Journal Issue
Published in February 1959, no. 46 of Variegation gives readers several clear ways into the magazine. It contains 26 named pieces or sections, beginning with Glaneuses by Jean Follain, Différences by Jean Follain, and Oeuvres by Jean Follain. 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.
Jean Follain’s 6-poem run, from Glaneuses to Marée, gives this issue its clearest formal center. Most of the 25 poems are compact, but their free-verse lines vary the pace through clipped statements, longer syntactic runs, and small sequences that let one voice change pressure across several pages. What stands out is those changes of scale, as a single image is often answered by a more extended poem on the next leaf. Around that sequence, Marching to Wilios and The Fall widen the issue’s range without breaking its measured, poem-by-poem concentration.
The contents page also works like a small map. Early entries establish the issue’s first set of voices; around the middle, Ophelia Drowned by Landreth E. Leaper changes the view; the closing stretch reaches Contributors. 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 Jean Follain, Keran O’Brien, André Frénaud, Michel Faré, Mary Child, Ada Davies, Ethelford Carroll, and Landreth E. Leaper, along with 7 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 Grover Jacoby, published by Variegation Publishing Company, and issued from Los Angeles, California. 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—Los Angeles little magazines, American poetry, Free verse, Modernist poetry, and Seasons—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 Glaneuses by Jean Follain, turn next to Ophelia Drowned by Landreth E. Leaper, and finish with Contributors. The clean reading edition is designed for that kind of movement. Original scan: 26 PDF pages. Reader’s edition: 31 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
- Jean Follain — Poet
- Keran O’Brien — Poet
- André Frénaud — Poet
- Michel Faré — Poet
- Mary Child — Poet
- Ada Davies — Poet
- Ethelford Carroll — Poet
- Landreth E. Leaper — Poet
- Renée Riese Hubert — Poet
- Marcel Béalu — Poet
- Suzanne Sullivan — Poet
- Lisa Grenelle — Poet
- Kay DeBard Hall — Poet
- Elinor Lennen — Poet
- Myron H. Broomell — Poet
Publication details
Full contents
- Glaneuses — Jean Follain [Poem, p. 3]
- Différences — Jean Follain [Poem, p. 3]
- Oeuvres — Jean Follain [Poem, p. 4]
- Par le Monde — Jean Follain [Poem, p. 4]
- Cruauté — Jean Follain [Poem, p. 5]
- Marée — Jean Follain [Poem, p. 5]
- Marching to Wilios — Keran O’Brien [Poem, p. 6]
- Noël pour Christiane — André Frénaud [Poem, p. 8]
- Gare au Fil — Michel Faré [Poem, p. 9]
- Amants, Restez Unis — Michel Faré [Poem, p. 9]
- Spring Rain — Mary Child [Poem, p. 10]
- Internals — Ada Davies [Poem, p. 10]
- Old Merchant in Peking — Ethelford Carroll [Poem, p. 11]
- Ophelia Drowned — Landreth E. Leaper [Poem, p. 12]
- Vase Clos — Renée Riese Hubert [Poem, p. 13]
- Réplique — Renée Riese Hubert [Poem, p. 14]
- Faims — Renée Riese Hubert [Poem, p. 14]
- Refrain — Renée Riese Hubert [Poem, p. 15]
- La Boucle — Renée Riese Hubert [Poem, p. 16]
- Le Tailleur de sa Vie — Marcel Béalu [Poem, p. 16]
- Summer Night — Suzanne Sullivan [Poem, p. 17]
- For Observation — Lisa Grenelle [Poem, p. 17]
- Herrenchiemsee — Kay DeBard Hall [Poem, p. 18]
- Cherished Out of Time — Elinor Lennen [Poem, p. 20]
- The Fall — Myron H. Broomell [Poem, p. 21]
- Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 22]
Rights and citation
Copyright, 1959
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1959 copyright notice; rights in individual contributions and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Variegation*, no. 46, February 1959. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.