Volume 17, Issue 2
FRONT COVER: Frances Cohen Gillespie
LELA, 1972
OIL AND MAGNA ON MASONITE
62 X 48 INCHES
Table of Contents
An American Economist in Paris, Non-Fiction by Michael Piore
Circuit, Poetry by Vincente Aleixandre, Translated by Jeoffrey Bartman
Memory, A Photograph, Imperfect Streak of Light, Poetry by Barbara Ras
Finocchio, or The Tale of a Man with a Long Nose, Fiction by Alexander Theroux
Speaking of Courage, Fiction by Tim O’Brien
In the Desert, Poetry by Candice Ward
In Memory of T.B., Poetry by Joseph Brodsky, Translated by Paul Zweig
The Best Ride to New York, Fiction by Bob Levin
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT: BICENTENNIAL GATHERING IV
Crèvecoeur: A “Man of Sorrows” and the American Revolution, Non-Fiction by A. W. Plumstead
Fort High, Poetry by Tom Wayman
Private Lives and Public Order: A Critical View of the History of Intimate Relations in the U.S., Non-Fiction by Howard Gadlin
Roots Versus Restlessness: Cooperative Households, the City, and Recurrent Issues in American Family Life, Non-Fiction by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
John Woolman’s Dream of the Cat & the Fox, 1774, Art by Leonard Baskin, 12 Lithographs
The Paintings of Frances Cohen Gillespie; The Artist on Her Life & Work; Mothers and Daughters: The Inner Landscape, by Oriole Farb
Of Growing Old, Poetry by D. J. Enright
The Poetry of Philip Larkin, Non-Fiction by Martin Scofield
En Cest Sonet Coind’e Leri, Poetry by Arnaut Daniel, Translated by Ernest Gallo
Serious Vulgarity: Recent American Cinema, Non-Fiction by W. S. Di Piero
Contributors
Although Vincente Aleixandre has published over thirty books of poetry and prose, there are no translations of his work available in English. However, Joeffrey Bartman is translating a collection of his poems, to be published by Solo Press.
Joseph Brodsky‘s poetry has been published in many languages including Serbo-Croatian, Czech and Polish, but only four poems have been published in his native Russia. Since 1972 he has lived in America.
W. S. Di Piero is a poet, translator, essayist; he lives and works in Vermont.
D. J. Enright‘s latest book is Sad Ires, Chatto & Windus, 1975.
Oriole Farb, a painter, is involved in exhibiting the work of women artists.
Ernest Gallo has published translations of two medieval Latin treatises; he teaches at the Univ. of Massachusetts.
Bob Levin practices law in San Francisco and publishes his fiction in a variety of literary magazines.
Tim O’Brien is working on his second novel; he received an award from the Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation this year.
Michael Piore writes on labor market structure and manpower policy; he spent part of the year in Parison a grant from the Ford Foundation.
Barbara Ras‘s poems have appeared in Shenandoah, Epos, and other publications.
Martin Scofield is Lecturer in English at the University of Kent.
Another recipient of a Mass. Arts and Humanities Foundation award, Alexander Theroux teaches at Harvard and has published several novels.
Candice Ward is a student in the MFA program, Univ. of Massachusetts.
Paul Zweig‘s most recent book is Three Journeys: an Automythology.
BICENTENNIAL GATHERING IV
A show of Leonard Baskin‘s work opened at the Kennedy Galleries, New York City, on June 8.
Howard Gadlin is working on a study of changing patterns of parental control of young children.
A Fellow in Law and Sociology at Harvard Law School this year, Rosabeth Moss Kanter‘s latest book is Another Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Social Life and Social Science.
A. W. Plumstead is a co-editor of the Harvard edition of Emerson’s journals, and, with his wife, operates a tourist lodge in a remote part of Ontario.
A collection of Tom Wayman‘s poems appeared in Canada last year; he is writer-in-residence at the Univ. of Windsor, Ontario.