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Towards Print (a Bit of Plain Talk) by James Boyer May gives Trace no. 60 its clearest point of entry, while Saroyan at 57 by Felix Singer and The Daring Young Man After the Fall by Felix Singer widen the issue’s field. Dated Spring 1966, this substantial number indexes 42 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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- Towards Print (a Bit of Plain Talk) — James Boyer May [Essay, p. 5]
- Saroyan at 57 — Felix Singer [Essay, p. 7]
- The Daring Young Man After the Fall — Felix Singer [Contribution, p. 7]
- Little Boys — Kenneth L. Beaudoin [Poem, p. 12]
- The Chronicle [Reference, p. 13]
- Editors (and others) Write [Correspondence, p. 14]
- Two Views of a Common Problem [Contribution, p. 14]
- Can Good Doors Be Kept Open? — Pacificus [Correspondence, p. 27]
- Of Individualism & the Writing Scene — Helen Wolfert [Correspondence, p. 28]
- Y, Z — Booker T. Jackson [Poem, p. 29]
- The Hand in the Fist — A. Fredric Franklyn [Essay, p. 30]
- (a Study of William Wyler’s the Collector) — A. Fredric Franklyn [Contribution, p. 30]
- Back to Quality (tv Today—& Tad Mosel) — Janet Overmyer [Contribution, p. 39]
- Long Live Porfirio Montez — Carl Schemmerling [Poem, p. 46]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 48]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 50]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 52]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 54]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 56]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 59]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 61]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 63]
- Carl Schemmerling [Contribution, p. 67]
- Number One Man on the Sit-down Power Mowers at Lakewood Cemetery — Keith Gunderson [Contribution, p. 69]
- Out of Newport — Keith Gunderson [Poem, p. 71]
- The Gypsy Motorcycle Club of South Minneapolis — Lake Calhoun [Contribution, p. 72]
- Notes on Love and Freedom — F. E. Sandelius [Poem, p. 76]
- Satires (ii) — Michael Lebeck [Contribution, p. 90]
- With the Guard [Contribution, p. 92]
- Marti Kristen [Contribution, p. 95]
- A Past and Present High School Student’s Guide to Society — Peter Barnes [Poem, p. 98]
- RABBIT RUN, ch. 1 THE GROUP, ch. 2 ANOTHER COUNTRY, ch. 1 & 3, ETC. Or, Who Needs Multiplication Tables? [Contribution, p. 100]
- Rape of the Purple Nightshade — Maude Rubin [Contribution, p. 101]
- Even the Dead Have Potential — Joel Weishaus [Contribution, p. 106]
- Maxwell Anderson: ‘no Certain Answer’ — Beatrice Levin [Contribution, p. 107]
- Dan Georgakas : Notes on 1960s’ Mannerism [Contribution, p. 112]
- The Hand in the Fist (continued from Page 27) [Contribution, p. 114]
- Alan Watts and Existence — Milton VanSickle [Review, p. 124]
- A Poet and Critic Translates — William Tillson [Review, p. 129]
- Human Voice [Contribution, p. 132]
- Film Comment [Contribution, p. 133]
- Film Comment [Contribution, p. 134]
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Trace, no. 60 (Spring 1966). Text/Tech Journals reader’s edition, 2026.