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California Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Autumn 1951)

The Place Called Choice: Overture and Part One gives this issue its argumentative center, with E. P. Thompson setting the terms.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1952)

A Place Called Choice: Second, Third and Fourth Parts gives this issue its argumentative center, with E. P. Thompson setting the terms.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1952)

The Crisis in Books gives this issue its argumentative center, with Angus Cameron setting the terms.

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Trace, No. 1 (June 1952)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 1 its clearest point of entry, while the editorial material that follows it widens the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer 1952)

To Readers and Writers gives this issue its argumentative center.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn 1952)

Things of the Earth gives this issue its argumentative center, with Nelson Algren setting the terms.

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Trace, No. 2 (October 1952)

The Little Magazine gives Trace no. 2 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May and Poetry and Old Age widen the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1953)

No Art Is Neutral gives this issue its argumentative center, with Charles Humboldt setting the terms.

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Trace, No. 3 (February 1953)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 3 its clearest point of entry, while the editorial material that follows it widens the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Spring 1953)

The Role of the Prophet gives this issue its argumentative center, with George Abbe setting the terms.

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Trace, No. 4 (June 1953)

Little Magazines and Tyranny by Lawrence Barth gives Trace no. 4 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May and Opinion widen the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1953)

Michael Wilson’s screenplay Salt of the Earth gives this issue its shape: a New Mexico mining strike becomes a test of solidarity, with the women’s demand for equality at home strengthening the workers’ fight on the picket line.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Autumn 1953)

Portrait of an Undesirable Alien gives this issue its argumentative center, with Frank Scully setting the terms.

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Trace, No. 5 (October 1953)

A Survey of Little Magazine Publishing gives Trace no. 5 its clearest point of entry, while Returns and Longevity widen the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1954)

Poetry Must Have as Its Aim… gives this issue its argumentative center, with Paul Éluard setting the terms.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1954)

Elegy for a Soldier of the Spanish Civil War opens a number whose strongest movement comes through poetry.

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Trace, No. 6 (February 1954)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 6 its clearest point of entry, while Adventures in Poetry Magazines widens the issue’s field.

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Trace, No. 7 (June 1954)

Prognosis for Little Magazines by Ellen Edelman gives Trace no. 7 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May widens the issue’s field.

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Trace, No. 8 (August 1954)

Towards Print by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 8 its clearest point of entry, while the editorial material that follows it widens the issue’s field.

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Trace, No. 9 (October 1954)

Replies to Prognosis gives Trace no. 9 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May widens the issue’s field.

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California Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1955)

From the 1855 Preface gives this issue its argumentative center, with Walt Whitman setting the terms.

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Trace, No. 10 (February 1955)

Who Needs the Little Magazines? by Ellen Edelman gives Trace no. 10 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May widens the issue’s field.

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Coastlines, Vol. I, No. 1 (Spring 1955)

Editorial gives this issue its argumentative center.

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Trace, No. 11 (April 1955)

Some Shop Talk on Poetry and Drama by Lawrence Lipton gives Trace no. 11 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May widens the issue’s field.

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