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Phantasm, Volume 1, Number 1, 1976
Poetry
James
Baldwin
Cold
morning
sunshine
One
would
hardly
know,
On
the
white
cement,
Kevin
James
Campbell
Thursday
Morning
Sitting
Together
Briefly
At
the
Bar
Mona
Ceniceros
Raising
the
Consciousness
Behind
the
Screen
of
Oz
Bill
Collins
Summer
Stock
Twenty-six
Weeping
Willows
Squeezing
your
buttocks
in
my
hands
You
rubberstamp
your
way
to
fame
My
Thirtieth
Beginning
Steve
Deaton
Weaving
Television
Hangover
Piano
Keys
Tear
K.
Barton
Dellinger
You
visited
me
Michele
P.
Diamond
The
big
birds
are
beautiful
today
Today
I
met
an
interesting
person
My
eyes
watch
you
I
touched
you
today
Tom
Evans
Weather
Cold
Stormy
Hubbard
A
Poet
Talks
to
Moonlit
Water
Wonder
in
Alice-Land
Lowlands
and
Highlands
of
India
Larry
S.
Jackson
Move
Over
Home
of
the
Prey
Listen
Resorting
Gregory
A.
Johnson
Circles
Changes
Earth
and
Fire
George
Keithley
Why
do
I
want
to
apologize
As
If
at
Play
Rock
River
on
Rise;
Flooding
Feared
Timothy
J.
Mayer
People
Lines
Lover
Friend
Climate
Ambush
Christine
Parker
Dyersville
Cena
Golder
Richeson
Sir
Walter
Raleigh
Overheard
Two
in
a
Puddle
Gravity
To
You,
Lonely
People
Meredith
Vanous
After
rain
Nine
hundred
I
watched
the
car
lights
fade
Magpies
came
Artwork
Mike Halldorson
Steve Ladd
Wendy Nuding
Editorial
Copyrights Protect Your Work by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher
Announcements
1 announcement of new column
Phantasm, Volume 1, Number 2, 1976
Poetry
Doug
Bussey
Nature's
Departed
Child
Kevin
Campbell
On
the
Side
of
My
Life
Poem
for
Richard
Nixon
The
Morning
in
Abstract
Mona
Ceniceros
I
could
gobble
you
up
Don't
you
see
I
can't
be
her?
Ladies,
William
Collins
Diologue
With
Apologies
to
Patty
Charles
London
Cyndian
The
First
Collection
28th
Annual
San
Francisco
Arts
Festival
Steve
Deaton
Bieres
de
la
Meuse
Outside
Michele
P.
Diamond
I
am
absurd
in
my
simplicity
Susan
Fuhr
Soft
Coastal
mist
descends
Soft
summer
showers
Phillip
Hemenway
Earthquake
One
Explanation
Stormy
Hubbard
"Where
Is
Forever?"
August
28/29,
1954:
A
Night
on
Carter's
Mountain
Who
Is
the
Great
Magician?
Karen
Jackson
CirclingCirclingCirclingCirclingCirclingCirclingCircling
Larry
S.
Jackson
It's
always
been
on
the
back
No
dough
The
Symphony
Ken
Jordan
Headin'
East
on
Highway
50
This
Earth
goes
round
and
round
Ceasar
swept
away
his
foes
J.
T.
Ledbetter
Convalarium
II
Joel
Leonard
Opus
1
Entertainment
Communication
Clouds?
Faculty
Club
Lunch:
Soup
du
jour
Michael
Lopes
The
Tax
Man
To
the
Reader
A
Gift
Jerry
Martini
Geese
Sally's
House
Timothy
J.
Mayer
Something
Laughing
Hey
You!
Wendy
Nuding
I
thought
today
would
be
new.
Louis
Reile
"Reality"
"Congruence"
E.
C.
Stone
Showers
Rick
Yurman
Vertical
Hold
They
came
back
from
the
woods
Alison
Zier
Hitler
Youth
Articles
Tips on Better Readings by Edward Kulkosky. Five suggestions for giving better poetry readings from a poet and an organizer of readings in New York City.
Artwork
Bill Donohue
Mike Halldorson
Karen Jackson
Steve Ladd
Wendy Nuding
Editorial
The Halo and Vality Effect by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher
Announcements
1 announcement of announcements wanted
Phantasm, Volume 1, Number 3, 1976
Poetry
Michael
C.
Andrews
The
Life
of
the
Sea
Tattoo
Andy
Blomeyer
Just
Be
You
If
I
Could
Look
Through
You
Tomas
Calderon
smell
the
stench
of
decaying
Kevin
Campbell
Driving
Home
(in
the
future)
The
Comic
Carmella
Canciamilla
After
you
leave
It
has
all
to
do
Full
Circle
Hello
my
friend
of
past
days,
Mona
Ceniceros
Calumit
Gerald
A.
Craven
Indifferent
Moment
Sammy
Waters
Cold
and
Silent
Michele
P.
Diamond
Standing
before
me
Paul
Dorn
Doors
Hell
Nancy
Dunham
Music:
Here,
There,
and
Everywhere
Greg
Gates
I've
been
living
Phillip
Hemenway
In
Memorium:
Salvador
Puig
Antich,
garrotted
in
Madrid,
March
2,
1974
Robert
Herring
"B"
Donna
G.
Hoenes
Will
You
Still
Love
Me?
Ride
to
Palo
Alto
Stormy
Hubbard
Saturday
Night
Tent
Meeting,
Fairbanks,
August
6,
1949:
What
the
Evangelist
Told
the
Air
Force
about
Morality
and
War
Ode
to
Science
Larry
S.
Jackson
Prison
Denim
Joel
Leonard
And
Here's
to
You,
Henry
Miller
Es
Verdad
Charlie
Jerry
Martini
Ode
to
Science
Jack
Merewether
The
Ambassador
Bridge
It's
Possible
Healing
Erroll
Miller
Perspective
Please
Scratch
Grain
Frank
Gregory
Newton
A
Doctor's
Handbook
Paul
JJ
Payack
The
Saint
in
the
Desert
Polyethylene
Wind
Excerpt
Dream
(Stone-clouds
#2)
Gene
H.
Russell
13
Ski-doo
The
Quiet
Out
Back
(Spleush)
Kali
Sichen
To
My
Mother
Pain,
yes
pain,
I
know
you.
What
Is
this
Manhood?
Womanhood?
Rick
Yurman
Tutorial
Alison
Zier
The
Middle
Aged
Princess
to
the
Frog
Articles
Interviews: Behind the Eye of an Artist by Larry S. Jackson. Interviews of artists Jacquelyn Giuffre, Steve Ladd, and Scott Teeple.
Printmakers Offered $3,000 Fellowships by Larry S. Jackson
Artwork
Andy Blomeyer
Jennifer Castleman
Jacquelyn Giuffre
Mike Halldorson
Karen Jackson
Steve Ladd
Scott Teeple
Bill White
Editorial
Publications Studied in NEA Survey by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher
Announcements
5 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 1, Number 4, 1976
Poetry
Michael
C.
Andrews
Eighth
Grade
and
in
Love
W.
D.
Barnes
Science
Fiction
Romance
Genealogy
Joan
Colby
Mother
by
Direct-Dial
Raul
Dorn
Number
32569728710407
Timothy
Fizer
Though
the
birds
never
ponder
For
Karen:
Detour
Richard
Fulani
The
Poet
Magicians
Reflections
on
an
Old
Cliche
Phillip
Hemenway
To
Voznesensky
("Motor
scooters
are
streaming
past
the
sanitorium")
Twilight
in
the
Biosphere
(Ecce
homo;
homo
fugit,
etc.)
Donna
G.
Hoenes
At
the
Very
Edge
Jascha
Kessler
The
Man
on
the
Roof
L.
W.
Michaelson
When
Lilacs
Last
in
My
Dooryard
Bombed
Song
Lyrics
for
a
Liberal-Do
Good
Folk
Singer
You,
Andy
Marvell!
And
Be
Damned
Errol
Miller
Blue
Stars
Sonata
II
Amy
Jan
Mullen
Zen
Improvization
Travelling
Troupe
A
Summer
Haiku
There's
love
to
learn
from
Frank
Gregory
Newton
I
Saw
"Liberty,
My
Brothers???"
"A
Black
Messiah"
Shirley
R.
Powell
Whale---Sound---Lost
Wheelbarrow
New
Lights
in
the
Rain
Dennis
Ross
Loose
Grasp
The
Cherokee
Hobo
at
our
Blue
Mountain
Campsite
Gene
H.
Russell
functioning,
laboring,
working
Kali
Sichen
What
a
Life!
What
a
World!
To
the
Sweet
Blood
of
My
Life
Rick
Yurman
Moonstruck
Alizon
Zier
Tree-
Lights
Features and Articles
"Inner Voice" Changes Alison Zier by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo by author). Story of poet Alison Zier.
Artist Discusses His Lithographs by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo by author). Interview of artist Jack Proctor.
In Cambridge: Phone-A-Poem Program Started by Paul JJ Payack. Interview of Peter Payack, organizer of poetry hotline.
Library for the Blind Records Poetry Tapes by Tom D'Agostino (Samisdat). Taping and sharing poetry tapes by and for the blind begun.
Fine Arts Fellowship Applications Ready by Larry S. Jackson
Artwork
Jack Proctor
Guest Columnist
Poems I DIslike, Poets I Distrust by Kevin Campbell, poet and editor of various literary journals.
Editorial
I'd Rather Listen to the Summer by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher
Announcements
5 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 1, Number 5, 1976
W.
D.
Barnes
Composer
Guy
R.
Beining
Ladder
of
Self
With
the
Right
Marbles
You
Keep
Score
The
Political
Act
Susan
Burkhardt
Lament
on
a
False
Dream
The
Actress
House
Plant
Kevin
Campbell
C'
Possible
(an
epithalamion)
Geraldine
Connolly
Train
Wreck
What
I'm
Going
to
be
Like
When
I
Get
There
Melissa
Cumings
This
day
sings
white
Heavy
August
hangs
Donjico
Friendship
Al
Ferber
Me
&
Gus
&
the
Gates
of
Heaven
Norman
Ferrari
The
Girl
with
the
Iron
Teeth
In
a
Cracked-Wall
Room
Timothy
Fizer
Sign
Outside
a
Clock
Shop
Philip
Hackett
The
First
Poem
Lou
Horvath
Patricia
Hearst
Oroloff
San
Francisco
and
Surrealism
M.
