Journal Issue
The Key To The Eternal by Mary Graham Lund gives Trace no. 31 its clearest point of entry, while Calling for a re-evaluation of James Franklin Lewis by Mary Graham Lund and Towards Print by James Boyer May widen the issue’s field. Dated April–May 1959, this compact number indexes 9 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.
Contributors
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Full contents
- The Key To The Eternal — Mary Graham Lund [Contribution, p. 3]
- Calling for a re-evaluation of James Franklin Lewis — Mary Graham Lund [Contribution, p. 4]
- Towards Print — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 9]
- Editors Write [Correspondence, p. 12]
- The Loving Shepherdess of Jeffers and Scott — Fraser Drew [Contribution, p. 16]
- Books— to Keep the Doctor Away — David Gunston [Contribution, p. 25]
- Some Items Received [Contribution, p. 29]
- Addenda [Editorial, p. 34]
- Early Issues of Trace Feature Special Interest [Contribution, p. 40]
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Trace, no. 31 (April–May 1959). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.