Journal Issue
Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 26 its clearest point of entry, while How Long to Write a Book? by David Gunston and After the Party by Eric Cashen widen the issue’s field. Dated April 1958, this substantial number indexes 14 pieces or named sections, moving between literary argument, creative work, reviews, correspondence, and the practical business of little-magazine culture. The order matters: recurring editorial features sit beside contributions with their own formal and critical demands, so the magazine reads as an active conversation rather than a neutral container. The reader’s edition makes that sequence easy to follow; the original scan preserves the cover, page design, advertisements, visual material, and directory apparatus that locate the writing in its first publication. Together, the two editions show James Boyer May sustaining both a literary forum and a working map of the independent publishing network.
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- Towards Print — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 4]
- Editors Write [Correspondence, p. 9]
- How Long to Write a Book? — David Gunston [Contribution, p. 12]
- After the Party — Eric Cashen [Contribution, p. 16]
- Uncollecting a Library — Elizabeth D. Coleman [Contribution, p. 18]
- Biography — Clarence Day [Contribution, p. 20]
- History — Clarence Day [Contribution, p. 20]
- Technical [Contribution, p. 20]
- Essays [Essay, p. 21]
- Travel [Contribution, p. 21]
- Novels [Contribution, p. 21]
- Some Items Received by the Editor [Contribution, p. 22]
- Addenda [Editorial, p. 26]
- The Painter and Sculptor — Patrick Hayman [Contribution, p. 30]
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Trace, no. 26 (April 1958). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.