THE LYRIC.
Lyric.
New York. December 1917 through February 1919. I:6: II:1,2,3/4; III:1,2. Six issues. Printed and decorated wrappers. A bit of tanning, but generally very good. Edited by Samuel Roth. Began May 1917, suspended Mar.- Dec. 1918, and ceased publication after the July/Aug. 1919 issue. Monthly/bimonthly. Unlike several periodicals with a similar or identical title, this little magazine is of notable consequence, having grown beyond its immediate association with Columbia Univ., and expanded to include a decent range of contributors, including here D.H. Lawrence, Arturo Giovannitti, J.P. Bishop, Deutsch, J. Erskine, Zangwill, M. Josephson, a couple of Benets, Fletcher, E.A. Robinson, E. Carnevalli, Suckow, et al. An interesting prelude to Roth's career as pirate / publisher/ sleaze merchant, and seemingly uncommon, though perhaps only because issues tend to get tossed into the dark recesses of bins with the incredibly dismal poetry periodicals with similar titles. HOFFMAN, et al, p.252.
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The Significant 'LYRIC'