ISSN in process. Issue examined: no. 1 (March 1986). Oliver Corpet,Editors, ,La Revue des Revues (1986) Bulletin d' information published by Ent'revues, Maison des Sciences de l'homme,Ypsilanti, MI 48197 ISSN in process. Issue examined: no. 1 (March 1986)..
✍ Scribed by Joan McConkey
- Book ID
- 104273280
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-7913
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✦ Synopsis
Issue examined: no. 18 (Winter 1987).
The stated purpose of Sulfur is to "engage the whole art of writing, offering a context that is interdisciplinary in which to represent the precious diversity of American poetry." The whole diversity of American poetry is not represented here, but I would question the wisdom of doing so anyway. The range presented in this journal, however, is broad enough not to betray its intent and yet still maintain a focus. Sulfur's purpose embraces not only the art of poetry but poetic theory, archival materials, "interdisciplinary connections," translations, reviews, and correspondence.
Themes and connections focus on the poetry of Pound, Olson, and William Carlos Williams; Objectivist, Beat, and Black Mountain Schools; French and Spanish surrealism; art and politics (especially the issue of artistic freedom and human rights); contemporary American painting, music, and film; ethnography; language poetry; and the avant-garde and experimental in the contemporary arts.
Sulfur exhibits a deep commitment to the working literary artist, particularly the artist willing to think and exist on the creative edge. The work is exciting, provocative, and immediate, and has fine historical resonances. Expressed in these pages is a refusal to accept the static quality found in so many literary journals. The editor, Clayton Eshleman, is a renowned poet and translator.
His editorial board includes the poets Jerome Rothenberg, Eliot Weinberger, Michael Palmer, and John Yau, who have all contributed greatly to the vitality of American poetry.
An issue of Sulfur is on average two hundred pages long and has two to four sections of visual art. The magazine is perfect bound. A color reproduction graces the cover. If I could subscribe to only a few literary magazines on the contemporary scene, this would be one. Sulfur is highly recommended for college and public libraries.