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Towards Print (self-reflections of the Literary Tomorrow) by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 58 its clearest point of entry, while The Failure by John Tryford and (An Autobiographical Essay) by John Tryford widen the issue’s field. Dated 1965, this substantial number indexes 27 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 (self-reflections of the Literary Tomorrow) — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 5]
- The Failure — John Tryford [Poem, p. 7]
- (An Autobiographical Essay) — John Tryford [Essay, p. 7]
- From 1964 Letters of Thomas Morrill [Contribution, p. 16]
- Extracts from the Journal — Louis Gallo [Poem, p. 20]
- ‘action’ Autobiography — Robert Lowry [Poem, p. 28]
- (an excerpt: Chapters Viii & Ix — June, 1965) — Robert Lowry [Contribution, p. 28]
- Editors (and others) Write [Correspondence, p. 37]
- Free Poems Among Friends [Poem, p. 37]
- One Lovely Butterfly — Not a Swarm of Moths [Contribution, p. 38]
- Murder & the Genteel Whore — Irwin Ross [Poem, p. 42]
- in the 1830’s — Irwin Ross [Contribution, p. 42]
- A Breach of Dialogue — Joan White [Contribution, p. 49]
- Art of the Sonnet: 208 — Gil Orlovitz [Poem, p. 58]
- Masterindex : 21 — Gil Orlovitz [Contribution, p. 59]
- Kandinsky — Felix Pollak [Contribution, p. 62]
- Death as a Movie — Myron Levoy [Contribution, p. 67]
- Dante Ammazzato (a Fantasy in Three Acts) — Peter Heinegg [Contribution, p. 74]
- Act Ii, Scene 3 — That Night, in Front of the Portinari Palazzo [Contribution, p. 79]
- A Revival of Blood — M. D. Elevitch [Fiction, p. 83]
- (from an unpublished novel) — M. D. Elevitch [Contribution, p. 83]
- Sortie — Raymond Barrio [Fiction, p. 87]
- Some Reflections — David Lyle [Contribution, p. 95]
- Devil Crone (oni/baba) [Contribution, p. 97]
- Except for Poetry — John Tagliabue [Contribution, p. 111]
- The Darker Side of Sex & Other Forebodings — James Boyer May [Correspondence, p. 112]
- 5-viii-65: a Comment on Culture [Contribution, p. 123]
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Trace, no. 58 (1965). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.