GREY, Lyndoors (editor)

Swingshift - Vol.1, No.2 (Autumn, 1951)

Newark, NJ: Swingshift, 1951. First Edition. Slim octavo (17.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, some faint stress creases to wrappers; contents clean; Very Good+ or better.

Proletarian literary and art journal produced by the Writers Workshop of New Jersey, a group comprised of "working artists and writers. And when we say 'working', we mean that we work for a living at benches, counters, desks and machines just as you do. Everything in this magazine was written and drawn after we got home from work...". Contents include contributions by Anthony J. Cascone, Sylvia Kolb, Ben Turner, John Kolb, Rae Tezi, Isaiah Williams, David Fleming, John Ackerson, and others. Publication appears to have ceased after three issues. OCLC notes 10 locations with any holdings.

Price: $100.00

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