C.
Leo
Seeing
Through
Joel
Leonard
Many
Djelloul
Marbrook
Women's
Legs
Auto
Motive
John
Mazur
Words
are
my
bullets
When
I'm
not
listening
to
music
on
the
radio,
Lunch
room
table
for
six-
The
girl
who
goes
to
bed
with
men
Jack
Merewither
Return
from
My
Own
Cell
Errol
Miller
Those
Who
Came
City
Blues
Rose-Marie
Great
Henry
New
Directions
Beatrice
M.
Murphy
Verboten
D.
M.
O'Halloran
Ancient
Prayer
Sun
washes
J.
E.
Pacquin
Where
cafes
abound
You
went
to
Nam
Czechoslovakia
Blood-spotted
tom
prowls
Theologians,
God
bless
'em,
A
drop
of
rain
Paul
JJ
Payack
Passing
Comment
Phrase
in
Stone
The
Dim
Lamp
Dennis
Ross
The
Castaway
Poet--
a
dream
Chuck
Slack-Elliot
Evil
Smirks
Features and Articles
Circumstances Set Miller's Stage by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo courtesy Errol Miller). Biography of poet Errol Miller.
Stan Sours: "Art Is a Nice Place to Go" by Larry S. Jackson (1 self-portrait by Stan Sours). Interview of artist Stan Sours.
Plath and Waldrop: Poets Reveal "Personal Space" by Mona Ceniceros. Comparative review of works by poets Sylvia Plath and Rosemarie Waldrop.
Feature Editor Named by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo by author). Introduction of Mona Ceniceros as Phantasm's feature editor.
Whitman Award Is $1,000 & Publication by Larry S. Jackson
Artwork
Robin
Carnes
[6]
Stan
Sours
[7]
Guest Columnist
Poets and Libraries: The Quiet Invasion by Noel Peattie, librarian and publisher of Sipapu and Konocti Books.
Editorial
Subscriber Only Policy Changes by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher
Announcements
7 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 1, Number 6, 1976
Poetry
W.
D.
Barnes
Composer
Michael
C.
Andrews
Chameleon
Karen
Lind
Cushen
Them
Salad
Days
Quartet:
Images
from
an
Indian
Temple
Sculpture
Norma
Davison
In
the
Conciergerie--Thoughts
of
the
Widow
Capet
41°
North
by
70°
Longitude
Street
Tones
Gerald
Dorset
Running
Curtain
Robert
Jude
Forese
Conspirator
Karen
Gaskin
Mercurochrome
David
Hein
Presents
R.
Nelson
Inman
Masterplan
Vieja
Anarchy
Doris
Lanier
20
Lyn
Lifshin
Leaving
the
City
Too
Many
People
Don
Linder
Simple
Statement
#1
James
Magorian
$59
Sunrise
Lottery
Ticket
Frank
Gregory
Newton
Life
Is
but
Death's
Waiting
Room
Reason
A
Sort
of
Man
Francis
V.
O'Connor
Elegy
Two
Crows
Kevin
Pilkington
Mrs.
Grady
The
Diner
In
the
Hands
of
a
Master
A
Portrait
John
J.
Schasny
I'm
Starting
to
Feel
Like
A
Gangster
Again
D.G.H.
Schramm
Ten
Perspectives
on
Someone
Leaving
You
Deter-Gent
Joseph
Semenovich
A
Peasant's
Rebuttal
Chuck
Slack-Elliot
Outside
the
Yards
John
Appling
Sours
Bermuda
B.
E.
Stock
Note
Diane
Tanzi
Dog
Days
Flight
Job
Yesterday's
freshly
spaded
earth
Fred
Thaballa
Relation
Ship
Workers
Report
Gail
White
In
Their
Deep
Chambers
The
Treasurers
of
Tutankhamen
P.
E.
Williams
Flagstaff
A
White
Man's
Town
Christine
Zawadiwsky
Blind
Faith
Features and Articles
Judy Chicago, the Last Supper, china painting and feminist art! by Mona Ceniceros (3 photos courtesy Judy Chicago). Illustrated story of artist Judy Chicago and her current art.
Talented Artists Apply for $7,500 NEA Grant by Larry S. Jackson.
Biographies Are Viewed by Larry S. Jackson (6 photos by interviewees). Illustrated biographical sketches of Phantasm contributors R. Nelson Inman, Jim Magorian, Norma Davidson, Tasia Smith, Frank Gregory Newton, Diane Tanzi, Tom Witt, Gary Miller, and David Harrer.
200 Turn Out for Boston's Festival by Francis Xavier. Review of Boston's first poetry festival, Sept. 19, 1976, presented by Philip Hackett.
Friends of Books and Comics Host S.F. Fair by Larry S. Jackson. Review of San Francisco's Fourth Annual International Book Fair at Fort Mason, October 810, 1976.
Ranch, Home, Income Is Shared with Texans. Poets and artists offerered reclusive setting to work on projects.
Oregon Universities Will Hold Symposium by Richard Lyons. Three-day symposium to be presented on publishing and alternative publishing.
Artwork
David
Harrer
(2)
Gary
Miller
(3)
Tasia
Smith
(6)
Tom
Witt
(1)
Guest Columnist
Sharing the Process by John Oliver Simon, author of ten poetry books, publisher (Aldebaran Review), master poet-teacher, and regional coordinator for California Poetry-in-the-Schools. Experiences and viewpoints about poets and poetry.
Editorial
I Believe in the Uniqueness of Women by Mona Ceniceros, Phantasm feature editor
Announcements
12 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 2, Number 1, 1977
Poetry
Carol
Adler
This
Poem
Is
Not
Original
Glenn
Beaverly
Examinations
of
Exhumed
Matter
Guy
R.
Beining
Terror
in
Hospital
Walls
Ken
Bigham
Morning
Hours
Spent
Looking
Out
a
Coffee
Shop
Window
Milly
Brown
We
Were
the
Beatles
Generation
Melissa
Cumings
Shining
this
house
is
Rain
dance
on
the
wing
window
Norma
Davison
The
Shopping
Bag
Lady
Lawrence
Jay
Dressner
Princeton
House
Frank
Edwards
It
was
an
odd
autumn,
First
Snow
Madeleine
Gardella
Holiday
Jan
Huszcza
Peace
Regina
Pomeranz
Krummel
Halloween
Richard
Longchamps
East
River
2
East
River
3
Sharon
Olds
Ambulance
on
a
Country
Road
Fossils
Elizabeth
Revere
Birds
The
Bee
Keeper
D.
G.
H.
Schramm
Pattern
Rented
Space
Robert
L.
Smith
Robert
L.
Smith
Charles
and
Willy
Taylor
Desert
Christmas
Julian
Tuwim
There
Is
No
Land
Adrienne
Wolfert
Black
Is
Be
Fiction
A Man by Antoni Gronowicz. (Photo of author courtesy of author.)
Features and Articles
Congress Revises Copyright Act of 1909 by Larry S. Jackson. Changes to the copyright law including extended terms.
Using Photographic Methods: How To Make Stone Plate Lithographs by Larry S. Jackson. (10 photos by Larry S. Jackson, 1 floor plan drawing.) Step- by- step description showing Paul Feldhaus making a lithograph print using photographic methods from start to finish. A trial impression is reproduced and bound inside Phantasm.
Graffiti: A Sign of the Times by Mona Ceniceros. History and psychology of graffiti. (4 photos by Larry S. Jackson)
Devin Award Seeks Sample Manuscripts by Larry S. Jackson. Submission information for applying for $500 award for poetry.
New Poetry Group Meets in Northern California by Larry S. Jackson. California State Poetry Society adds new chapter, Lassen Poets, with meetings in Red Bluff.
Readings, Play and Prizes Set for Hollins College by Larry S. Jackson. Literary festival planned at Hollins College, Virginia, March 19, 1977.
Artwork
Paul
Feldhaus
(8)
Editorial
California Illustrates Ways to Help Artists by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher. Legislation of royalty payments and other examples of how California supports artists.
Announcements
25 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 2, Number 2, 1977
Poetry
David
Adams,
She
Says
Julia
Alvarez
Mother,
W.
D.
Barnes
My
Aunt
Willis
Barnstone
Inca
Anne
Cherner
River
View
James
Farias
The
Lady
Upstairs
Sandra
Gardner
Housekeeping
Emery
George
Standalone
Pearls
Janet
Gibbs
Ah
Al
Gowan
Comprehensive
Employment
Training
Act
David
Hein
Chicago
Winter
Carla
Hoffman
I'd
Like
to
Meet
Grendel
Pat
Kluges
After
School
Musings
Lyn
Lifshin
"Merv,
I
Lost
the
Children"
G.
O.
Morphew
The
Fan
Richard
Newby
1.
Female
Caucasian,
Age
36,
Height
5'
4",
Weight
115
Pounds
Donald
Newlove
Grand
Chimerical
Painting
of
the
People's
Republic
Miklos
Radnoti
Sky
with
Clouds
(translated
from
Hungarian
by
Emery
George)
Dream
Landscape
(translated
from
Hungarian
by
Emery
George)
Il
Faut
Laisser
(translated
from
Hungarian
by
Emery
George)
Elizabeth
Revere
Vespers
Mark
Rodriguez
Rain
A
Bloodshot
Hawk
White
Fish
Helen
Ruggieri
Position
Is
Not
Quite
Predestination
Dorothy
Twiss
For
Women
Fiction
Mr. Macha or Androgeny by Irene Tractenberg
The Friends by Laurie Ceniceros
Book Review
The Gift To Be Simple by Robert Peters. Reviewed by Mona Ceniceros
Artwork
Kim Morgan (9)
Features and Articles
Kim Morgan Profits from Art Shows But by Mona Ceniceros. (1 photo of Kim Morgan by Larry S. Jackson.) Artist talks about her life and work.
Cambridge To Imbed Poems in Sidewalk by Larry S. Jackson. City's Arts Council sponsors a sidewalk poetry project.
Phantasm
Supplement
Feature:
American
Indian
Contributors
Edited
by
Larry
Jackson,
bound
inside
Phantasm,
cover
by
George
Cochran
Poetry
Gail
Aubertin
Tatanka
Iyotake
Visions
Jim
Barnes
Autobiography,
Chapter
II:
Setting
Out
Autobiography,
Chapter
XLII:
Three
Days
in
Louisville
Peter
Blue
Cloud
First
Light
Robert
J.
