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| - | '''''Evergreen Review''''' was an [[American avant-garde]] and [[literary magazine]] founded by [[Barney Rosset]], publisher of [[Grove Press]] in the late 1950s and 1960s. | + | '''''Evergreen Review''''' is a [[U.S.]]-based literary magazine founded by [[Barney Rosset]], publisher of [[Grove Press]]. It existed in print from 1957 through 1973, and was re-launched online in 1998. Its diversity can be seen in the March-April 1960 issue, which included work by [[Albert Camus]], [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[LeRoi Jones]], as well as [[Edward Albee]]'s first play, ''[[The Zoo Story]]''. The Camus piece was a reprint of "Reflections on the Guillotine", first published in English in the ''Review'' in 1957 and reprinted on this occasion as the magazine's "contribution to the world-wide debate on the problem of [[capital punishment]] and, more specifically, the case of [[Caryl Chessman|Caryl Whittier Chessman]]." |
| - | Its [[eclecticism]] can be seen in the March-April 1960 issue, which included work by [[Albert Camus]], [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], and [[LeRoi Jones]], as well as [[Edward Albee]]'s first play, ''[[The Zoo Story]]''. The Camus piece was a reprint of "Reflections on the Guillotine", first published in English in the ''Review'' in [[1957]], and reprinted on this occasion as the magazine's "contribution to the world-wide debate on the problem of [[capital punishment]] and, more specifically, the case of [[Caryl Chessman|Caryl Whittier Chessman]]". | + | |
| - | Although primarily a literary magazine, ''Evergreen Review'' always contained numerous illustrations. In its early years, these included a small number of [[cartoon]]s. By the mid-1960s, many illustrations and photographs were of an [[erotica|erotic]] — arguably [[pornography|pornographic]] — nature. The magazine also ran the comics feature "[[The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist]]" by writer [[Michael O'Donoghue]] and artist [[Frank Springer]]. | + | ==Writers== |
| + | ''Evergreen Review'' debuted pivotal works by [[Samuel Beckett]], [[Jorge Luis Borges]], [[Charles Bukowski]], [[William S. Burroughs]], [[Marguerite Duras]], [[Jean Genet]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Günter Grass]], [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Norman Mailer]], [[Henry Miller]], [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Vladimir Nabokov]], [[Frank O’Hara]], [[Kenzaburo Oe]], [[Octavio Paz]], [[Harold Pinter]], [[Susan Sontag]], [[Tom Stoppard]], [[Derek Walcott]] and [[Malcolm X]]. United States Supreme Court Justice [[William O. Douglas]] wrote a controversial piece for the magazine in 1969. Kerouac and Ginsberg regularly had their writing published in the magazine. | ||
| - | Evergreen Review debuted pivotal works by[[ Samuel Beckett]], [[Jorge Luis Borges]], [[Charles Bukowski]], [[William Burroughs]], [[Marguerite Duras]], [[Jean Genet]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Gunter Grass]], [[Jack Kerouac]], [[Norman Mailer]], [[Henry Miller]], [[Pablo Neruda]], Vladimir Nabokov, Frank O’Hara, Kenzaburo Oe, Octavio Paz, Harold Pinter, [[Susan Sontag]], [[Tom Stoppard]], [[Derek Walcott]], and [[Malcolm X]]. | + | ==Illustrators== |
| + | Although primarily a literary magazine, ''Evergreen Review'' always contained numerous illustrations. In its early years, these included a small number of [[cartoon]]s. By the mid-1960s, many illustrations and photographs were of an [[erotica|erotic]] nature, including a serialized graphic novel, ''[[The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist]]'' by writer [[Michael O'Donoghue]] and artist [[Frank Springer]]. It was later published as a trade paperback. | ||
| - | [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]] regularly had their writing published in the magazine. | + | ==''Evergreen'' evolution== |
| + | Ken Jordan, writing in the introduction to ''Evergreen Review Reader, 1957-1996'', described the counter-cultural contents and the impact of the publication on readers: | ||
| + | :The first issue featured an essay by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and an interview with the great New Orleans jazz drummer [[Baby Dodds]]. It also included a story of [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''Dante and the Lobster'', the first of his many appearances in ''Evergreen's'' pages; these continued through the last issue published. | ||
| - | The original Evergreen Review folded in 1973, but the magazine was revived in 1998 in an online edition edited by founder Barney Rosset and Astrid Meyer.{{GFDL}} | + | :The second issue was a landmark. A banner across the cover declared "San Francisco Scene," and inside held the first collection of work by the new Beat writers - including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, [[Gary Snyder]], [[Michael McClure]], [[Philip Whalen]], Jack Kerouac (before the publication of ''[[On The Road]]'') and Allen Ginsberg, whose ''Howl'' had already been published as a pamphlet by Ferlinghetti's press, [[City Lights Bookstore]], and was confiscated by customs officials and faced trial for obscenity in San Francisco. The issue brought the Beats and ''Evergreen Review'' to the forefront of the American stage... |
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| + | :''Evergreen'' published writing that was literally counter to the culture, and if it was sexy, so much the better. In the context of the time, sex was politics, and the powers-that-be made the suppression of sexuality a political issue. The court battles that Grove Press fought for the legal publication of ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover|Lady Chatterly's Lover]]'', ''[[Tropic of Cancer (novel)|Tropic of Cancer]]'', and ''[[Naked Lunch]]'', and for the legal distribution of the film ''[[I Am Curious (Yellow)|I Am Curious: Yellow]]'', spilled onto the pages of ''Evergreen Review'', and in 1964, an issue of ''Evergreen'' itself was confiscated in New York State by the [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] District Attorney on obscenity charges... | ||
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| + | :All of this was done on a shoestring budget by a tiny staff. Barney Rosset started the magazine with editor [[Don Allen]] and Fred Jordan, who was nominally the business manager in its early days. [[Richard Seaver]] joined the editorial team with the ninth issue, and Don Allen stepped back to become a contributing editor. Publication increased from quarterly to bimonthly to, in the late sixties, monthly, and the format changed from trade paperback to a full-sized, glossy magazine attaining a subscription base of some 40,000 copies and a newsstand circulation of 1000,000. The final issue, number 96, came out in 1973. | ||
