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Bananas [#7, Spring 1977] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 40p, 44pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by David Pringle.

3 · Hancock’s Last Half Hour · Heathcote Williams · pl [Tony Hancock]
7 · The Company of Wolves · Angela Carter · ss
10 · Everybody’s Mother Dies · John Wiry · ss
12 · The Dead Time · J. G. Ballard · nv
18 · Blessed Are Those Who Mourn · Sara Maitland · ss; illustrated by Hiang Kee
20 · [poem] · Bill Butler · pm
20 · [poem] · Sebastian Barker · pm
21 · The Acquittal · Lex Garage · ar
22 · [poem] · Menander · pm
22 · [poem] · Catullus · pm
22 · [poem] · Carol Rumens · pm
22 · [poem] · Peter Redgrove · pm
24 · Literary Monuments · Alan Munton · ar
25 · A Page from Lady Ottoline’s Snap Album · [Misc.] · hu; spoof.
26 · England in the ’Twentieth Century’ · Claud Cockburn · ss; a satire written from the perspective of a future Mongolian.
28 · Monuments of the Future · Peter Wollen · ss; another sf-tinged piece.; illustrated by Michael Rothenstein
30 · The Future of John Sladek · John Sladek · ss
32 · [poem] · Ruth Fainlight · pm
32 · [poem] · Peter Redgrove · pm
32 · [poem] · Elaine Feinstein · pm
33 · How to Know What You Like: A Philistine’s Guide to the National Gallery · Thomas M. Disch · ar
37 · The New Photography and How to Be Part of It · Victor Bockris · ar [Robert Maplethorpe]
38 · A Monument · Derek Boshier · il; collage.
39 · The Night It Rained · Tim Owens · ss
42 · Relativity and Grief · Ken Edwards · ss

Bananas [#8, Summer 1977] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 40p, 36pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by David Pringle.

3 · Women in Fiction: The Miserabilists · Hilary Bailey · ar; illustrated by Hiang Kee
7 · The Experiment · Josephine Saxton · ss
8 · Bat Time · Anne Redmon · ss
13 · Another Survivor · Ruth Fainlight · ss
16 · Ixion · Jorge Torres Zavaleta; translated by Martin Wilkinson · ss; a centaur fantasy by an Argentine writer.
19 · Lines · Henri Michaux · pm
20 · Pieces of Women · Rosalind Delmar · ar
22 · [poem] · Michael Horovitz · pm
22 · [poem] · M. E. Muir · pm
22 · [poem] · Michael Mackmin · pm
23 · How to Fly · Thomas M. Disch · ar; brief spoof.
24 · The Index · J. G. Ballard · ss
26 · [poem] · Frances Horovitz · pm
26 · [poem] · Daniel Weissbort · pm
26 · [poem] · William Scammell · pm
27 · [poem] · Kate Raby · pm
27 · [poem] · Peter Redgrove · pm
28 · Writers Guide · Rebecca Sharkey · ar; information for aspiring writers.
31 · Readers Guide · Peter Wollen · br; review of The Last of the Guidobaldis, by Opal Faye; Instead of Energy, by Malcolm Hill-White; and Onan’s Crime, by Euan Humphreys.
32 · Canada Made Me · Norman Levine · ss
33 · Dispossessed · I. P. Taylor · pm
34 · P.O.W. Train to Arrive from the East · Angela Elston · pm

Bananas [#9, Winter 1977] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 40pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by David Pringle.

3 · The Critical Issue · Anon. · ed
5 · The Erl-King · Angela Carter · ss
7 · Where Do You Go from Here? · James Fenton · ar
9 · [poem] · Peter Redgrove · pm
9 · [poem] · Jenny Joseph · pm
10 · Until My Blood Is Pure · Bruce Chatwin · ss
12 · Bairns · Tom Nairn · br; review of Jock Tamson’s Bairns: Essays on a Scots Childhood, ed. Trevor Royle.
15 · [poem] · Sebastian Barker · pm
15 · [poem] · James Greene · pm
15 · [poem] · Miles Burrows · pm
16 · Goodbye, Germany? · John Sladek · fa; a tongue-in-cheek piece about German suicide rates.
19 · [poem] · Janos Pilinszky · pm
19 · [poem] · Bruce Berlind · pm
19 · [poem] · Jorge Carrera Andrade · pm
19 · [poem] · Cal Clothier · pm
21 · Theatre of War · J. G. Ballard · ss
26 · [poem] · Carol Rumens · pm
26 · [poem] · Wes Magee · pm
26 · [poem] · Gail Robinson · pm
28 · Perverse Women · Lorna Sage · ar; about “Gothic” themes in women’s writing, from Mrs Radcliffe to Angela Carter.
30 · 2.5 Is the Norm · Diana Hendry · ss
31 · Property’s Progress · Rosalind Delmar · ar
31 · Sister Mary · Violet Wyndham · ar; a tiny piece.
32 · Voice Training · Tim Owens · ss
35 · [poem] · Doug Sandle · pm
35 · [poem] · Harold Pinter · pm
36 · Plastic Banana · Philip Jennings · ss
38 · Best & Worst Books of 1977 · Neil Ascherson, Angela Carter, Hilary Bailey, Peter Nicholls, Elaine Feinstein, Sara Maitland, Alan Munton & Rosalind Delmar · ar

Bananas [#10, Spring 1978] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by David Pringle.