Conley
Satank
To
Gigagei
Asgaya
(a
storm
prayer)
Dennis
Demontigny
Dreams
Patricia
L.
(Irving)
Greene
Missing
Grandpa
Salish
Songs
Joy
Harjo
Four
Horse
Songs
Crows/And
I
Know
My
Part
in
It,
Too
We
Are
All
Foreigners
Lance
Henson
Cheyenne
Ceremonial
Grounds,
June
1975
Scattered
Light
August
Morning
Maurice
Kenny
Assimilated
Tanked
William
Oandasan
the
cold
mountain
water
free
as
a
bear
Farmington,
NM
Thomas
D.
Peacock
Old
Ones
Dancer
Bern
Porter
Morning
Prayer
Wendy
Rose
Native
American
Studies,
University
of
California
at
Berkeley,
1975
Water
Colors
Protecting
the
Burial
Grounds
Norman
H.
Russell
Even
the
Dead
Have
Sight
I
See
the
White
Flower
Dancing
The
White
Chiefs
Ralph
Salisbury
You
Too
R.
A.
Swanson
Little
Warrior
He's
a
temporary
warrior
The
Wanderers
Prayer
Ray
A.
Young
Bear
All
Day
I
Have
Seen
You
The
Spider:
A
Naked
Body
in
the
Summer
Fiction
Golden
Gate
Park,
San
Francisco
by
Jamake
Highwater
Features
and
Articles
Biographical
sketches
and
photos
of
contributors.
Short
biographies
of
contributors
to
"Phantasm
Supplement
Feature:
American
Indian
Contributors"
provided
by
authors.
Indian
Treasures
To
Be
Exclusively
Exhibited
by
Larry
S.
Jackson.
(1
photo
of
the
Adena
pipe.)
Kansas
City,
Mo.,
citizens
work
together
to
bring
"Sacred
Circles:
2000
Years
of
North
American
Indian
Art"
from
London
for
showing
April
16June
19.
Dancers,
artifacts,
speakers.
We
Are
Our
Own
Answer
by
Larry
S.
Jackson.
(1
photo
of
George
Cochran
by
Larry
S.
Jackson.)
Life
of
Cherokee
artist
George
Cochran.
Pueblo
Indian
Commemorative
Stamps
by
Larry
S.
Jackson.
(1
photo
of
stamps.)
Postal
Department
to
issue
postage
stamps
designed
by
Ford
Ruthling
commemorating
pottery
making
skills
of
four
pueblos.
Tribal
Events.
Listing
of
tribal
events
happening
from
late
April
to
mid-June
1977.
Artwork
George
Cochran
(9)
Bern
Porter
(5)
Guest Columnist
Catching the Last Dance by LaVerne Harrell Clark, author and photographer. (13 photos by author.) Descriptions of various tribal dances viewed and photographed by LaVerne H. Clark.
Editorial
A Tribute to the First Americans by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher.
Announcements
26 national announcements of literary events, 38 national tribal events announcements
Phantasm, Volume 2, Number 3, 1977
Poetry
Yves
Bonnefoy
Myrtle
(translated
from
French
by
Steven
White)
The
Lamp,
The
One
Asleep
(translated
from
French
by
Steven
White)
VIII
(translated
from
French
by
Steven
White)
Kevin
Campbell
First
Meditation
David
L.
Condit
Fra
Angelico
and
the
Indians
Two
Ways
of
Looking
at
Nonsense
Blue
The
Consumptive
Poet
Hunts
Like
Ahab
for
Air
Jean
Davis
Thirteenth
Summer
Jan
Gauger
Running
Light
Robert
Hayden
Mourning
Poem
for
the
Queen
of
Sunday
"Summertime
and
the
Living.
"
Those
Winter
Sundays
Helen
Heick
Reality
is:
The
Earth
Sails
in
Infinitive
Space
Robert
Martin
Isaacs
Subject:
Social
Studies
Alexander
Lehmann-Haupt
Vacancy
Judy
Katz-Levine
We
lie
in
bed
together
Kenneth
Lillquist
Headlines
Crackup
Brooks
Lushington
Eligibility
Jean
Nordhaus
How
Chuck
Oliveros
Baseball
and
the
Patriot
Judith
Richardson
Medusa
Marieve
Rugo
Anticipation
The
Way
It
Is
Robert
Blake
Truscott
Robert
Blake
Truscott
Anne
Webster
The
Telling
The
Exhibitionist
James
Conway
Westhaver
The
Sick
Call
The
Closet
All
Suggesting
Features and Articles
Robert Hayden's Long Journey by Crain D'Ooge. (1 photo of Robert Hayden courtesy of The Library of Congress.) Life of Robert Hayden raised in Detroit, college teacher, published poet, Consultant in Poetry, Library of Congress.
Calligraphy is the Sensualist Approach to the Alphabet by Tim Girvin. (5 drawings by author.) Outlook on calligraphy by internationally recognized calligrapher, illustrator and graphic designer.
Portland, Oregon, Dedicates Poetry Festival to Dickinson by Larry S. Jackson. Activities planned for August 1014 annual Portland Poetry Festival.
Grants Are Down, Publishing Is Up by Sonia Lazere. (1 photo of Leonard Randolph by author.) Leonard Randolph, director of the Literature Program of the National Endowment for the Arts tells a group of Colorado educators about the state of funding for poetry.
Kevin Campbell Joins Staff to Become Poetry Editor by Larry S. Jackson. (1 photo of Kevin Campbell by author.) Announcement and brief bio about Phantasm's new poetry editor.
Applications Open for West States Writers Tour by Larry S. Jackson. Information about the Writer's Community Workshops Project sponsored by Western States Arts Foundation in Colorado, October 1September 30, 1977 for writers, poets, and playwrights.
Artwork
Tim
Girvin
(8)
Helen
Heick
(7)
Guest Columnist
Creative Writing Programs: An Insider's View by Dr. Charles B. Taylor, teacher of creative writing at University of Texas, El Paso. Politics, requirements, and rewards of creative writing programs.
Editorial
What Does "Phantasm" Mean? by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher.
Announcements
18 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 2, Number 4, 1977
Poetry
Gaius
Valerius
Catullus
At
Death
(translated
from
Latin
by
Geoffrey
Cook)
To
Cicero
(translated
from
Latin
by
Geoffrey
Cook)
Carole
Cohen
Queen
Bee
Virginia
DeAraujo
Reconciled
Wild
Nights
Arthur
Dobrin
What
I
Know
Frank
Graziano
Palenque
Nellie
Hill
Taking
the
River
Waist
High
in
the
Eyes
of
Fish
Dance
Lessons:
A
Handbook
Edmond
Jabes
The
Point
(translated
from
French
by
Gary
Gach)
Michael
Jennings
The
Hills
Robin
Johnson
The
Gift
George
Keithley
Drifting
Wine
Peter
Kunz
I
always
say
goodnight
to
the
older
women
Seems
like
it's
late
at
night
in
a
foreign
city
Jerred
Metz
Drawings
for
the
Blind
June
Moreau
Tiny
Ant
Poet's
Soliloquy
Norma
Nimnicht
Western
Romance
Toward
Sky
Camp
Tony
Quagliano
Bone
and
root
assassinate
Jason
Shinder
Dream
of
the
Assasin
Saturday
Afternoon
Gary
Thompson
Chill
Factor
Lessons
for
Fishing
the
Sierras
Fiction
The End of the Game by David Mitchell
His Hobby by Aida Shuey
Features and Articles
Photographers State Objectives by Art O'Donoghue, T. L. Cox, and Mary Swisher. Brief statement about each of the three Phantasm featured photographers', George Thomas, T. L. Cox, and Mary Swisher, approach to their work.
Ted Hughes Gives Reading in San Francisco by Tim Jacobs and Don Skiles. Review of Ted Hughes' poetry reading July 20, 1977, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and his work.
Whitman Award Contest Opens Sept. 15 by Larry S. Jackson. Academy of American Poets offers cash and publication of winner of the its fourth annual contest..
Cambridge Poets Do It with Electric Signs by Al Gowan. (2 photos by author.) Electronic signboards in Harvard Square light up with poems by Cambridge poets, sometimes with musicians on top to get public's attention. Peter Payack leads the program.
Artwork
T.
L.
Cox
(3)
Mary
Swisher
(8)
George
Thomas
(3)
Editorial
Congressman Is Working to Help the Arts by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher.
Announcements
23 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 2, Number 5, 1977
Poetry
Boudreau
Magazines
Steven
Ford
Brown
Things
Coming
Apart
Separation
C.
Douglas
Draime
The
Dream
Phillip
Hemenway
White
Coffin
For
a
Friend,
Stricken
with
Parting
Eileen
Lloyd
Off
Time
Jennifer
Nostrand
Bring
me
roses
in
a
tight
tin
box
Paul
Portuges
Illumination
Dennis
Ross
The
Fragile
Sequence
John
Appling
Sours
Change
Sandor
Weores
Canzone
(translated
from
Hungarian
by
Emery
George)
Altwien
Daydream
(translated
from
Hungarian
by
Emery
George)
Holderlin
(translated
from
Hungarian
by
Emery
George)
James
Conway
Westenhaver
Instead
of
Tears
Peter
Wild
Prisoner
Pioneers
John
K.
Young
What
Some
People
Believe
Fiction
The End of the Game by David Mitchell
His Hobby by Aida Shuey
Features and Articles
Here Come the Poetry Players by Charlotte Beyers. (3 photos by Adelle Rosinzweig.) Barbara Wolfinger, Angela Paton and James Breslin spearhead program of actors visiting Berkeley, California, elementary schools to teach and stimulate interest in reading and creative writing
Featured Artist Describes Working on Street by Larry S. Jackson. (3 photos by author.) Interview with charcoal portrait artist Wendy Victor of San Francisco.
Writing Workshops Are Available to Sponsors by Larry S. Jackson. Western States Arts Foundation is funding workshops for writers of prose, poetry, fiction, playwriting, children's literature, and for publishing and printing.
James McLendon's Rise from Prison by Tim Burris. (1 photo by author.) Author who never read a book completely until 22 has written 300 magazine articles and four books including Deathwork.
Artwork
Wendy Victor (11)
Guest Columnist
Plus Ca Change, Plus C'Est La Mκme Chose by Doris Fleischman Bernays, poet, writer and former New York Tribune "Woman's Page" assistant editor. (1 photo of author courtesy of author.) Octogenarian compares education today to her education from 18871913 at training school (elementary school), Horace Mann High School, Barnard College, and Columbia University.