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| + | ==Online== | ||
| + | The original ''Evergreen Review'' ceased publication in 1973, but the magazine was revived in 1998 in an online edition edited by founder [[Barney Rosset]] and his wife Astrid Myers. The online edition features flashbacks to previous '' Evergreen Review'' editions, as well as debuts by contemporary writers such as [[Dennis Nurkse]] and [[Giannina Braschi]]. Many issues are currently available online. | ||
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| + | Other notable contributors to the new issues include [[Richard Cummings (writer)|Richard Cummings]], [[Karl Taro Greenfeld]], [[Valery Oişteanu]], [[Carmen Firan]], [[Andrew Huebner]], Samuel Beckett, [[Henry Miller]], [[Alan Kaufman]], and [[Richard Milazzo]], among others. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *''[[New World Writing]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Moody Street Irregulars]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Donald_D._Lorenzen#Evergreen_Review|Donald D. Lorenzen]] (1920–80), Los Angeles City Council member, 1969–77, had ''Evergreen Review'' removed from library shelves | ||
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Evergreen Review is a U.S.-based literary magazine founded by Barney Rosset, publisher of Grove Press. It existed in print from 1957 through 1973, and was re-launched online in 1998. Its diversity can be seen in the March-April 1960 issue, which included work by Albert Camus, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bertolt Brecht and LeRoi Jones, as well as Edward Albee's first play, The Zoo Story. The Camus piece was a reprint of "Reflections on the Guillotine", first published in English in the Review in 1957 and reprinted on this occasion as the magazine's "contribution to the world-wide debate on the problem of capital punishment and, more specifically, the case of Caryl Whittier Chessman."
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Writers
Evergreen Review debuted pivotal works by Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Marguerite Duras, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Günter Grass, Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Henry Miller, Pablo Neruda, Vladimir Nabokov, Frank O’Hara, Kenzaburo Oe, Octavio Paz, Harold Pinter, Susan Sontag, Tom Stoppard, Derek Walcott and Malcolm X. United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas wrote a controversial piece for the magazine in 1969. Kerouac and Ginsberg regularly had their writing published in the magazine.
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Illustrators
Although primarily a literary magazine, Evergreen Review always contained numerous illustrations. In its early years, these included a small number of cartoons. By the mid-1960s, many illustrations and photographs were of an erotic nature, including a serialized graphic novel, The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist by writer Michael O'Donoghue and artist Frank Springer. It was later published as a trade paperback.
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Evergreen evolution
Ken Jordan, writing in the introduction to Evergreen Review Reader, 1957-1996, described the counter-cultural contents and the impact of the publication on readers:
- The first issue featured an essay by Jean-Paul Sartre and an interview with the great New Orleans jazz drummer Baby Dodds. It also included a story of Samuel Beckett's Dante and the Lobster, the first of his many appearances in Evergreen's pages; these continued through the last issue published.
- The second issue was a landmark. A banner across the cover declared "San Francisco Scene," and inside held the first collection of work by the new Beat writers - including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Jack Kerouac (before the publication of On The Road) and Allen Ginsberg, whose Howl had already been published as a pamphlet by Ferlinghetti's press, City Lights Bookstore, and was confiscated by customs officials and faced trial for obscenity in San Francisco. The issue brought the Beats and Evergreen Review to the forefront of the American stage...
- Evergreen published writing that was literally counter to the culture, and if it was sexy, so much the better. In the context of the time, sex was politics, and the powers-that-be made the suppression of sexuality a political issue. The court battles that Grove Press fought for the legal publication of Lady Chatterly's Lover, Tropic of Cancer, and Naked Lunch, and for the legal distribution of the film I Am Curious: Yellow, spilled onto the pages of Evergreen Review, and in 1964, an issue of Evergreen itself was confiscated in New York State by the Nassau County District Attorney on obscenity charges...
- All of this was done on a shoestring budget by a tiny staff. Barney Rosset started the magazine with editor Don Allen and Fred Jordan, who was nominally the business manager in its early days. Richard Seaver joined the editorial team with the ninth issue, and Don Allen stepped back to become a contributing editor. Publication increased from quarterly to bimonthly to, in the late sixties, monthly, and the format changed from trade paperback to a full-sized, glossy magazine attaining a subscription base of some 40,000 copies and a newsstand circulation of 1000,000. The final issue, number 96, came out in 1973.
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Online
The original Evergreen Review ceased publication in 1973, but the magazine was revived in 1998 in an online edition edited by founder Barney Rosset and his wife Astrid Myers. The online edition features flashbacks to previous Evergreen Review editions, as well as debuts by contemporary writers such as Dennis Nurkse and Giannina Braschi. Many issues are currently available online.
Other notable contributors to the new issues include Richard Cummings, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Valery Oişteanu, Carmen Firan, Andrew Huebner, Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, Alan Kaufman, and Richard Milazzo, among others.
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See also
- New World Writing
- Moody Street Irregulars
- Donald D. Lorenzen (1920–80), Los Angeles City Council member, 1969–77, had Evergreen Review removed from library shelves
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