Table of Contents
Phantasm,
vol.
4,
no.
2,
issue
20,
1979
Independent
literary
journal
of
original
poetry,
fiction,
artwork,
articles,
features,
photos,
commentary,
reviews,
interviews,
and
announcements.
Poetry
Marcia
Aldrich
Hero
David
Barton
Plum
Island
Jeanne
Finley
The
Miner
Marita
Garin
Photographer
&
Wife
Home
from
the
Office
Listening
to
Für
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