Editorial
Revolutionize the Magazine Grant Program by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher.
Announcements
28 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 2, Number 6, 1977
Poetry
Guillaume
Appollinaire
Autumn
Blues
(translated
from
French
by
Stuart
Silverman)
Raymond
Biasotti
John
Baptist
and
the
Vision
Jefferson
Carter
Corn
Paul
H.
Cook
The
Encounter,
1932.
San
Pedro,
Ca.,
1953
D.
W.
Donzella
Watching
Her
Eat
William
Doreski
The
Floater
Driving
Through
Broad
Brook
Franz
Douskey
Revenge
Thin
Air
Karl
Elder
The
Finger
Daniel
Jackson
To
His
Beautiful
Student
To
His
Mythic
Mistress
Helen
Lawson
Bad
Women
Adrian
C.
Louis
Action
War
Comics
Not
Quite
Ante
Bellum
Benjamin
Peret
The
Last
Pebbles'
Terrible
Hard
Times
Rainer
Rilke
Archaic
Torso
of
Apollo
(translated
from
German
by
Stuart
Silverman)
Robert
Joe
Stout
Clouds
Joseph
Walker
This
Is
a
Goddamn
Love
Poem
for
a
Beautiful
Woman
James
Conway
Westenhaver
A
Hundred
Feet
into
Puget
Sound
Fiction
Home to America by Gerald Haslam
The Monday Shop by Bart Schneider
The Last Bag by Bart Schneider
Features and Articles
Russian Poet, Voznesensky, Visits the U.S. by Tim Jacobs. (1 high contrast photo.) Review of Andrei Voznesensky's reading November 30, 1977, at Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco and his works.
Realists Capture Art with Pencil, Pen and Ink by Larry S. Jackson. (2 photos by Larry S. Jackson.) Artists Pat Rothe and Steve Hubbard's approaches to their drawings is described.
Book Review
Hugh Knox Authors The Queen of Snakes (Abattoir Editions, University of Nebraska Press, 1977) by Kevin Campbell, Phantasm poetry editor. (1 photo of Hugh Knox by Larry S. Jackson.)
Artwork
Steve
Hubbard
(5)
Pat
Rothe
(8)
Editorial
New Year Plans Mean Changes by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher.
Announcements
27 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 3, Number 1, 1978
Poetry
Steve
Borst
Night
Wandering
Daniel
Campion
A
Letter
to
Friends
David
Citino
Two
Dreams
of
Impotence
The
Monster
Trying
to
Dream,
Trying
Not
To
Norma
Davison
The
Cocky
Small
Man
Diane
Donovan
A
Marriage
Spoken
For
Cleaning
Last
Moments
Emery
George
July
Afternoon
in
the
Elysian
Fields
Nikki
Giovanni
Mothers
Phillip
Hemenway
March
2,
1978
"(Even
the
barren
are
pockmarked
&
people
my
mind.)"
Paul
JJ
Payack
The
Gospel
of
the
G'Dolim
(An
Excerpt)
Jerome
Salzmann
from
American
Jumping
Bean
Djhartigan
Shotwell
Bored
and
Nails
LeRoy
Sweet
Afternoon
Epiphany
Goodby
Leroy
V.
Quintana
Once,
there
were
old
people
Santos,
who
I
thought
was
my
friend
Don
Gabino
Taps
Not
only
was
the
Reyes
family
different
Fiction
Introductions by Richard Grayson
And Leave the Driving to Us by Maurice Kenny
Features and Articles
Princess Grace Recites Poetry on U.S. Stage by Larry S. Jackson. Formerly actress Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco returns to the American stage for the first time in 26 years at the Pittsburgh International Poetry Forum, February 25, 1978. Regrettably the reporter responsible for writing the article for Phantasm failed to complete the assignment.
Giovanni Celebrates Black Awareness Week by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo of Nikki Giovanni by Larry S. Jackson). Poet and syndicated columnist Nikki Giovanni speaks to 250 during Black Awareness Week at California State University, Chico, February 17, 1978.
Word Puzzle
Western Heritage, Wildlife Is Bourdo Theme by Larry S. Jackson. (1 photo by Larry S. Jackson.) Artist Carole Bourdo explains her drawings.
Index to Phantasm volumes 1 and 2 by Larry S. Jackson.
Phantasm
Supplement
Feature:
A
Chapbook
of
Poetry
Into
Dark
by
Joanna
Thompson
(Heidelberg
Graphics,
Chico,
Calif.,
1978).
(1
photo
of
Joanna
Thomson
courtesy
of
Joanna
Thompson.)
15-page
poem
and
author's
biographical
sketch
bound
inside
Phantasm.
Cover
by
Larry
S.
Jackson.
Artwork
Carole Bourdo (11)
Guest Columnist
Contests Do Not a Poet Make by Dr. Charles B. Taylor, creative writing instructor, CETA Salt Lake City Arts Council poet, columnist for Cedar Rock. Criticism, history, pros and cons about writing contests with an insider's look.
Editorial
P.E.N. Recommends Agreement Standards by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher.
Announcements
43 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 3, Number 2, 1978
Poetry
Georgia
Bernoudy
Feather
Falls
Calcutta
J.
H.
Bowden
Happily
Ever
After
Randall
Brock
Yr
Hunger
The
Cool
Electric
The
Stark
A
Blessing
The
Tight
The
Coast
Inside
A
Stone
H.
R.
Coursen
The
Emerald
of
Polycrates
Patricia
Grierson
On
the
Beach
at
Corpus
Christi
Maurice
Kenny
Rouen,
France
On
First
Seeing
the
St.
Lawrence
River
Bear
October
18,
1646
Informal
Report
Adrian
C.
Louis
Elegy
for
Marilyn
The
Death
of
Public
Joy
Francis
Poole
Driving
to
the
Supermarket
Crew
Cut
on
the
Bus
As
So
Many
Have
Seen
with
Their
Own
Eyes
Susan
Irene
Rea
Bomb'
Poem
in
Early
Spring
Elizabeth
Revere
The
Moon
Is
a
Clown
Diane
Tanzi
April
Song
Fiction
Shadows by Leslie Woolf Hedley
There Are No Such Things As Ghosts by Leslie Woolf Hedley
Features and Articles
Writing Programs Are Announced by Larry S. Jackson. Listing of 45 writing conferences and workshops available nationwide.
Kenneth Rexroth in Hawaii by Susan B. Weston (1 photo of Rexroth by Anita Povich, 1 photo of Rexroth, Eida Sato, and Debbi McGlauflin by Povich). Evening performance of translation with Rexroth chanting selection of Japanese poems in the original followed by his translation, all accompanied by Japanese music. April 16, 1978, at the East-West Center in Hawaii.
Tillie Olsen, Olga Broumas Will Highlight "Women's Voices" Thirteen-day creative writing workshop June 25July 8, 1978 recognizing every writer's need for a "room of one's own." Sponsored by Womens Studies Program, UC, Santa Cruz, Calif.
S.F. Poetry Center Names New Director, Coordinator by Larry S. Jackson. Carol Lee Sanchez succeeded by John Oliver Simon as statewide coordinator for the Poetry Center's California Poets in the Schools and Tom Mandel replaces Lewis MacAdams as director of the center.
Reflections of the First Poetry-Theatre Festival, Nine April Evenings by Anita Patterson. (1 photo of Anita Patterson and Gerald Monroe by Scott Kone.) Anita Patterson mixes poets with actors and dancers for the First Oakland (Calif.) Poetry Theatre Festival April 1978.
Joel Hensler's Art Is Featured by Larry S. Jackson. (1 photo of Joel Hensler by Larry S. Jackson.) Phantasm artist Joel Hensler is spotlighted.
Pennsylvanians Celebrate Roethke Festival by Fred Closs (1 photo of Ethridge Knight, 1 photo of Alicia Ostriker, Tom Lux, and Gerry Stern, courtesy of author.) Third Annual Roethke Poetry Festival at Lafayette College with many events.
Quote Quiz
Artwork
Joel Hensler (8)
Guest Columnist
Media Discrimination Against Poets by Margaret Leong, poet and director of the New York Literary Society. Introduction to the N.Y. Literary Society's First National Poets for Poetry Rally with commentary about the historical lack of media coverage and public support of poets and poetry.
Editorial
We Welcome Your Support by Kevin Campbell, Phantasm poetry editor. Click this link for Campbell's comments.
Announcements
83 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 3, Number 3, 1978
Poetry
H.
R.
Coursen
A
Way
of
Getting
There:
15
January,
1978
Stuart
Friebert
On
Losing
a
Son
Sunday
Papers
You
Say
You're
Not
Afraid
of
Me
Either
R.
Nelson
Inman
Tax
Collector
Sunday
Prayer
Peter
Kunz
Petty
Theft
Dorothy
Monahan
In
the
Pasture
A
Message
to
Our
Men
Fredrick
Nicklaus
Axis
Deviation
Adrian
C.
Louis
Elegy
for
Marilyn
The
Death
of
Public
Joy
Nona
Nimnicht
Woman
from
China
Hill
The
Dead:
The
Question
of
Their
Return
Sanford
Pinsker
A
Poem,
Nearly
Anonymous
Wendy
Rose
I
remember
lying
awake
The
Way
They
See
You:
Funeral
Song
for
Pauline
Bell
Paul
Shuttleworth
A
Poem
Written
While
Breaking
Curfew
with
Rod
"Stork"
Wallace
in
Corpus
Christi,
Texas,
After
the
Texas
City
Stars
Won
a
Game
The
Third
Monday
of
the
Week
Fiction
Interlude by David Mitchell
Come Here My Little Gerbil by Patricia Traxler
Heat by David O'Dell
Features and Articles
Poets Rally for Media Attention by Larry S. Jackson (3 photos by Peter Fillingham). Coverage of the First National Poets for Poetry Rally in New York City May 6, 1978.
"The Poet": An Experience in Ballet by John Wilkins (1 photo of John Wilkins and Beth Riggs, courtesy Delaware Regional Ballet Co.). Stage performance of "The Poet" using the poet as a symbol of the artist in ballet.
Printmakers' Art Is Featured (2 photos by Larry S. Jackson of Jerril Dean Green-Kopp and Marion Epting).
