Journal Issue
Old Men & New Tools by Max Halperen gives Trace no. 52 its clearest point of entry, while The Chinese Cantos of Pound by Max Halperen and Between Kung and Eleusis by la Dorata Under the Golden Roof widen the issue’s field. Dated Spring 1964, this expansive number indexes 56 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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- Old Men & New Tools — Max Halperen [Essay, p. 6]
- The Chinese Cantos of Pound — Max Halperen [Contribution, p. 7]
- Between Kung and Eleusis — la Dorata Under the Golden Roof [Contribution, p. 9]
- Towards Print — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 18]
- (The Intellectual MISunderstanding of Poetry) — James Boyer May [Contribution, p. 18]
- The Chronicle [Reference, p. 24]
- Editors (and others) Write [Correspondence, p. 25]
- ‘Henry Fielding Party’ for The Avant — Carl Linder [Correspondence, p. 25]
- Message from India — P. N. Singh [Correspondence, p. 27]
- Seeks Aid for British Bibliography — Stephen H. Goode [Correspondence, p. 28]
- A Critical Spoof — Alfred M. Rossum [Poem, p. 29]
- The Bonehead — Iron Band [Contribution, p. 30]
- Chapter Ten [Contribution, p. 32]
- Encuentro De Poetas/ Mexico/ 1964 — A. Fredric Franklyn [Contribution, p. 34]
- Insights from: Notes from an American Dark — Ronald Caplan [Contribution, p. 40]
- that contains the word ‘from:’ titles indicating directive [Contribution, p. 42]
- Female Employment Report — Middle East — Pearce Egan [Contribution, p. 44]
- Rx — Delane Morgan [Poem, p. 47]
- Riverside Street — Hua-ling Nieh [Poem, p. 48]
- Hua-ling Nieh [Contribution, p. 50]
- Hua-ling Nieh [Contribution, p. 53]
- Hua-ling Nieh [Contribution, p. 55]
- Hua-ling Nieh [Contribution, p. 57]
- St. Tropez [Contribution, p. 60]
- How Close — James L. Weil [Contribution, p. 69]
- Game for Children [Contribution, p. 70]
- No. Iii from the Flesh of Utopia — Alvaro Cardona-Hine [Poem, p. 72]
- The Cathedral at Barcelona — Jeff Berner [Contribution, p. 79]
- Reading Trakl in the Diner — R. R. Cuscaden [Poem, p. 81]
- New-york — Forrest Anderson [Poem, p. 84]
- A Song to Celebrate Life — Jack Micheline [Poem, p. 85]
- Crazy Kid — John R. Starks [Poem, p. 86]
- John R. Starks [Contribution, p. 88]
- John R. Starks [Contribution, p. 91]
- John R. Starks [Contribution, p. 93]
- John R. Starks [Contribution, p. 95]
- A Martyr in the Morgue — Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Poem, p. 100]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 102]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 104]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 106]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 108]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 110]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 112]
- Shree Ram Vidyarthi [Contribution, p. 114]
- Plates [Contribution, p. 115]
- The Record [Contribution, p. 116]
- Trace 1964 Series – $4 [Contribution, p. 117]
- Howard O’Hagan’s Frontier — Milton VanSickle [Review, p. 117]
- Celine Solution: a Re-evaluation — Robert Lowry [Review, p. 120]
- Poetry Exemplifying a Personal Goal — Marion Plunkett [Review, p. 122]
- Passing ; the Middle of August [Contribution, p. 124]
- A Reductive Summary of Recent Poetry [Contribution, p. 125]
- Seventh Gate — A. Fredric Franklyn [Poem, p. 130]
- TWO — A. Fredric Franklyn [Poem, p. 130]
- In My Blood, by Raffaele Carrieri 52 In My Head I Have White Countries, by Raffaele Carrieri 53 Short Sight, by Nelo Risi 54 The Odors, by Rafael Santos Torroella 55 The Nightmare, by Jascha Kessler 56 Aunt Mary, by Robert Lewis Weeks 57 Time, My Dog, by S. L. Friedman 58 The Cathedral at Barcelona, by Jeff Berner 59 Reading Trakl in the Diner, by R. R. Cuscaden 60 The Excursion, by Stanley Cooperman 61 Witching, by Ellen L. Shearer 62 New-york by Forrest Anderson 63 A Song to Celebrate Life, by Jack Micheline — Jack Micheline [Poem, p. 64]
- Stories: Riverside Street, by Hua-ling Nieh — Hua-ling Nieh [Contribution, p. 33]
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Trace, no. 52 (Spring 1964). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.