The Magicians, by G.S. Fraser, THE PARTISAN REVIEW

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The Magicians

Love and Fame, by John Berryman

by G.S. Fraser

The Partisan Review, Fall 1971, pp. 469-479

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    4. Spies I Have Known by Doris Lessing, pp. 50-66
    5. America II, Continued by William Appleman Williams, pp. 67-77
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      4. A Probable Volume of Dreams by Marvin Bell
      5. The Dancers Inherit the Party by Ian Hamilton Finlay
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    2. From Thinking Girl by Norma Meacock, pp. 263-270
    3. From Down Blue Hill Avenue by Mark Mirsky, pp. 271-278
    4. From Annie by Paul Smith, pp. 279-288
    5. A Talk with Allen Ginsberg by Alison Colbert, pp. 289-309
    6. Poems by Richard Howard, pp. 310-313
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      1. Love and Fame by John Berryman
      2. City Without Walls, and Other Poems by W.H. Auden
      3. Fifty Poems Fifty by Reed Whittemore
      4. Untitled Subjects by Richard Howard
      5. Earth Walk by William Meredith
      6. The Carrier of Ladders by W.S. Merwin
      7. The Miner's Pale Children by W.S. Merwin
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