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August 1959

 
  • Henry Rago
  • Luciano Erba
  • Luciana Frezza
  • Alfredo Giuliani
  • Paul Goodman
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A Good Man's Dying

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Lavender

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In the Thriving Season

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Table of Contents

  • Helen Singer
    • A Good Man's Dying
    • From an Exotic Country
    • The View at San Thomé
    • The Brave Names
    • To the Todas
    • The Villa
    • Blast Off
    • To Stella, Who Would Be 77
    • The Year of Zhivago
  • Paul Goodman
    • Lavender
    • On the Lake
    • Lines in Spite
  • Lisel Mueller
    • In the Thriving Season
    • The Bride's Complaint
    • Afterthoughts on the Lovers
  • Ted Hughes
    • A Woman Unconscious
    • Cat and Mouse
    • To Paint a Water-Lily
    • Lupercalia
  • Raymond Souster
    • Just in from the Cold
    • November, Early
    • One A.M.: Bleury and Mayor
  • Reed Whittemore
    • Three Sonnets to Time
    • Three Poems to Jackson
  • Luciano Erba
    • Lo Svagato / The Inattentive
    • Terra e Mare / Land and Sea
  • Alfredo Giuliani
    • Brucio e l'Imminenza l'Ombra Che Sale Riconosco / I Burn and Recognize Imminence
    • Il Cuore Zoppo / The Lame Heart
  • Alfredo Rizzardi
    • Viali in Autunno / Boulevards in Autumn
    • Costellazioni / Costellations
    • Portovenere / Portovenere
    • Via Senzanome / Noname Road
  • Luciana Frezza
    • Le Due Cugine / The Two Cousins
    • Paesaggio / Seascape
Comment
  • David Galler
    • Edwin Muir
  • Dudley Fitts
    • Five Young Poets
  • Robert Hazel
    • Three New Volumes
  • Glauco Cambon
    • An Italian Chronicle
CONTRIBUTORS
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  • Luciano Erba
  • Dudley Fitts
  • Luciana Frezza
  • David Galler
  • Alfredo Giuliani
  • Paul Goodman
  • Robert Hazel
  • Ted Hughes
  • Lisel Mueller
  • Alfredo Rizzardi
  • Helen Singer
  • Raymond Souster
  • Reed Whittemore
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