Hemingway and the Ultimate Punch Line by Digby Diehl (1 photo by Betty Schwartz of Sol Schwartz's portrait of Ernest Hemenway). The First International Imitation Hemingway Competition awards woman the winner at Harry's Bar and American Grill in Century City, California. (Winning story by Patricia Traxler is reprinted.)
Programmer Responds to Critics, Solicits Poets by Bill Thomas. Radio stations with encouragement from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters offer outlets for poetry.
Book Reviews
The World Seen Twice and Double: Recent books by Vern Rutsala by Gary Thompson (1 photo of Vern Rutsala). Commentary on Rutsala and three of his titles, Laments, The Journey Begins, and Paragraphs.
Artwork
Marion Epting (5), Jerril Dean Green-Kopp (6)
Guest Columnist
Literature Program and the NEA by Livingston Biddle, Jr., chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Plans for restructuring the staff of the NEA agency itself, seeking increased cooperation with other agencies, both federal and non-federal, and strengthening the National Council of the Arts. Overview of the Endowment and its affects on the individual and society and what to do next.
Editorial
Poets Work to Turn the Tide by Larry S. Jackson, Phantasm editor. Sparking national rallies for poetry advocating media attention to its lack of voicing one of the oldest arts.
Announcements
34 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 3, Number 4, 1978
Poetry
Wesli
Court
Lament
(from
the
Old
English
of
Deor
Song
The
Grave
The
Cuckoo
Song
(from
the
Medieval
English)
Paul
Dilsaver
Crazy
Joe
the
Drunk
Indian
Hugo
G.
Ekback
Pecking
Near
Jasper
Barbara
F.
Lefcowitz
Word
Junky
Tries
to
Make
a
Restitution
Getting
Ready
James
Magorian
North
Country
Norman
Mallory
Eros
Dorothy
Monahan
On
Having
a
Holy
Card
to
Pass
Around
the
Table
Karl
Patten
The
Cow
Our
Rescue
Operation
Michael
Seely
I
Called
this
Woman
Dreams
Robert
Joe
Stout
The
Accountant's
Dream
Alice
F.
Worsley
Sweeney
Fiction
Words by David Davidson
Driving Over the Bumps and Ruts to Get a Bite to Eat by Nellie Hill
Features and Articles
Poetry and Expresso, A Nice Blend by W. D. Barnes (1 photo by W. D. Barnes). Seattle neighborhood gathering spot, the Coffeehouse, is described as favorite place for poets and artists.
The Bunkett-Ich Letters by Brian Robertson (illustrated by Larry Jackson). Humorous faux exchange of letters between a poet and potential publisher
Percy Shelley: The Real Frankenstein by Annette B. Feldmann (1 drawing of Shelley by Frances DiLombardo Yaworsky). Percy Bysshe Shelley was the real Dr. Frankenstein says the author who explores Shelley's life.
Woodcuts Are Choice of Artist (1 photo of Nelson E. Oestreich by Chris Powers). Pennsylvania artist Nelson E. Oestreich is interviewed with a discussion about woodcutting techniques for printing from wood blocks.
Artwork
Nelson E. Oestreich (13 block prints)
Guest Columnist
Dream Maker, Dream Maker, . . . by Stewart Bedford, author and psychologist (photo of Stewart Bedford by Stan Staples). Bedford's method of using four steps to turn dreams into creativity. Examples and techniques are described to help writers.
Letters to the Editors
Ken Stone
More about poet Maurice Kenny (Phantasm, Vol. 3, No. 2)
Editorial
Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Strikes by Larry S. Jackson, Phantasm editor. Advocating privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.
Announcements
47 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 3, Number 5, 1978
Poetry
David
Citino
To
Make
Your
Hand
Immortal
M.
A.
Corren
Pretending
You're
in
Europe
John
Ditsky
The
Uncaging
of
Jenny
Lind
Phillip
Hemenway
Hey
Arco,
Sell
Me
Some
Air
Another
Waking
Wages
Walter
McDonald
Taking
a
Walk
Michael
Lopes
From
Cleo's
Dreaming
3
From
Cleo's
Dreaming
12
Dennis
Ross
Waiting
for
the
Ice
Age
John
K.
Young
The
Red
Cur
of
Bad
Ridge
(A
Foible)
Alizon
Zier
The
Parachute-Jumper
Fiction
Waiting for the Unicorns by David M. Peabody
Early Morning Fog by John Dean
Features and Articles
Audience Awards 12 Filmmakers by Herman Berlandt (2 photos by Herman Berlandt). Review of the Third Annual Poetry Film Festival, San Francisco Art Institute, September 29-October 1, 1978. Poetry though the medium of film is judged by a large audience from 102 entries. First award is for I Saw Their Angry Faces using the voice and poem of Dominic Falcone (Lexington, Mass.).
Meredith Reads as Poetry Consultant by Joe Marusiak (1 photo of William Meredith courtesy Library of Congress). William Meredith is installed as the twenty-fifth consultant in poetry for the Library of Congress October 2, 1978. Meredith gives a poetry reading to an appreciative audience in the library's Coolidge Auditorium.
Storytellers Meet in Council Bluffs by Bob Everhart (1 photo of poet Van Mertz and storyteller Jack Arnold by Council Bluffs Nonpareil). Poets and storytellers gather to determine the nation's champion storyteller. Gagnon, Worlds's Champeen Moose Callaire, written and told by winner Jeff Cahill is printed with this article (1 photo of Jeff Cahill).
Poetry Editor Changes by Larry S. Jackson. Kevin Campbell is leaving as Phantasm's poetry editor to study dentistry in San Francisco. He'll be giving a reading November 29. 1978, at California State University, Chico, as a farewell to friends and Chico, where he's lived since 1966.
Morgan Mussell Turns to Drawing by Larry S. Jackson (1 self-portrait of artist Morgan Mussell). Former printer has shifted to drawing and printmaking with examples of his work published in this issue.
Phantasm
Supplement
Feature:
A
Chapbook
of
Poetry
Ode
to
Chico
by
Kevin
Campbell
(Heidelberg
Graphics,
Chico,
Calif.,
1978).
(1
photo
of
Kevin
Campbell
courtesy
of
Kevin
Campbell)
9-page
poem
and
author's
biographical
sketch
bound
inside
Phantasm.
Cover
by
Waif
Mullins.
Artwork
Morgan Mussell (14 drawings)
Guest Columnist
Once Upon a Time . . . by Lucille C. Thomas, assistant director, School Library Media Service, New York City Board of Education and adjunct associate professor at Pratt/Graduate School of Library and Information Service (1 photo of Lucille C. Thomas). Storytelling and its impact on children and education. Over 5,000 3-6 graders participated in the First Annual Citywide Storytelling Competition in New York City, Thomas describes guidelines, goals, tradition, and structure of storytelling competition.
Editorial
Remember the Independents by Larry S. Jackson, Phantasm editor. Calling for a voice from the small press movement to be heard by the Postal Service, which is only seeking input from big business for rate changes.
Announcements
42 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 3, Number 6, 1978
Poetry
Peter
Brett
To
Make
Your
Hand
Immortal
Peter
Brett
Pickers
Bodega,
Villa
Hermosa
Sally
W.
Bryan
The
Lesson
Walter
McDonald
Noon:
Taking
Aim
Gary
Fincke
The
Room
Poem
A
Poem
for
Parents
Chained
Marriage
Phil
Flott,
Jr.
The
Rabbit
Formula
The
Evangelist
Who
Never
Moved
Florence
Grossman
Skimming
Phil
Kirsch
Apologia
Luis
Van
Keuren
Double
Sonnet
of
the
Quaker
Woman
Upon
Finding
an
Old
Sleigh
Rug
Packed
Away
Elizabeth
Revere
Remember
The
Wedding
Album
Fiction
Untitled by David A. Grossman
The Wish of Wishes or A Modern Fairy Tale by John Kirchoff
Features and Articles
Skills of Grant Writing for the Arts by Congressman Fred Richmond (1 chart). Information about preparation of grants and a scorecard for the arts of the 95th Congress.
Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Real Literary Giants by Lloyd Bruno. Following the Nobel Prize for literature award to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Lloyd Bruno takes a critical view of Singer and past recipients of the award, and names those he thinks are more deserving.
The Politics of Government and the Arts compiled by Larry S. Jackson. Funding sources for the arts, where your tax dollars go, and how to lobby Congress. (2 charts)
Writer's Digestion: With Apologies to Mr. R. Benchley by Brian Robertson. Satire of Writer's Digest magazine. (3 photos by Larry S. Jackson)
Waif Mullins, a Painter Since 1 by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo of Waif Mullins by Larry S. Jackson). Phantasm's featured artist discusses his outlook saying "art feels like a piece of musicwith harmony and dissidents. Like the cadence in music, I compose my paintings to fit."
Butte County Native Joins Magazine as Poetry Editor by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo of Phillip Hemenway by Larry S. Jackson). Phantasm's new poetry editor's credentials are stated.
Artwork
Waif Mullins (8 sketches and paintings)
Guest Columnist
Rhyme, Meter and Poetry for Children by Wesli Court, author of children's books, poetry, and contributing editor of the Mathom Publishing Company. The best thing that could happen in grade school English lessons would be teaching children the methods used in writing the kind of poems they most enjoy. Court applies examples of his experience and writing.
Editorial
"Work for Hire" Clause Deprives Rights by Larry S. Jackson, Phantasm editor. An examination of the "work for hire" clause in copyrights and a warning to those working under such terms.
Announcements
43 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 4, Number 1, 1979
Poetry
Joanne
Harris
Allred
She
Says
Behind
the
Mirror
James
Barfoot
Mother
Diana
Bloom
UBI
Sunt
Peter
Brett
Sunday
Grazyna
Drabik
Under
the
Waterfall
She
Laughed
Margaret
Edwards
Horse
of
the
Weather
Vane
This
Cameo
Ken
Hancock
A
Bottle
Found
on
the
Beach
Dance
Phillip
Hemenway
Standalone
Pearls
Ann
Kelleher
Reading
at
Dusk
High
Tide,
October,
Long
Island
Sound
Aaron
Miller
When
Thomas
Patterson
Tractor
Through
the
Trees
Elizabeth
Quinlan
Betty's
Faith
Michael
Rattee
History
Richard
Silberg
Granma
Floyd
Skloot
Ice
Storm
I
Am
Getting
a
Mountain
View
D.
E.
