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June 1953

 
  • Herman Salinger
  • Wallace Fowlie
  • Howard Griffin
  • John Ciardi
  • Patricia Coombs
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The Lie

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For A.H.L.

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For the Complaint of Love

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Table of Contents

  • Robert Penn Warren
    • The Lie
Three Poems
  • Sandra Wool
    • For A.H.L.
    • Moses among the Daughters of Jeraboam
    • A Small Boy Thinks About a Contemporary with Pigtails and Inhibitions
  • Lewis Hill
    • For the Complaint of Love
Two Poems
  • James L. Dickey
    • The Child in Armor
    • The Anniversary
  • J. V. Meade
    • Winter's End
  • Edwin Rolfe
    • A Poem to Delight My Friends Who Laugh at Science-Fiction
  • E. J. Pratt
    • The Unromantic Moon
  • Josephine Jacobsen
    • Time Exposure
  • John Ciardi
    • Temptation
  • Theodore Weiss
    • Sonata Pathetique
Three Poems
  • Patricia Coombs
    • The Critique
    • Parsifal
    • Uncle
Reviews
  • Hayden Carruth
    • Write Little; Do It Well
  • Howard Griffin
    • The Chicago Critics: Yes and Perhaps
  • Hugh Kenner
    • A Narcissist of Action
Editorial
  • Elizabeth Pollet
    • Communication
  • Karl Shapiro
    • Does "Poetry" Have a "Policy"?
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Hayden Carruth
  • John Ciardi
  • Patricia Coombs
  • James L. Dickey
  • Howard Griffin
  • Lewis Hill
  • Josephine Jacobsen
  • Hugh Kenner
  • J. V. Meade
  • Elizabeth Pollet
  • E. J. Pratt
  • Edwin Rolfe
  • Karl Shapiro
  • Robert Penn Warren
  • Theodore Weiss
  • Sandra Wool
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