New World Writing 16. [antikvár]

The first number of New World Writing appeared in 1952. Since then it has grown to be the most widely read and most discussed publication of its kind in the United States. By introducing new writers, publishing exciting new work by established writers, and maintaining a consistently high literary standard, it has compiled a notable record. It was, then, with genuine regret that we learned that New World Writing was suspending publica- tion in the spring of 1959, after the appearance of its fifteenth number. We felt very strongly that New World Writing should continue. We therefore con- sulted with Victor Weybright, Truman M. Talley and Arabel J. Porter of The New American Library of World Literature and, with their active and enthusiastic cooperation, made arrangements for the publication of future numbers of New World Writing under the Lippincott imprint, in our Key- stone paperback series. We have made our selections for Number 16 with the standards of the past very much in mind. Natu- rally, however, editorial tastes do differ. It will be noted, for example, that we have laid particular emphasis on unknown writers and first appearances. We deplore the fact that many literary magazines