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PARTISAN REVIEW NO.
7
For the purpose of presenting a united creative front on the eve of the
first Congress of American Writers, this issue combines the 7th number of
Partisan Review
and the 4th number of
Dynamo.
We are publishing in this issue a discussion of some of the literary
problems which face writers today and which will be further considered
at the Writers Congress. The discussion takes the form of three lc;ading
articles--on the novel, criticism, and poetry---(!ach followed by a number
of comments. None of the articles and comments necessarily rept:esents
the editorial opinion of
Partisan Review,
nor are they to be taken as pro–
grammatic statements.
New Contributors:
NEWTON ARVIN is the author of a biography of Hawthorne and was are–
cipient of a Guggenheim award this year.
HENRY HART, author of
The Great One,
has been very active in the
prepar'ltions for the Writers Congress.
STANLEY BURNSHAW is the author of
dndre Spire and His Poetry.
He
has frequently contributed poetry and criticism to the
New J.1asses
and
other periodicals.
RUTH LECHLITNER writes poetry and criticism.
HoRACE GREGORY's third volume of poetry,
Chorus for Survival,
has just
been published by Covici, Fried·e.
DAVID WoLFF is the pen-name of a noted young poet.
JosEPH WILSON was born in Texas in 1904. He ran away from home in
1919 and shipped out of San Francisco as a fireman. Since then he has
worked at various other occupations, joim:d the revolutionary movement
and served a few jail terms for his militancy. This is his first published
w~
.
BERNARD SMITH is one of the editors of Alfred
A.
Knopf.
KENNETH PATCHEN has published poetry in the
New Masses, The
Maga–
zine,
and other p·eriodicals. He lives in New York City.
ERIC EsTORICK has published criticism in various journals.
Stephen Foster is the editor of
Dynamo. Dynamo
is published at
114 W. 14th St. New York City.
