE Biographical Notes — Contributor
- K. G. Kasberg — Poet
- Larry N. Craft — Poet
- Linda W. Wagner — Contributor
- Lynn Lonidier — Essayist
- Mary Nordseth — Fiction writer
- MELVILLE Analysis by Linda W. Wagner — Contributor
- Michael Gregory — Poet
- Michael Gregory Anne Sexton — Reviewer
- Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth — Poet
- Newell Hart — Fiction writer
- O VERHEARD — Contributor
- Patricia Wells — Poet
- Patrick O'Neal Cesare Danova — Contributor
- Richard O'Connell — Contributor
- Sam Bradley — Contributor
- Scrutinized by A. Fredric Franklyn — Contributor
- Sean Connery — Contributor
- Stanley Berne — Essayist
- Stephen J. Doherty — Poet
- Stuart Perkoff — Poet
- Susan Forthman — Contributor
- Thomas Bledsoe — Essayist
- Thomas Kretz — Contributor
- Thomas S. McKeown — Poet
- Trevor Goodger-Hill — Poet
- William Packard — Essayist
- William Ulrich — Poet
Publication details
Full contents
- Academia & the Little Magazine — Charles Robinson [Essay, p. 6]
- The Certainties — A. Fredric Franklyn [Poem, p. 15]
- Towards Print (the World in Poetry) — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 16]
- Editors (and others) Write [Correspondence, p. 19]
- ‘the Vision of Rumpels Tilt Skin’ — David Lyle [Review, p. 19]
- Beauty’s Acceptance; & John Keats — E. I. Louch [Review, p. 21]
- ‘To Clear the Record’ [Contribution, p. 22]
- Start Reading Poetry, Stop Reading Biographies — Sam Bradley [Contribution, p. 23]
- Call Me Maximus — Linda W. Wagner [Contribution, p. 25]
- A Maine Writer & the Continuity of Life — Abigail Ann Hamblen [Essay, p. 31]
- Or a terrible winter storm at sea becomes real [Contribution, p. 32]
- John Dawn (1936) [Contribution, p. 36]
- Thomas-thomas-ancil-thomas [Contribution, p. 37]
- The Short Story — Stanley Berne [Essay, p. 39]
- A Loss . . . A Note — Thomas Bledsoe [Essay, p. 43]
- Artists’ Liberation Front for What? — Lynn Lonidier [Essay, p. 45]
- Soliloquy with Echoes — Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth [Poem, p. 63]
- Memory: Returning to an Empty Intersection — Albert Drake [Poem, p. 65]
- The Archaeology of Love — J D. Whitney [Poem, p. 67]
- Limited [Contribution, p. 73]
- Weekend [Contribution, p. 74]
- On the Latest Showing at the Jewish Museum — Earl Hendler [Poem, p. 77]
- Period of Time — Jay Bail [Fiction, p. 78]
- Jay Bail [Contribution, p. 80]
- Jay Bail [Contribution, p. 84]
- Jay Bail [Contribution, p. 87]
- Jay Bail [Contribution, p. 91]
- Jay Bail [Contribution, p. 94]
- The Sophists — Joel Weishaus [Contribution, p. 96]
- Birth — Thomas Kretz [Contribution, p. 97]
- Bear Fable — Richard O'Connell [Contribution, p. 98]
- Fiat [Contribution, p. 99]
- Biographical Notes (3) — Jon Remmerde [Artwork, p. 101]
- Belmont Shore — Gerald Locklin [Artwork, p. 107]
- Fair Game — Mary Nordseth [Fiction, p. 109]
- (A Play in One Act) [Contribution, p. 109]
- Mary Nordseth [Contribution, p. 112]
- The Abstract Maiden — Newell Hart [Fiction, p. 117]
- Newell Hart [Contribution, p. 120]
- Newell Hart [Contribution, p. 123]
- Genesis* [Contribution, p. 127]
- Francis Murray [Contribution, p. 129]
- The Book I Felt Like Writing* — Felix Singer [Artwork, p. 134]
- Poetry in the Theatre—III — William Packard [Essay, p. 136]
- The Casual Mind: a Cinema by and for Fetuses — A. Fredric Franklyn [Contribution, p. 145]
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum / United Artists [Contribution, p. 146]
- In Like Flint / Twentieth Century-fox [Contribution, p. 151]
- A Fine Madness / Warner Brothers [Contribution, p. 153]
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady / Warner Brothers [Contribution, p. 155]
- Tobruk / Universal [Contribution, p. 158]
- The Appaloosa / Universal [Contribution, p. 160]
- Film Stills [Contribution, p. 162]
- A First Poetry Book; & a New One by Anne Sexton — by Michael Gregory Anne Sexton [Review, p. 163]
- Towards Print (continued from Page 8) — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 167]
- The Chronicle [Reference, p. 175]
- Graphics [Contribution, p. 177]
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Trace, no. 64 (Spring 1967). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.