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Trace, No. 34 (Oct–Nov 1959)

Journal Issue

Story of Universe Inside Me by Lawrence Barth gives Trace no. 34 its clearest point of entry, while The Experience of Self-publishing by Lawrence Barth and Towards Print by Gil Orlovitz widen the issue’s field. Dated Oct–Nov 1959, this substantial number indexes 14 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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Publication details
Journal
Trace
Volume
Not recorded
Issue number
34
Issue date
Oct–Nov 1959
Editor
James Boyer May
Publisher
Villiers Publications Ltd.
Place of publication
London, England; Hollywood, California (editorial office)
Language
English
Pagination
Original scan: 60 PDF pages. Reader’s edition: 47 PDF pages.
Record ID
ttj-trace-34-1959
Full contents
  • Story of Universe Inside Me — Lawrence Barth [Contribution, p. 4]
  • The Experience of Self-publishing — Lawrence Barth [Contribution, p. 4]
  • Towards Print — Gil Orlovitz [Essay, p. 12]
  • (The Co-Existentialism of the Poetic Line) — Gil Orlovitz [Contribution, p. 12]
  • Editors Write [Correspondence, p. 15]
  • Eslie Woolf Hedley (inferno Press Editions) [Contribution, p. 18]
  • Guy Owen (impetus) — D. Vincent Smith [Contribution, p. 19]
  • the Coin(age) — James Boyer May [Contribution, p. 23]
  • Visit to Steepletop [Contribution, p. 32]
  • Paragraphs — Walter Lowenfels [Contribution, p. 36]
  • Some Items Received [Contribution, p. 37]
  • A New Year’s-end Feature [Contribution, p. 42]
  • Leading 1959 Trace Recommendations [Contribution, p. 42]
  • Addenda [Editorial, p. 43]
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Trace, no. 34 (Oct–Nov 1959). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.