Table of Contents
Phantasm,
vol.
5,
no.
3,
issue
27,
1980
Independent
literary
journal
of
original
poetry,
fiction,
artwork,
articles,
features,
photos,
commentary,
reviews,
interviews,
and
announcements.
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.
Announcements
44 national announcements of literary events
