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January 1953

 
  • Karl Shapiro
  • Martin Svaglic
  • Paul Aaen
  • Dannie Abse
  • Conrad Aiken
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Men with Their Models

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Paternal Ashes

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The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne

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Table of Contents

Three Poems
  • William Belvin
    • Men with Their Models
    • This
    • In Memory of Bryce Stavey
  • Herman Salinger
    • Paternal Ashes
Two Poems
  • Cid Corman
    • The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne
    • Invocation
  • Sheila Pritchard
    • To the Land of My Inquiry
  • May Sarton
    • The Sacred Wood
  • William Burford
    • The Solitary Man
  • Stephen Stepanchev
    • Three Priests in April
  • Emma Swan
    • Joy
  • Conrad Aiken
    • The Ego
Two Poems
  • Dannie Abse
    • The Frontier
    • The Meeting
  • Paul Aaen
    • All Gargoyle
Reviews
  • Henry W. Rago
    • The Thoroughly Being a Poet
  • Nicholas Joost
    • Poe as Patron Saint
  • Thomas Cole
    • A Disciple of Whitman
  • Geoffrey Wagner
    • Quiet Achievement
  • Betty Miller Davis
    • Merry England à la Marx
  • W. S. Merwin
    • Anthology Pieces
Opinion
  • Wallace Fowlie
    • Henri Michaux
Communication
  • John McCormick
    • Falling Asleep over Grillparzer: An Interview with Robert Lowell
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Paul Aaen
  • Dannie Abse
  • Conrad Aiken
  • William Belvin
  • William Burford
  • Thomas Cole
  • Cid Corman
  • Betty Miller Davis
  • Wallace Fowlie
  • Nicholas Joost
  • John McCormick
  • W. S. Merwin
  • Sheila Pritchard
  • Henry W. Rago
  • Herman Salinger
  • May Sarton
  • Stephen Stepanchev
  • Emma Swan
  • Geoffrey Wagner
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