ISSUES | spring 1978
1.1 (Spring 1978)
Featuring work by Robert Bly, R. V. Cassill, Patricia Goedicke, James B. Hall, David Halpern, Philip Levine, Lesil Mueller, Joyce Carol Oates, Naomi Replansky, William Stafford, Gerald Stern, David St. John, Daniel Wakoski, Michael Waters, Charles Wright, and David Young.
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Fiction
Mar 01 1978
My Work in California
I. The Younger Factory
Of the one hundred passengers arriving from Seattle (Boeing) my job was only with thirty-four industrialists from Asia. Of this group a dozen were unexpectedly tall; a few wore dark, prescription glasses; only one man had two briefcases as carry-on. Not one delegate looked back at the aircraft or took a picture of the Oakland charter terminal.
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: James Tate
“Nature Poem: Demanding Stiff Sentences”
“Riven Doggeries”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Daniel Halpern
“Photograph”
“Life Among Others”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Gerald Stern
“The Sacred Spine”
“The Faces I Love”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: Diane Wakoski
“Searching for the Canto Fermo”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: Charles Wright
“Self Portrait”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Michael Waters
“Black Leaves”
“Salad”
Criticism
Mar 01 1978
Other People: Social Texture in the Post-War Novel
Criticism
Mar 01 1978
Starting from Scratch
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: David Young
“How Music Began”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Philip Levine
“Something Has Fallen”
“The Choice”
“Your Life”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Robert Bly
“Walking the Mississippi”
“Shore at Rock Island, Illinois”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Joyce Carol Oates
“Query”
“Holy Saturday”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: Patricia Goedicke
“What Sign”
“The Arrival”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: Lisel Mueller
“The Need to Hold Still”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: David St. John
“Welcome”
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry Feature: William Stafford
“Hinge in the Wind”
“A Certain Blend”
Fiction
Mar 01 1978
Where Saturn Keeps the Years
You must see Helen Ward in her moment. It is that moment of blood and decision which makes her years of achievement, alas — which makes visible the ghastly halo she wears through her continuing service. She goes on, Helen, doing what she was trained to do. We are told she is one of the most respected pediatricians in Albany.
Poetry
Mar 01 1978
Poetry: Naomi Replansky
“Death of the Fugitive”
Criticism
Mar 01 1978