Journal Issue
Poetry in the Little Reviews by John Sankey gives Trace no. 21 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May and Source Books of Violence widen the issue’s field. Dated April 1957, this substantial number indexes 11 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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- Poetry in the Little Reviews — John Sankey [Review, p. 4]
- Towards Print — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 7]
- Editors Write [Correspondence, p. 11]
- Source Books of Violence [Contribution, p. 13]
- Reports on Presses by Guy Daniels [Contribution, p. 21]
- The Preemies — Lillian Kay [Contribution, p. 24]
- Addenda [Editorial, p. 32]
- The One-eyed Gunner and other poems — Robert Beloof [Poem, p. 35]
- A Mortal Pitch — Vernon Scannell [Contribution, p. 36]
- Compositional Culture — London Holloway [Contribution, p. 37]
- Use Subscription Blank Below [Contribution, p. 38]
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Trace, no. 21 (April 1957). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.