Smith
Belly
on
Down
to
the
Bare
Fred
Tarr
"O,
No,
Not
That
Again,"
It
Mentioned
in
Passing
The
Hot
Dog
Man
Lives
in
a
Fool's
Paradise
Margaret
Thomson
Oh,
My
Children
I
Would
Die
for
You,
You
Know
That
Fiction
The Monster by Daniel Moyano (tr. by H. E. Francis from Spanish)
Annie and Mr. Spencer by Shirley Sikes
Features and Articles
Cantos en Cantinas, Poetry at the Reno Club by Jose Montonya. February 27, 1979, reading of Chicano poetry includes enthusiastic Sacramento locals as well as people from Mexico City, England, Puerto Rico, Japan, and Nicaragua.
Sarah Lawrence Writers' Conference: The Writer and Political Commitment by Tim Jacobs. San Francisco discussion by Grace Paley, E. L. Doctorow, Alice Walker, Diane Johnson, and Leonard Michaels gets hijacked by audience over politics and style.
David Mosley: Artistic Wizard of Black American Realism by Dee Dee McNeil (1 photo of David Mosley). Convicted robber learns art in prison, sketches black Americans in daily life when he's released, becomes an instructor, and works for worthy causes.
Leo Tolstoy Talking to America by Fyodor Breus, columnist for Novosti Press Agency (1 print of Tolstoy courtesy author, 1 print of Fyodor Dostoyevsky by Victor Favorsky. Tolstoy was a staunch champion of large-scale international contacts which have taken the shape of cultural exchanges.
Phantasm
Supplement
Feature:
Chapbook
of
Poetry
In
the
Russian
Manner
by
Phillip
Hemenway
(Heidelberg
Graphics,
Chico,
Calif.,
1979).
(1
photo
of
Phillip
Hemenway
courtesy
of
Linda
Henson,
1
print
by
Norman
Mallory.)
14-page
poem
and
author's
biographical
sketch
bound
inside
Phantasm.
Letter
pressed
by
Larry
Jackson.
Artwork
David Mosely (21)
Guest Columnist
USSR Writers: Who Helps Them and How? by Oleg Shestinsky, author, writer and former secretary of the USSR Writers' Union (1 photo of author, 2 prints courtesy author). Discussion of relationships among authors, publishers, and readers in the USSR and their benefits.
Editorial
SPRIL Needs to Satisfy Librarians by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher. Critique of the Small Press Rack in Libraries project started by Paul Fericano and expanded by Alex Harvey.
Announcements
68 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 4, Number 2, 1979
Poetry
Marcia
Aldrich
Hero
David
Barton
Plum
Island
Jeanne
Finley
The
Miner
Marita
Garin
Photographer
&
Wife
Home
from
the
Office
Listening
to
Fόr
Elise
Stephen
Knauth
Viper
Sunday
The
Mid-Winter's
Death
of
Olivia
Stroud
Lyn
Lifshin
The
Candidate
Gary
Myers
Deaf-Mute
Jane
Navarre
Pirangea
Olivacea
Country
Club
The
Kissers
Mark
Nepo
For
Hannah
Elizabeth
Peterson
Amsterdam
Fog
What
the
Lecturer
Said
Roger
Pfingston
The
Beekeeper's
Treat
The
Mating
of
the
Black
Slug
Ruth
Roston
Loss
Letter
from
Kathryn
Ted
Schaefer
Atlantic
City
Leadbelly
Postcard
from
the
Zoo
Returning
from
a
Millenium
in
Space
with
Nothing
Neil
Shepard
The
Brotherhood
of
Hands
Hargis
Westerfield
Joe
Richards,
Hobo
Fiction
Visitor by Richard Lyons
In Lew Of by Robert Thompson
Shiva and Parvati by James Gallant
Features and Articles
Some Thoughts about Writing Puppet Plays by Frank B. Ford (1 photo of puppets by author). Writing and performing puppet plays is unique and satisfying, giving techniques that can be applied to live theater.
High School Students Featured Artists by Larry S. Jackson (5 photos of artists by author). Debby Sue Jones, Sherri Henri, Mendy Leighty, Adrian Jenkins, and Michelle Coder state their interests and plans.
The Selling of Oscar Wilde by Annette B. Feldmann (2 illustrations). Oscar Wilde is persuaded by Richard D'Oyly Carte to give a lecture tour across the U.S. in 1881.
Irma Tucker and the Pulitzer Prize Playwright by Thomas del Vecchio (1 photo of Irma Schira Tucker and Charles Gordone courtesy of author). Executive director of the City Players of St. Louis brings Charles Gordone, 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner, to open his new play in her city-- where they work together with local actors--instead of New York .
Interview with William Luce by Salvatore Salerno, Jr. (1 photo of William Luce and Julie Harris courtesy of author). William Luce talks about the subject of his play The Belle of Amherst, Emily Dickinson, and his experiences.
Artwork
Michelle Coder
Sherri Henri
Adrian Jenkins
Debby Sue Jones
Mendy Leighty
Book Review
Euripides's Iphigeneia at Aulis, (W. S. Merwin and George Dimock, trans., New York: Oxford University Press, 1977) "When We Have Gone the Stone Will Stop Singing" by Cheri Davis. Cheri Davis, author of W. S. Merwin, gives reason for declaring this translation as the best Iphigeneia at Aulis in English.
Letter to the Editor
Merritt Clifton, co-editor of Samisdat literary magazine in Quebec criticizes Phantasm, vol. 4, no. 1, guest columnist Oleg Shestinsky'.
Editorial
Arists Show Their Generosity by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher. Young artists are willing to share their talent and souls throughout the world.
Announcements
70 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 4, Number 3, 1979
Poetry
Gilbert
Allen
Be
Quiet
Barbara
Langham
Beyer
Up
Clingman's
Butte
Paul
Bufis
God
Save
Us
from
the
Helpers
#2
John
Ditsky
Calendar
Answer
Virginia
Elson
Reading
the
Signs
Gary
Fincke
Voyeur
Elizabeth
Galloway
The
Dead
Are
Knocking
Kirpal
Singh
Gordon
On
Sanskrit
Grammer
Tea
Scott
Lenton
Marriage
E.
Locke
Beauty
and
the
Beast:
A
Lesson
R.
K.
Meiners
Thinking
of
Autumn
Pentecostal
Music
Offense
Dorothy
Monahan
In
the
Clearing
Though
You
Are
Eager
Julia
Older
Sunday
in
the
Jardνn
Fiction
The Guest by Salvatore Salerno, Jr.
Lanny by John Shaw
Features and Articles
Hamlet, Lodi, California, and Vitamins by John Hughes (1 photo of Dawson McNew, 1 photo of Paul Vidales, Jim Moore, Michael DeCew, Michael Cesario, Dawson McNew, and Scott McClure by John Hughes) Paul Vidales becomes first-ever "Mr. Lodi." Dawson McNew and Jim Moore recite Hamlet in costume at the pageant.
World Poetry Therapy Conference by Sherry Reiter (1 photo of Dr. Akhter Ahsen courtesy author) Conference of leading poets, publishers, psychiatrists, and counselors discuss poetry as therapy at the New York City Seventh World Poetry Conference in April sponsored by The Poetry Therapy Association.
Native American Writers Meet by Ralph Salisbury (5 photos--James Barnes, William Stafford, Wendy Rose, Bill Sweet, and Ralph Salisbury by Ingrid Wendt) Seven Native American writers come together at the University of Oregon campus May 22-24, 1979, to read, discuss, and answer questions about their work and the impact of Native American resurgence upon contemporary U.S. literature and society.
Poets for Poetry Rally from Sacramento to New York by Larry S. Jackson (7 photos by author including Mike Harris, H. D. Moe, Harold Johnson, C. B. Davis, Margo Kennedy, Dan Chandler, Gregg Leupp, and various publishers and organizations present). Photo coverage of the Second National Poets for Poetry rally at the state capitol in Sacramento. Editor Larry Jackson organized the June 16 California gathering assisted by Harold Johnson and Stella Worley in conjunction with the New York Poets for Poetry Rally coordinated by Margaret Leong and John Bashain.
150th Anniversary for the Typewriter by Larry S. Jackson (1 illustration of the Thurber machine of 1843). William Austin Burt receives patent for a writing machine he calls a "typewriter" in July 23, 1829.
Michael Valadez' "Pen dances across the paper " by Larry S. Jackson. Featured Phantasm artist Michael Valadez says "Drawing has always seemed quite magical to me."
Legislation to Help California Artists by Larry Jackson. Gov. Jerry Brown signs legislation to enable local governments to rezone commercial and industrial areas for use as living and working space by artists.
Artwork
Michael Valadez
Book Review
Proud Harvest: Writing from the San Joaquin Valley (Edited by Art Cuelho, Big Timber, MT: Seven Buffaloes Press, 1979) by Richard Dokey. Contemporary stories and poems that "grew from the fertile soil of California's Great Central Valley Region."
Guest Columnist
McCarthyism and the Calif. State Senate by Jane Fonda, artist and actress (1 photo of Jane Fonda courtesy author). Jane Fonda responds to state senators who denied her an opportunity to speak at her nomination to the California Arts Council hearing, and published full-page ads against her.
Editorial
Why Are They Afraid of Her? by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher. While President Nixon is selling wheat to the Russians who are supporting our enemy during the Vietnam War, California Republican senators are publicly calling Jane Fonda a "traitor to our country" for voicing her beliefs.
Announcements
53 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 4, Number 4, 1979
Poetry
Dori
Appel
Incantation
Joseph
Barrett
Visions
from
a
French
Nunnery
Charles
Fishman
Barber
Shop,
1956
In
This
Poem
I
Am
Ten
Years
Old
Robert
Funt
The
Tents
Walter
McDonald
On
Teaching
Derek
To
Fight
Elizabeth
Revere
The
Lost
Photograph
Peggy
Shumaker
Ladybugs
Luise
Van
Keuren
Captain
Penniman's
House,
1867,
Eastham,
Massachusetts
Fiction
The Musichor by Albert Russo
Features and Articles
Moscow's International Book Fair: "Books Bring People Together by Igor Isachenko (3 photos of exhibition including entrance, Hans Lothar Schutz, Vladimir Igityan, and the Finish exhibit). Second International Book Fair takes place in two pavilions in Moscow Sept. 410, 1979. Over 2,000 firms from 75 countries display their works including 100,000 publications.
Publisher Boycotts Book Fair. Exchange of letters between Ramaz Mchedidze, first deputy director-general, Moscow International Book Fair and Robert L. Bernstein, chairman and president, Random House, Inc. about Berstein being denied a visa to Russia.
