Journal Issue
Dylan Thomas and Wales Magazine by David Clay Jenkins gives Trace no. 30 its clearest point of entry, while A List of Dylan Thomas’s Contributions to Wales and Towards Print by Gil Orlovitz widen the issue’s field. Dated Feb–Mar 1959, 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.
Contributors
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Full contents
- Dylan Thomas and Wales Magazine — David Clay Jenkins [Contribution, p. 4]
- A List of Dylan Thomas’s Contributions to Wales [Contribution, p. 12]
- Towards Print — Gil Orlovitz [Essay, p. 14]
- Editors Write [Correspondence, p. 19]
- Open Letter : to man wanting help with modern poetry [Contribution, p. 24]
- what cypher-script of time [Contribution, p. 28]
- of hart crane . . . a memory [Contribution, p. 28]
- Some Items Received [Contribution, p. 31]
- And Individual Reviews [Review, p. 38]
- Birth (see Magazine Directory — Toronto, Can., $1) [Contribution, p. 41]
- Addenda [Editorial, p. 42]
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Trace, no. 30 (Feb–Mar 1959). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.