Table of Contents
Phantasm,
vol.
4,
no.
3,
issue
21,
1979
Independent
literary
journal
of
original
poetry,
fiction,
artwork,
articles,
features,
photos,
commentary,
reviews,
interviews,
and
announcements.
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
Jardín
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
