Table of Contents
Phantasm,
vol.
3,
no.
3,
issue
15,
1978
Independent
literary
journal
of
original
poetry,
fiction,
artwork,
articles,
features,
photos,
commentary,
reviews,
interviews,
and
announcements.
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" uses 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 receive encouragement from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters offering 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. Support national rallies for poetry that advocate media attention.
Announcements
34 announcements of national literary events
