Otherwise, it's a nice mix of poetry, short fiction (albeit as much excerpts from novels by William Gaddis and Stanley Elkin), Anthony Kerrigan writing on Borges to accompany the Borges story (translated by Borges and Norman Thomas di Giovanni, then in the midst of their project producing the best translations of Borges's work), Jack Newfield's critical survey of journalism, Rudolf Wurlitzer's "found poem" of sorts, and somewhat more traditional autobiography (also an excerpt) from Ray Mungo. There's a brief editorial request that contributions be sent to a certain address, further suggesting this was not meant to be purely a loss-leader and sampler of forthcoming work, but something along the lines of New American Review or New World Writing or New Directions (clearly missing the requirement that New be part of the title) or Works in Progress (the Book of the Month Club series that did somewhat more resemble, if not entirely, a sampler of recent offers). Probably a pity it didn't get to a second issue, nor a healthy run.
From the FictionMags index, slightly corrected:
- The Dutton Review [#1, 1970] ed. Jerome Charyn, Hal Scharlatt, Robert Brown and Susan Stern (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., $1.95, 219pp, 5½" x 8¼")
- 5 · JR or the Boy Inside · William Gaddis · na/ex J R (1975)
- 69 · The Guns of August · Raymond Mungo · bi/ex Famous Long Ago (1970)
- 99 · Three Poems · C. P. Cavafy · pm
- 103 · “Aaron” · Norma Meacock · ss/ex Thinking Girl (1969 UK. 1972 US)
- 111 · The Horse’s Ass · Barton Midwood · ss
- 121 · The First Twenty Objects in My Friend’s Apartment Plus My Own Monthly Expenses · Rudolph Wurlitzer · mi/pm
- 125 · Borges in Madrid · Anthony Kerrigan · nf
- 127 · Burnt Orange · John Hawkes · ss
- 151 · Journalism: Old, New, and Corporate · Jack Newfield · nf
- 167 · The Library · Richard Brautigan · ss/ex The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 (1971)
- 183 · The Dick Gibson Show · Stanley Elkin · nt/ex The Dick Gibson Show (1971)
- 215 · The Intruder · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Norman di Giovanni · ss
Details supplied by Ned Brooks (and here revised by TM).
Please see Patti Abbott's blogfor more of this week's books, and I'll be hosting next week.