Journal Issue
Under the Figlinden Leaf by Thomas Morrill gives Trace no. 53 its clearest point of entry, while ‘Superman’ to Zombie and ‘Party Death’ widen the issue’s field. Dated Summer 1964, this substantial number indexes 20 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
- Carl Larsen
- David D. Galloway
- England Cambridge
- G. R. Spiller-Speeden
- Jack Wardell
- James Boyer May
- James Hiner
- Lawrence Lipton
More contributors (4)
Publication details
Full contents
- Under the Figlinden Leaf — Thomas Morrill [Contribution, p. 5]
- ‘Superman’ to Zombie [Contribution, p. 8]
- ‘Party Death’ [Contribution, p. 13]
- Cerberus, Look Out! [Contribution, p. 21]
- Of Women & the Sex-Image [Contribution, p. 26]
- Apocalypse [Contribution, p. 33]
- A Polluted Stream — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 43]
- Editors (and Others) Write [Correspondence, p. 47]
- English Poetics — Since 1730’s — Downgraded — Ritchie Darling [Contribution, p. 47]
- Seeking ‘Civil Rights’ Poetry — Carl Larsen [Correspondence, p. 49]
- ‘Now ... That I’m Tiptoeing Through the Graveyard’ — G. R. Spiller-Speeden [Contribution, p. 49]
- Kinetic Poetry Exhibit in Cambridge — Mike Weaver [Correspondence, p. 50]
- Revival in San Francisco? — England Cambridge [Correspondence, p. 51]
- Asks Samples for New Mag Show — James Hiner [Correspondence, p. 51]
- Author Retorts to ‘Judgment’ — Lawrence Lipton [Correspondence, p. 52]
- The Cliff Hanger — Jack Wardell [Essay, p. 53]
- Report on ‘Reader Report’ [Contribution, p. 64]
- Naked in His Time [Contribution, p. 65]
- Of Hallows, Hollows, and Halos — Milton VanSickle [Review, p. 109]
- A Dichotomy of Islands — David D. Galloway [Review, p. 116]
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Trace, no. 53 (Summer 1964). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.