Featured Artist Is Inspired by God. "The basis for my life," say Phantasm artist Brian Conery, "is the Bible and Jesus Christ as the center of my focus and direction. My desires are to go into illustrating professionally and then maybe live in Europe." Phantasm artist Kinene Barzin enjoys calligraphing examples of medieval music as demonstrated in this issue.
True Gold Is of the Heart by Larry S. Jackson (two photos by author of Peter Orlovsky, Gary Snyder, and Nanao Sakaki, and Allen Ginsberg and a guitarist).
Poets and friends of Nevada City, California, area resident Gary Snyder gather to raise money to preserve San Juan Ridge from mining destruction by giving readings and performance in the American Victorian Museum to 400 supporters.Europe Is Extant in His Spirit (1 silhouette drawing reproduction by von W. Bithorn of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1 photo from 1978 Salzburg Festival and 1 photo of Hugo von Hofmannsthal courtesy Austrian Press Service and Information.) The fiftieth anniversary of Hugo von Hoffmannsthal's death is celebrated with a conference September 1215, 1979, and with stories about the Austrian dramatist, poet, and essayist's life and what he has given the world.
Sacramento Songwriters Showcase by Martin Cohen (3 photos by Renι Warren: Les Haber, Terri New, Martin Cohen). Martin Cohen assembles a program of concerts for songwriters and which provides informational workshops on specific information valuable to songwriters.
Artwork
Kinene Barzin (2)
Brian Conery (16)
Book Review
The Donner Party by George Keithley (George Braziller, New York City. 1972). Reviewed by Clark Brown, "Taking the Trail: Ten Years with Keithley's Pioneers." (1 photo of George Keithley by Larry S. Jackson, 2 photos from The Donner Party opera by Copeland Campbell.)
Guest Columnist
Finding Work That Is Your Own by Kate Wolf, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur (1 photo of Kate Wolf courtesy author). Recording artist Kate Wolf describes how she began her career, her inspirations, and what it takes to make a living as a woman performing on the road.
Editorial
Officially for the Winter Olympics by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher. Phantasm supports having two poets, Jack Kendrick and John H. "Happy Jack" Wikoff as official Olympic poets at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
Announcements
51 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 4, Number 5, 1979
Poetry
Judith
Allen
Things
a
Mother
Knows:
Connection,
the
Attenuation
of
Belief
Indiscretion
Martha
Christina
American
Renaissance
M.
L.
Hester
Postcard
Ona
Lynn
L.
Merrill
Right
Field
The
Bear
Janice
Townley
Moore
Out
of
Body
Itinerary
Steven
Sher
Restoration
Fiction
Taking the Train by J. C. Smedley
Exhibition by J. A. Crawford
Features and Articles
Conference on Women in the Arts by Barbara Entman (2 photos by Barbara Entmancrowd at Albany YWCA awaiting Audre Lorde's poetry reading and Audre Lorde). Audre Lorde's keynote address and reading are the high points of "Womanworks: A Conference of Women in the Arts," October 57 in Albany, New York. National and local professionals examine and celebrate women's achievements in the arts with discussions, workshops, lectures, and readings.
Thaddeus East's "Work in Progress" (1 self portrait of artist). Phantasm's featured artist also enjoys playing music and woodworking. His approach to art is outlined in three progressive steps.
Senses of Self by Cynthia Edelberg (4 photos of Cynthia Edelberg, Robert Creely by Cynthia Edelberg, Warren Tallman, and Robert Duncan by Cynthia Edelberg). At the Modern Language Association convention December 29, 1979, in San Francisco Robert Creely, Warren Tallman, and Robert Duncan address the issue of "self" as they record it.
No Suppression Here? by John Beecher (1 high contrast rendition of Beecher). Poet activist John Beecher tells how Macmillian avoids advertising his book Collected Poems: 19241974, tells the author untruths about promoting it, and won't meet with the author after it's published. This leads to the conclusion that despite national reviews highly rating the book, the publisher has suppressed it.
CCLM Seminar: "A Meeting of Editor and Writers" by Larry S. Jackson (10 photos by author of Lachlan McDonald, Sasha Newborn, Helene Mochedlover, Richard Morris, Ellen Ferber, Glenna Luschei and David Wilk, John McKenna, Len Fulton and Zachary Feuer, Charlotte Cusay and Roland Grybauskas, Dennis Cooper, Jacqueline de Angeles and Aleida Rodriguez). A two-day conference for publishers in Venice, California, centers on publishers' concerns and resolving issues. A panel of experts disseminate information concluding with a reading by Kay Boyle and live music.
Subsidy Presses Answer Their Critics by I. S. Justesen. Insu Justesen exclusively investigates twelve subsidy houses for Phantasm and reports her findings.
Artwork
J. Thaddeus East (16)
Book Review
as if it will matter by Jody Alieson (Seal Press, Seattle). Reviewed by Richard Flanagan, "Jody Alieson's as if it will matter." Poet's second book (printed from handset type by Barbara Wilson and Rachel da Silva) remains true to Alieson's highly-reviewed first title of poems, Soul Claiming.
Guest Columnist
Distributing Small Press Titles by Jim Sitter, owner of Bookslinger, distributor for 225 small presses and 140 literary magazines (1 photo of Jim Sitter). Jim Sitter explains his role as distributor and how he sees the small presses filling the gap large conglomerate-owned publishers cannot fill.
Editorial
Independence "Relates" to Profit by Larry S. Jackson, editor and publisher. To support writers independent literary magazines have to earn money. When this concept was discussed at the Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines conference in Venice, California, the speaker was forced to stop speaking by those who "couldn't relate." Phantasm was not among those narrow-minded fools.
Announcements
68 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 4, Number 6, 1979
Features and Articles
Contributors' Notes edited by Larry Jackson (1 photo of Sophie C. Aksel courtesy Sophie Aksel, 1 photo of David Farkas by Randolph Perazzini). Biographical sketches of Sophie C. Aksel and David Farkas.
Novelist Jose Antonio Villarreal by David Farkas (1 photo of Jose Antonio Villarreal by author). Story of Villarreal's life and some of his writing including Pocho and The Fifth Horseman.
Chaim Gross Interview by Sophie C. Aksel. Artist Chaim Gross tells author about his life, family, and work. Photos of Gross' sculptures and art are included.
Artwork
Chaim Gross (13)
Phantasm, Volume 5, Number 1, 1980
Poetry
Walter
Bargen
Fern
Lake
Pyramid
Builder
Tim
Barnes
The
Dance
John
Beecher
Pontiff
of
the
Quarterlies
Frank
Finale
Julio
Horror
Story
Mary
Norbert
Korte
The
Don
Quixote
Memorial
Woodlot
William
McLaughlin
How
the
Novice
Salesman
Traveling
Through
Kansas
Has
His
Gonadal
System
Unbalanced
Luigi
Had
It
from
the
Start
Alice
Connelly
Nagle
Letter
to
an
Editor
Bedroom
Jim
Sagel
The
Dark
Girl
La
Tringueρita
Sueno
Dream
Mataron
al
Willie
They
Killed
Willie
Bettie
Sellers
Jubilee
Eugene
Warren
Christographia
50
Fiction
The Seance at Browning's House by Michael Scott Cain
A Way of Knowing by Irene Tiersten
Burgess Moddell Goes to Heaven by Thomas Tolnay
Features and Articles
CCLM Appoints New Director by Jennifer Moyer (1 photo of Jennifer Moyer). Jennifer Moyer writes about herself and her goals as new director for the private, nonprofit New York City based membership organization, the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines.
John Beecher in Remembrance by Larry S. Jackson (1 sketch of Beecher, 1 reproduction of the Associated Press news article of his death). Jackson writes about the last days of Phantasm contributor John Beecher's life.
King Tut's Famous Father-in-Law by Annette B. Feldmann (2 drawings of hieroglyphics). Story of pharaoh Akhenaten and his great concept called "the teaching" and his poetry, including a short hymn to Aten that he supposedly wrote.
Hopkins' Influences and Philosophy by Michelle Lezie (1 portrait of Gerald Manley Hopkins). Gerald Manley Hopkins' struggle between the self-conscious life of a poet and the the self-negating life of a Jesuit priest is explored.
Oberammergau's "Passion Play" by Margaret Elliott (1 photo of Oberammergau). Review of the renowned outdoor Passion Play portraying the life of Christ every decade in Western Germany, starting in 1634.
The Poet and the Church Madeline DeFrees (1 photo of Madeline DeFrees). Formerly known as Sister Mary Gilbert, DeFrees discusses her attraction to poetry as a means of helping her establish contact with God and absolving responsibility for what others may think of it.
The Soul Adventure: Poetry and Faith by Eugene Warren (1 photo of Eugene Warren). Author explores suspicion and misunderstanding of Christian poets by both Christians and non-Christians, including his beliefs.
Index to Phantasm, Volumes 3 and 4 (12 Phantasm cover reproductions). Index to previous two volumes of Phantasm.
Featured Art Is Block Prints by Paul Feldhaus (1 photo of Paul Feldhaus by Pat Feldhaus). Biographical sketch of featured artist who had some prints also published in Phantasm, vol. 2, no. 6.
Artwork
Paul Feldhaus (12)
Guest Columnist
Dear Larry Jackson by Mary Norbert Kφrte (1 photo of Mary Norbert Kφrte). Former nun and author writes about The Force and opening one's self to it every day, observing it, being filled, and emptied by it.
Editorial
I Like Things with Life in Them by Phillip Hemenway, poetry editor. Editor Hemenway declares what bores him are the "fatuous, incestuous discipleships invoked by bad writers to get their stuff read. Why can't a good poem be allowed to speak for itself?"
