Journal Issue
Obscurity by Marcel Proust gives Trace no. 36 its clearest point of entry, while Against by Marcel Proust and Note by the Translator by Christopher Waters widen the issue’s field. Dated Mar–Apr 1960, this substantial number indexes 18 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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- Obscurity* — Marcel Proust [Contribution, p. 5]
- Against — Marcel Proust [Contribution, p. 5]
- Note by the Translator — Christopher Waters [Contribution, p. 12]
- Towards Print — Gil Orlovitz [Essay, p. 14]
- (Teeming Prints — in U.S.A. Perspective) — Gil Orlovitz [Contribution, p. 14]
- The International Guide [Contribution, p. 20]
- The Chronicle [Reference, p. 21]
- Editors (and others) Write [Correspondence, p. 27]
- Clarence Major (the Coercion Review) [Review, p. 29]
- The Fifties [Contribution, p. 31]
- Third Issue [Contribution, p. 31]
- The German War Novel — Lothar Kahn [Contribution, p. 32]
- The Illusion [Contribution, p. 40]
- YOU [Contribution, p. 53]
- In the World of Books and Ideas [Contribution, p. 54]
- Third Rose . . . and Art by Subtraction [Contribution, p. 56]
- Paragraphs — Walter Lowenfels [Contribution, p. 69]
- Addenda [Editorial, p. 70]
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Trace, no. 36 (Mar–Apr 1960). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.