Table of Contents
Phantasm,
vol.
5,
no.
2,
issue
26,
1980
Independent
literary
journal
of
original
poetry,
fiction,
artwork,
articles,
features,
photos,
commentary,
reviews,
interviews,
and
announcements.
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
