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In This Issue
Elizabeth Bishop
Thomas Travisano
George S. Lensing
Elizabeth Spires
William Matthews
Richard Wilbur
Floyd Collins
Steven G. Kellman
Elizabeth Loudon
Marly Swick
Celia Wren
Maurya Simon
Jane Shapiro
Grace Butcher
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Sandy Solomon
Beth Bentley
Alice Jones
Mary Ann Waters
C. R. Guss
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The Winter 1992 issue contains a special feature on Elizabeth Bishop,
which includes a selection of previouly unpublished Bishop juvenilia
along with essays by Thomas Travisano, Elizabeth Spires, George S. Lensing,
and William Matthews. The Winter issue also showcases collages by C.
R. Guss, essays by Richard Wilbur and Steven G. Kellman, fiction by
Marly Swick and Celia Wren, and poems by Maurya Simon, Brigit Pegeen
Kelly, and Alice Jones, as well as outstanding work by several others.
To order a copy of the Winter 1992 issue today, go to the Featured
Back Issue page, fill out the form, and in the Notes box, specify
that you wish to receive issue 5.1.
Contents
Volume 5, Number 1 / Winter 1992
A SPECIAL FEATURE ON ELIZABETH BISHOP
Peter Stitt, Editor’s
Notes, 7
Elizabeth Bishop, Writings
from The Blue Pencil, 11
Thomas Travisano, “Emerging
Genius: Elizabeth Bishop and The Blue
Pencil,
1927–1930,” 32
George S. Lensing, “The
Subtraction of Emotion in the Poetry of
Elizabeth
Bishop,” 48
Elizabeth Spires, “Elizabeth
Bishop: ‘The Things I’d Like to Write,’” 62
William Matthews, “Miss
Bishop,” 71
ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS
Richard Wilbur, “May
Swenson: A Memorial Tribute,” 81
Floyd Collins,
“Ideology and Diversity in Recent Poetry (review of The Light
as
They Found It, by James Seay; Mystery Train, by David Wojahn;
To Find
the
Gold, by Susan Ludvigson; and The Makings of Happiness, by
Ronald Wallace),”
146
Steven G. Kellman,
“Historical Illusions” (review of Hopeful Monsters,
by
Nicholas
Mosley; After Shocks/Near Escapes, by Stephen Dobyns;
Afghanistan,
by Alex Ullmann; and Making History, by Carolyn See), 689
FICTION
Elizabeth Loudon,
“The Guardian,” 90
Marly Swick, “The
Summer Before the Summer of Love,” 113
Celia Wren, “Cicada
Point,” 130
POETRY
Maurya Simon,
“Rapture,” “Penelope and Delilah,” “Madrigal,”
and
“Epiphany,”
73
Jane Schapiro,
“The Pessimist,” 79
Grace Butcher,
“Chase Burcher,” 80
Brigit Pegeen
Kelly, “The White Pilgrim: Old Christian Cemetery,” 86
Sandy Solomon,
“Petit Mal” and “Progressive,” 126
Beth Bentley,
“Archaic Couple,” 144
Alice Jones, “Absence”
and “Balance Point,” 162
Mary Ann Waters,
“Señor Tristeza” and “Humpty Dumpty,” 177
GRAPHICS
C. R. Guss, “Blessed
Mysteries,” collages, 105
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