A True Lyric Poet: Marya Zaturenska,
2026
The University of San Francisco
A True Lyric Poet: Marya Zaturenska, Robert Phillips
Ontario Review
ROBERT PHILLIPS, poet, fiction writer, and critic, has been book review editor of Modem Poetry Studies and has contributed essays and reviews to numerous periodicals. His books include Denton Welch, Aspects of Alice: Lewis Carroll's Dreamchild, and The Confes sional Poets. He lives in Katonah, New York.
A North American Vistion: Clark Blaise's Tribal Justice,
2026
The University of San Francisco
A North American Vistion: Clark Blaise's Tribal Justice, Richard Hornsey
Ontario Review
RICHARD HORNSEY received his Ph.D. in Canadian Literature from the University of Alberta. His poems have appeared in many Canadian magazines including The Canadian Forum, Fiddlehead, and The University of Windsor Review as well as in Poetry Australia. His first book of poetry, Going In, was published in 1972 and he is currently completing a second. He teaches at the University of Windsor.
Five Poets From Five Countries,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Five Poets From Five Countries, Tom Marshall
Ontario Review
TOM MARSHALL, poetry editor of The Canadian Forum, has published books on A. M . Klein and D. H . Lawrence. His third collection of poetry, The Earth-Book, was published last fall by Oberon Press. He teaches at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
The Canadian Heorine As Survivor: Margaret Laurence's The Diviners,
2026
The University of San Francisco
The Canadian Heorine As Survivor: Margaret Laurence's The Diviners, Gloria Whelan
Ontario Review
GLORIA WHELAN, also a former contributor, has published fiction and reviews in a number of periodicals including The Kansas Quarterly, The Literary Review, The Michigan Quarterly, and the Detroit Free Press. A collector of first editions of Henry James's books, she lives in Oxbow, Michigan.
Two Poems: Trying To Shovel Out; Snow Levels,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Two Poems: Trying To Shovel Out; Snow Levels, Philip Legler
Ontario Review
PHILIP LEGLER is the author of two books of poetry, A Change of View and The Intruder. He is Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at Northern Michigan University, and poems of his have appeared or will appear in Commonweal, Poetry Northwest, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
Papa,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Papa, Mary Gregory
Ontario Review
MARY GREGORY lives and teaches in Westchester County, New York.
Three Poems: Chicano Dropout; Not Knowing, In Aztlán; Now That I'M In Spain,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Three Poems: Chicano Dropout; Not Knowing, In Aztlán; Now That I'M In Spain, Tino Villanueva
Ontario Review
TINO VILLANUEVA, who was born in Texas, is a Ph.D. candidate at Boston Uni- versity and teaches Spanish at Wellesley College. He has published in periodicals such as Caribbean Review, El Grito, Hispam erica, Revista Chicano-Riquena, and Magazín, and is the author of Hay Otra Voz Poems {1972). "Chicano Dropout" and "Not Knowing, in Aztlán" have been selected for a Houghton Mifflin anthology of Chicano literature.
Meridian,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Meridian, Kurt Brown
Ontario Review
KURT BROWN is currently editing poetry for Aspen Leaves, a literary magazine issuing from Aspen, Colorado, where he lives.
Two Poems: Friend; Sunup,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Two Poems: Friend; Sunup, Naomi Clark
Ontario Review
NAOMI CLARK has published poems in The Antioch Review, The Beloit Poetry Journal, The Malahat Review, The Far Point, and elsewhere. She teaches at San Jose State University in California.
The Drunk Tank Judge,
2026
The University of San Francisco
The Drunk Tank Judge, Charles Bukowski
Ontario Review
CHARLES BUKOWSKI is the author of over twenty books of poetry and prose; the most recent is Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973 (Black Sparrow Press, 1974), reviewed in the previous issue. He lives in the Los Angeles area.