Announcements
50 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 5, Number 2, 1980
Poetry
Walter
Bargen
Fern
Lake
Pyramid
Builder
Barbara
Langham
Beyer
Preparing
for
the
Christmas
Charity
Bazaar,
the
Funds
from
Which
Will
Go
for
the
Education
of
Little
Indians
at
the
Navajo
Mission
School
Thanksgiving
Day
Kevin
Campbell
A
History
Lesson
Scenarios
for
Susan
Hugh
Knox
The
Next
Room
The
Doctor's
Wife
Rebecca
Newth
The
Great
North
Woods
Elizabeth
Revere
I
Had
One
Eye
Dennis
Ross
New
Moon
Second
Person
Theme
Fiction
My
Life
of
Silence
by
Marc
Sercomb
The
Patient
Ones
by
James
Taylor
The
Cowboy
Philosophers
by
Joseph
Martin
Queenan
Features and Articles
At the Library of Congress: An Evening of Bulgarian Poetry by William Meredith (1 photo of Georgi Djagarov, Evgheni Kirolov, unnamed, Mrs. Kickoiowsky, courtesy Library of Congress). Review of five Bulgarian poets Nov. 17, 1979, at a Library of Congress reading in English and Bulgarian before a small multi-cultural audience. The five included Georgi Djagarov, deputy chairman of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Lyubomir Levchev, chairman of the Bulgarian Writer's Union, Bojidar Bijilov, editor of Puls, Luchezar Elenkov, general secretary of the Bulgarian Writer's Union, and Vladimir Golev, editor of Septemvry.
Fourth Annual: San Francisco International Poetry Festival by Tim Jacobs (1 photo of Bogomil Gjuzel and Czeslaw Milosa by Robert Pruzan, 1 photo of Gary Snyder and Isaac Bashevis Singer by Robert Pruzan, 1 photo of Carolyn Kizer by Lynda Koolish, 1 photo of Luisa Valenzuela by Joyce Jenkins, 1 photo of John Handy, Kazuko Shiraishi, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Kenneth Rexroth by Joyce Jenkins). Fourteen months of planning result in June 6-8, 1980, festival of world-renowned poets and musicians performing at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco. Jacobs describes the numerous programs which were dedicated to Federico Garcia-Lorca and Kim Chi Ha.
An "Interview" with Art Buchwald by Katharine O'Brien (1 sketch of Art Buchwald). A humorous dialog by the author who often wondered what it would be like to interview the columnist, so she wrote her own fictitious answer.
David Sherrod's Art Is in Harmony with the West by Larry S. Jackson (1 photo of David Sherrod). Biographical information about the Phantasm artist who enjoys painting and drawing his impressions of the West.
"There Is Something About Being an Indian" by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1 photo of winter of the salamander cover by Larry Jackson, 1 photo of Ray Young Bear). Mesquakie Indian poet Ray A. Young Bear's work, background, and recent book are discussed.
Book Reviews
Four Western Poets by Rodney Nelson (4 photos of book covers by Larry Jackson). To criticize the Western poet is to criticize the West. Poets must be dealt with as poets, and poetry--Western or not--as poetry. Four Western poets and their books are reviewed: H. L Davis, Bill Hotchkiss, Dean Phelps, and Gary Elder.
In Her Own Image: Women Working in the Arts reviewed by Margarita Donnelly (1 photo of book cover by Larry Jackson). Review of the anthology by Elaine Hedges and Ingrid Wendt collecting works by women of Western cultures including visual arts, traditional crafts, poetry, fiction, music and dance.
Artwork
David Sherrod (10)
Guest Columnist
Behind a Successful Literary Bookstore by Randy Michael Signor (1 photo of Charlotte Gusay). Randy Michael Signor, creative writer, writing workshops leader, teacher, former bookstores manager, and expert Frisbee player talks about the elements that compose a thriving specialty bookstore and examines five elements used at the George Sand Books literary bookstore on Melrose in West Hollywood owned by Charlotte Gusay.
Editorial
Arts Are in Our National Interest by Larry S. Jackson, editor. Jackson compares military spending to government spending on the arts, the benefits of spending more on arts, and who to lobby.
Announcements
60 national announcements of literary events
Phantasm, Volume 5, Number 3, 1980
Poetry
Alurista
With
Liberty
and
Justice
Zoe
Rita
Anglesey
Gracie
J.
B.
Goodenough
Twinning
Don
Jones
Scott
U.S.
Stamp
Catalogue
#1494
David
R.
Irwin
After
the
3rd
Annual
Bisbee
Poetry
Festival
Lev
Mak
The
Flood
Roman
Makarewicz
The
Word.
Walter
B.
MacBain
A
Runner's
Last
Circle
Elizabeth
Revere
They
Stole
a
Portrait
The
Train
Don't
Mention
Indians
Ralph
Salisbury
A
First
Victory
The
Apache
in
Their
Glory
Hillel
Schwartz
Another
Woman's
Daughter
Kap
Ju
Whang
The
Dandelion
Fiction
The Truth in Indian Whiskey by Ralph Samuelson
Features and Articles
Poets Recite Work to New Citizens (1 photo Loretta Leversee by Al Morgenstern, 1 photo of Roscoe Lee Browne, Martin Sheen, Kap Ju Whang by Berry Silver, 1 photo of Roman Makarewicz and Chitra Silver by Barry Silver). Nine thousand, seven hundred immigrants from seventy-three countries are sworn in as U.S. citizens June 23, 1981, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Fifth Street Studio Theater arranged for some emigrant poets to recite patriotic works.
Poetry Comics Lead to Book by Larry Jackson (One photo of Dave Morice, one panel from Morice's Poetry Comics by Dave Morice). Dave Morice tells how his cartoon drawings of classic poetry led him into successful publishing endeavors.
Featured Artist Does Figure Drawings by Larry Jackson. Phantasm artist Ruben Heredia changed his plan to being a mathematician when he realized "there can be life in art." This issue shows the result of a series of explorations with spacial illusions.
Three Inside Views: Bizbee Poetry Festival 1981 (1 photo of Helen Adam by Richard Byrd, 1 photo of Ted Berrigan by Richard Byrd, 1 photo of William Everson by Richard Byrd, 1 photo of Amiri Baraka by Richard Byrd). Jane McCray, August Schaefer, and Dick Bakken each describe the poets and festive gathering in Arizona, both behind the scenes and during the programs, by nationwide participants.
Interview with Don Jones by Salvatore Salerno (1 photo of Don Jones by Salvatore Salerno Jr.). Poet Don Jones tells about his intimations for being a poet, his influences, training, and job as social worker.
Phantasm Supplement Feature: The Literacy Crusade of New Nicaragua, co-edited by Larry S. Jackson and Georgia Lyga McFadden. Forty pages written by and about those who participated in fighting for literacy in Nicaragua. Bound inside Phantasm (Heidelberg Graphics, Chico, CA, 1981).
Prose and Poetry
Lizandro
Chavez
Alfaro
Father's
Zoo
(prose
tr.
by
Natalie
Carrillo
Warner)
Jorge
Eduardo
Arellano
About
Heroes
and
Martyrs
(poem
tr.
by
Natalie
Carrillo
Warner)
Alejandro
Bravo
Song
to
the
God
Quetzaltcoatl
(poem
tr.
by
Georgia
Lyga
McFadden)
Monimbo
(poem
tr.
by
Georgia
Lyga
McFadden)
Ruth
Warner
Carillo
Untitled
(poem)
Marta
Harnecker
Nicaragua:
The
Strategy
of
Victory
(from
an
interview
written
in
poetry
form:
An
Interview
with
Humberto
Ortega,
Commander-in-Chief
of
the
Sandinista
People's
Army)
Santiago
Lopez
(Pancasan)
One
Year
After
the
Final
Insurrection
(poem
by
member
of
the
Poetry
Workshop
of
the
Sandinista
Transit
Police)
Rigoberto
Lopez
Perez
Rigoberto
Lopez
Perez's
Letter/Testament
(letter
by
the
assassin
of
Anastasio
Somoza
to
his
mother
Soledad
Lopez
translated
by
and
with
spacing
altered
by
Margaret
Randall
as
if
it
were
a
poem.
[Perez
was
not
connected
with
any
revolutionary
organization]).
Emily
Wright
Manifesto
of
the
Nicaraguan
Washer
Women
(poem)
Features and Articles
Revolution in Nicaragua: An Eyewitness Report by the Reverend Philip Zwerling. Description of the delegation of teachers, writers, and journalists following the overthrow of Anastasio Somoza, leading to a crusade to obliterate illiteracy in the small nation of Nicaragua, how the crusade operated, and its impact on the people.
People's Poetry by Father Ernesto Cardenal, Minister of Culture (tr. Georgia McFadden) (1 photo of Ernesto Cardenal). Cardenal quotes Cesar Vallejo, "I write for those who don't read/ for the barefoot farmer and his lamb" and other writers who influenced the Literacy Crusade's goal to teach all Nicaraguans to read and write. States Commander Tomas Borge, "We have to lead the masses, and learn from the masses. Let their wisdom flow. Learn from the masses so you will be able to educate the masses."
Literacy Is Freedom by Ellen Sarkisian (1 photo of Gilberto Gonzalez by Ellen Sarkisian, 1 page from workbook). One hundred thousand people volunteer to teach others to read and write with the launch of the National Literacy Crusade March 24, 1980. The nation responds with billboards, posters, teaching aides, and people turning their homes into classrooms reaching deep in the countryside. Sixty thousand high school student volunteers (called "brigadistas") return for a victory parade in Managua where a huge billboard kept a running tally of their achievement.
Three Small Stories by Georgia Lyga McFadden (1 photo of "Cua women"). Vignettes of some who faced the tyranny of Somoza, paid a heavy price, and the after-effects of their struggles.
Nicaragua Is an Enormous School by Marcy Fink (1 photo of brigadistas transported to and from the crusade). Ten U.S. educators arrive at Managua's Augusto Cesar Sandino airport and become witness to the National Literacy Campaign through experience, observation, and interviews.
A New Concept of Adult Education by Dr. Carlos Tunnerman (tr. by Georgia Lyga McFadden) (1 photo of Dr. Carlos Tunnerman, 1 photo of brigadistas courtesy Div Diseno y Production, 1 photo of hieroglyphics courtesy Div Diseno y Production, 1 photo Dr. Carolos Tunnerman at rally). Partial text of Dr. Tunnerman, Minister of Education, delivering a talk at the opening workshop for adult education. He examines adult education within the context of the Sandinista Revolution and says we will not be structuring an adult education program in the same vein as this country has in the past. Literacy and adult education have been given the highest priorities with our revolutionary process.
Artwork
David Sherrod (10)
Editorial
In Dedication to Nine Brigadistas by Larry S. Jackson, Phantasm editor, and Georgia Lyga McFadden, supplement feature co-editor. Nine Nicaraguans were killed because they dared to participate in the effort to teach all citizens of the post-Somoza Nicaragua to read and write. McFadden's hope is the American people will stand on the side of people who are struggling for justice and equality.
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