The Murgatroyds: A Family Saga in 5 Parts
_ 3 · Breakfast with the Murgatroyds · John Sladek · ss
_ 6 · Dinner in Cambridge with the Murgatroyds · Alan Munton · ss
_ 7 · Sunday Lunch with the Murgatroyds · Hilary Bailey · ss
_ 10 · The Other Side of the Murgatroyds: High Tea · Tom Nairn · ss
_ 12 · Motoring with the Murgatroyds · Armel Coussine · ss
14 · The Spectre of Grey · Nicole Ward Jouve · ss; trans. by the author.
17 · A Life Told to Angela Carter · Anon.; translated by Naomi Brent · ar; apparently the autobiography of a Chilean woman.
18 · The Sea · Henri Michaux; translated by Louise Landes-Levi · pm
19 · The History of Publicity · Martin Wilkinson · ss
20 · Keeping Cool · Hans Magnus Enzensberger · pm; trans. by the author.
21 · The Bad Man · John Wiry · ss
22 · Rocky the Roc · Nina Barrasso · vi; a tiny piece, it reads as though written by a young child.
24 · Having a Wonderful Time · J. G. Ballard · ss
26 · Family Weddings · Penny Mortimer · vi
26 · Holiday Fables for All the Family · Anon. · hu
27 · Family Snaps & Home Movies: A Short, Inaccurate Guide · Chaval · ar
28 · Abel and Cain · Francis Wyndham · pl
29 · [drawing] · Patrick Procktor · il
29 · [drawing] · Edward Benson · il
31 · [poem] · Sinclair Beiles · pm
31 · [poem] · Ken Smith · pm
31 · [poem] · Gillian Allnutt · pm
32 · The Return of the God-Merchants · Regis Debray; translated by Armel Coussine · ar
33 · Extegration · Michael Hastings · pl; described as “a 1/3 extract from the whole text”.
35 · Discreet Lives · Mervyn Jones · ss; illustrated by Daniel Miller
38 · Poems and Prose · Neil Saunders · pm
39 · [poem] · Ruth Fainlight · pm
39 · [poem] · Jeremy Hilton · pm
39 · [poem] · Elaine Feinstein · pm
40 · [poem] · Hans Magnus Enzensberger · pm
40 · [poem] · Philip Blake · pm
40 · [poem] · Daniel Brand · pm
41 · Et in Fitzrovia Ego · Henrietta Moraes · ar
42 · Paper Page · Derek Boshier · il
43 · [poem] · Henri Michaux · pm
43 · [poem] · J. D. Greening · pm
44 · The Man Who Shot the Sky · Abdi Sheik-Abdi · ss
47 · Family Affairs · Lex Garage · ar

Bananas [#11, Summer 1978] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing, 50p, 44pp, tabloid, cover by Barbara Stepanova)
Details taken from Table of Contents. Subtitled the “Russian Issue”.

3 · Cherry Brandy · Varlan Tikhonovich Shalamov; translated by Robert Chandler · vi
5 · A Memory of Nadezhda Mandelstam · Bruce Chatwin · ms
5 · Introduction to “Journey to Armenia” · Bruce Chatwin · is
6 · Journey to Armenia · Osip Mandelstam; translated by Clarence Brown · nv; illustrated by Hiang Kee
18 · Official Art: Igor Golomshtok Interviewed · Janna Howlett · iv
21 · North Kensington · Joseph Brodsky; translated by Alan Myers · pm
21 · To a Tyrant · Joseph Brodsky; translated by Alan Myers · pm
21 · Soho · Joseph Brodsky; translated by Alan Myers · pm
21 · “I grew out of a vicious, vicious swamp” · Osip Mandelstam; translated by James Greene · pm
24 · “In the choir a girl was singing” · Blok · pm
24 · The Face of the Horse · Nikolay Zabolotsky; translated by James Greene · pm
24 · “Night howled, whirled, blared” · Vinokurov; translated by James Greene · pm
25 · Snake · Afanasy Fet; translated by James Greene · pm
25 · Signs · Afanasy Fet; translated by James Greene · pm
25 · On Some Themes of Fet’s · James Greene · pm
26 · The Confidence, Authority and Assurance of the Women Poets · Elaine Feinstein · ar
30 · Letters to Boris Pasternak · Marina Tsvetayeva; translated by Elaine Feinstein · lt [Boris Pasternak]
32 · The Desk · Marina Tsvetayeva; translated by Elaine Feinstein · pm
33 · Catapult · Vassily Aksyonov; translated by Vera Traill · ss
36 · Wool Over the Eyes · Andrey Platonov; translated by Robert Chandler · ss
37 · Metamorphoses · Nikolay Zabolotsky; translated by James Greene · pm
38 · The Head · Ted Hughes · ss

Bananas [#12, Autumn 1978] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by David Pringle.