From Desire To Decision (A Syllabic Synopsis Of A Short Story),
2026
The University of San Francisco
From Desire To Decision (A Syllabic Synopsis Of A Short Story), Ken Stange
Ontario Review
KEN STANGE, a psychology lab instructor in North Bay, Ontario, edits Nebula Magazine and has poems published or forthcoming in The Canadian Forum, The Dalhousie Review, Event, Waves, and elsewhere.
The Man Who Changed Overnight,
2026
The University of San Francisco
The Man Who Changed Overnight, Fielding Dawson
Ontario Review
FIELDING DAWSON, a resident of New York City, is the author of The Dream/Thunder Road (stories), The Greatest Story Ever Told (novella), and The Sun Rises into the Sky (stories), and other books. "The Man Who Changed Over-night" will be the title story of a new collection of fiction to be published by The Black Sparrow Press this year.
From The Slag Of Creation,
2026
The University of San Francisco
From The Slag Of Creation, Richard Grossinger
Ontario Review
RICHARD GROSSINGER teaches at Goddard College in Vermont. His books include The Continents (Black Sparrow Press); and with his wife, Lindy Hough, he has edited sixteen numbers of a series of journals and books entitled lo.
Incubus,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Incubus, Kay Closson
Ontario Review
KAY CLOSSON has been published and/or accepted by The Penny Dreadful, Duck, Ghost Dance, and other periodicals. She lives on a fifty-acre farm in south-central Kansas.
From The Pavese Poems,
2026
The University of San Francisco
From The Pavese Poems, Peter Stevens
Ontario Review
PETER STEVENS came from England to Canada in 1957. He has published poems, essays, and reviews in numerous periodicals, and his books of poetry include Nothing but Spoons (1969), A Few Myths (1971), Bread Crusts and Glass (1972), and And the Dying Sky like Blood (1974), a cycle of poems for Norman Bethune. A former poetry editor of The Canadian Forum, he is a contributing editor to The Ontario Review and teaches English at the University of Windsor.
In Whom We Trust,
2026
The University of San Francisco
In Whom We Trust, Linda W. Wagner
Ontario Review
LINDA W. WAGNER, a former contributor, teaches English at Michigan State University. She is the author of many critical essays, as well as The Poetry of William Carlos Williams (1964) and The Prose of William Carlos Williams (1970). She recently edited T. S. Eliot: A Collection of Criticism (McGraw-Hill, 1974) and Ernest Hemingway: Five Decades of Criticism (MSU ' Press, 1974).
Nine Photographs,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Nine Photographs, Brad Iverson
Ontario Review
BRAD IVERSON's work has appeared in many group and one-man exhibitions in the Detroit area, and he has published photographs in Afterimage and Camera ("Chair and Door"). His work is also represented in the permanent collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Married, with two sons, he is currently Assistant Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program at Wayne State University.
Three Poems: Hamilton; Camel Blue; Chepa Franco,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Three Poems: Hamilton; Camel Blue; Chepa Franco, Peter Wild
Ontario Review
PETER WILD teaches creative writing at the University of Arizona. His most recent collections of poems are New and Selected Poems (1973), Cochise (1973), and The Cloning (1974). He has published widely in Poetry, The Denver Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, The Chicago Review, and elsewhere.
Sarto's Last Sketch,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Sarto's Last Sketch, John Ower
Ontario Review
JOHN OWER teaches at the University of South Carolina; his poetry has appeared in The Canadian Forum, The Fiddlehead, The Southern Poetry Review, and elsewhere; and his critical essays have been published in such periodicals as Mosaic, Canadian Literature, and Twentieth Century Literature.
Two Poems: Song For A High, Cold Wind; The Better Host,
2026
The University of San Francisco
Two Poems: Song For A High, Cold Wind; The Better Host, Peter Fellowes
Ontario Review
PETER FELLOWES teaches courses in creative writing and Renaissance literature at North Park College of Chicago, and was recently included in an American Poetry Review feature of outstanding younger poets.
