PERSPECTIVES USA
A new anthology-magazine ofAmerican Arts and Letters
Perspectives USA
is to be published quarterly by Intercultural
Publications Inc., a non-profit corporation established by The
Ford Foundation. The magazine is designed primarily for distribution
abroad, but it will also be made available to readers in this country.
The distribution abroad-in English, French, German and Italian
language editions-aims at giving foreign readers an insight into
the intellectual life of the United States today.
Much of the contents of
Perspectives USA
will be reprinted from other
magazines, but a part will be new writing. Each number will be edited
by a distinguished American critic: Lionel Trilling,
R.
P. Blackmur,
Malcolm Cowley, Jacques Barzun, Selden Rodman, Kenneth Rexroth,
etc. The first issue will be available about October 15, and will include:
JACQUES BARzUN-America's
Romance with Practicality
WILLIAM CARLOS WlLUAMS–
Poems, a story, and an essay
RANDALL JARRELL-An essay
review of Williams' poetry
SELDEN RODMAN- The Painting
of Ben Shahn (illustrated)
MEYER SCHAPIRO-On a Painting
of Van Gogh (illustrated)
MARIANNE MooRE-Translations
of
La
Fontaine's Fables
THORNTON WILDER-Goethe and
World Literature
ARTHUR BERGER-The Music
of Aaron Copland
ALBERT GUERARD-Recent
American Novels
EDWARD DAHLBERG-The Florida
of the Inca
WILLIAM FAULKNER-Nobel Prize Speech
KENNETH REXROTH-A new poem
OSCAR lIANDUN- Democracy and Power:
'Fhe Immigrants in American Politics
PERSPECTIVES USA will be 192 pages, of which eight are full·color reproduc.
tions. Price: $1.50. Annual subscriptions: $5.00. Subscriptionll should be placed
with Paragon Mailing Service, 347 Adams Street, Brooklyn 1, New York.
Distribution to bookstores is through The Viking Press. A list of distributors in
foreign countries may be obtained from Inten:ultural Publications Inc., 655
Madison Avenue, New York 21, New York.
