Journal Issue
From the Jungle Floor by Mary Graham Lund gives Trace no. 41 its clearest point of entry, while Towards Print by James Boyer May and The Co-Created Light by Alfred Dorn widen the issue’s field. Dated April–June 1961, this substantial number indexes 15 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
- Alfred Dorn
- Curtis Zahn
- Helmer O. Oleson
- James Boyer May
- James Colvin
- James H. Bowden
- Lawrence P. Spingarn
- Marvin Bell
More contributors (4)
Publication details
Full contents
- From the Jungle Floor — Mary Graham Lund [Contribution, p. 4]
- Towards Print — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 12]
- Editors (and Others) Write [Correspondence, p. 16]
- The Co-Created Light — Alfred Dorn [Contribution, p. 16]
- From the Modern Scene — James Colvin [Contribution, p. 17]
- Most Foolish Thing You Ever Wrote! — Sam Bradley [Contribution, p. 19]
- The Plight of the Educated Reader — Lawrence P. Spingarn [Contribution, p. 23]
- Contrasting Paradoxical Juxtaposition — James H. Bowden [Contribution, p. 29]
- True Story of a Little Magazine’s Birth, Life & Death — T. J. Roberts [Contribution, p. 34]
- Through Many Strings — Sidney Shapiro [Contribution, p. 45]
- Kangaroo Court — Helmer O. Oleson [Contribution, p. 46]
- Literature [Contribution, p. 50]
- Somewhere, Grinding — Marvin Bell [Contribution, p. 56]
- Family Collage — Curtis Zahn [Contribution, p. 57]
- Writing in Process — James Boyer May [Contribution, p. 61]
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Trace, no. 41 (April–June 1961). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.