Journal Issue
Two Reasons for Indifference by Joseph Leonard Grucci gives Trace no. 22 its clearest point of entry, while I Infantilism by Joseph Leonard Grucci and Half-Poetry widen the issue’s field. Dated June 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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- Two Reasons for Indifference — Joseph Leonard Grucci [Contribution, p. 4]
- I Infantilism — Joseph Leonard Grucci [Contribution, p. 4]
- Half-Poetry [Contribution, p. 5]
- The Call to Order — Guy Daniels [Contribution, p. 10]
- Editors Write [Correspondence, p. 15]
- I Like It [Contribution, p. 20]
- Nugae by Stanley G. Eskin [Contribution, p. 22]
- Addenda [Editorial, p. 29]
- The One-eyed Gunner — Robert Beloof [Contribution, p. 35]
- A Mortal Pitch — Vernon Scannell [Contribution, p. 36]
- Villiers Publications [Contribution, p. 37]
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Trace, no. 22 (June 1957). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.