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September 1940

 
  • George Dillon
  • H. Hays
  • Alexander Bergman
  • Millen Brand
  • John Brinnin
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Address to the Refugees

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A Winter's Tale

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The Target Is the Same

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Table of Contents

  • John Malcolm Brinnin
    • Address to the Refugees
  • Ruth Lechlitner
    • A Winter's Tale
  • Marion Strobel
    • The Target Is the Same
Three War Poems
  • Julian Symons
    • End of a Year
    • Pub
    • Poem ("The imagery personal...")
  • Alexander F. Bergman
    • April 29th
  • R. N. Currey
    • Now That the War Is Here
  • John Frederick Nims
    • Parting: 1940
  • Millen Brand
    • Children in San Diego
  • Edwin Muir
    • Then
Three Poems
  • Lawrence Lee
    • In Time of War
    • While We Are Safe
    • The Syllable Will Be Heard
  • Marshall Schacht
    • As through a Glass Darkly
  • Josephine Jacobsen
    • For Wilfred Owen
  • David Wolff
    • While We Slept
  • Kenneth Fearing
    • U. S. Writers in War
  • David Daiches
    • Poetry in the First World War
  • F. C. Weiskopf
    • On the Continent
    • On the Continent
Reviews
  • Roberta Teale Swartz
    • The Spirit Watches
  • Frajam Taylor
    • A New Adventure
  • Thomas Howells
    • "Where To, Where Now?"
  • John Gould Fletcher
    • Lorca in English
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Alexander F. Bergman
  • Millen Brand
  • John Malcolm Brinnin
  • R. N. Currey
  • David Daiches
  • Kenneth Fearing
  • John Gould Fletcher
  • Thomas Howells
  • Josephine Jacobsen
  • Ruth Lechlitner
  • Lawrence Lee
  • Edwin Muir
  • John Frederick Nims
  • Marshall Schacht
  • Marion Strobel
  • Roberta Teale Swartz
  • Julian Symons
  • Frajam Taylor
  • F. C. Weiskopf
  • David Wolff
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