2 · Editorial · Abigail Mozley · ed; rambles over two pages and mentions menstruation several times.
4 · Lunchtime. Nothing in the Least Unusual · Leila Salem · ss; illustrated by Hiang Kee
9 · Haji Morad · Sadiq Hidayat; translated by Shusha · ss
10 · The Courting of Belladonna · Harriet Rose · pm
11 · [poem] · Pete Morgan · pm
11 · [poem] · Victoria Feaver · pm
12 · [poem] · Chas Russon · pm
12 · [poem] · J. P. Ward · pm
12 · [poem] · M. Belanger Stowell · pm
13 · [poem] · Stefan Duda · pm
13 · [poem] · Janet Montefiore · pm
14 · Among the Bumblebees · Sylvia Plath · ss; apparently another of Plath’s unpublished “women’s slick” stories.
16 · [poems] · Peter Redgrove · pm
17 · [poems] · Abigail Mozley · pm
18 · Threadball · Lorna Tracy · ss
20 · [poem] · Libby Houston · pm
20 · [poem] · Ian McMillan · pm
21 · [poem] · Maura Dooley · pm
21 · [poem] · Joseph Roberts · pm
21 · [poem] · Fleur Adcock · pm
21 · [poem] · Michael Smith · pm
21 · [poem] · Ruth Fainlight · pm
22 · The Fountain · Dai Vaughan · ss
24 · Drawings · Julian Rothenstein · il
26 · Disgusting: A Tale of Bygone Days · Hilary Bailey · ss; dedicated “For James Cawthorn”.
29 · [poem] · Tony Watts · pm
29 · [poem] · Jane Deverson · pm
29 · [poem] · Marilyn Hacker · pm
30 · Tokyo Inventory · Angela Carter · ar
33 · [poem] · Cal Clothier · pm
33 · [poem] · Libby Houston · pm
34 · Motel Architecture · J. G. Ballard · ss
38 · The Hospital Show · G. P. Vimal; translated by K. P. Saradhi · ss
40 · Vultures · Sarah McCoy · ss; illustrated by Albert Reichenbach
42 · The Outlook for the Novel · Mervyn Jones · br; review of Fiction and the Fiction Industry, by J. A. Sutherland, and Literature in the Market Place, by Per Gedin.
44 · She Told Me Everything: Confession and Women’s Literature · Helen McNeil · ar

Bananas [#13, January/February 1979] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by Mike Holliday.

3-5 · High Wire · Dai Vaughan · ss
6-7 · Kneeling Figure (A) and (B) · Gabriel Josipovici · ss
8 · [poem] · Tony Curtis · pm
8 · [poem] · Geoffrey Adkins · pm
8 · [poem] · William Scammell · pm
9 · [poem] · Kit Wright · pm
9 · [poem] · Martyn Wiley · pm
10-12 · Conquistador · Sara Maitland · ss
13 · [poem] · Marilyn Hacker · pm
13 · [poem] · Penelope Shuttle · pm
13 · [poem] · Christopher Kypreos · pm
14-15 · Spite · Elaine Feinstein · ss
16-19 · What to Wear for the Passage · Ted Polhemus · ss
20-21 · The Bridegroom · Angela Carter · ss
23-24 · The Hard Stone · John Atkins · ss
25 · [poem] · Miles Burrows · pm
25 · [poem] · Nicki Jackowska · pm
25 · [poem] · Tony Curtis · pm
26 · [poem] · Gillian Allnutt · pm
26 · [poem] · William Scammell · pm
27-28 · The Bells Are Ringing · Martin Bax · ss
29 · [poem] · Jehane Markham · pm
29 · [poem] · Ron Butlin · pm
29 · [poem] · Eric Mathieson · pm
30-32 · Dancer · Kevin Stratford · ss
33 · [poem] · Abigail Mozley · pm
34-35 · Going Back · Elizabeth Baines · ss
36-37 · Some Mysteries of Birth, Death and Population · John Sladek · ss
38 · [poem] · Jenny Joseph · pm
38 · [poem] · Tony Curtis · pm
38 · [poem] · Marilyn Hacker · pm
39-40 · Margaret · Leonie Rushforth · ss
41 · [poem] · Penelope Shuttle · pm
41 · [poem] · Eric Mathieson · pm
42 · Blockage Before Dawn · Richard Martin · ss
43 · [poem] · Abigail Mozley · pm

Bananas [#14, Spring 1979] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by Mike Holliday.

3-6 · Sam · Sophie Behrens · ss
8 · [poems] · Ian Burton · pm
9 · [poem] · J. D. Greening · pm
9 · [poem] · Balfour Brown · pm
11 · Kangaroo · Glenda Adams · ss
12-15 · Two Caribou · Tom Lowenstein · ss
16-17 · The Hornbill · Alison Saxby · ss
18 · The Piano · Sarah McCoy · ss
19 · [poem] · Elizabeth Finch · pm
19 · [poem] · Neville Hodgson · pm
19 · [poem] · Maura D. Dooley · pm
20-21 · Russian Birthdays · Anthony Edkins · ss
21 · [poems] · Peter Redgrove · pm
22 · Basic Particulars · William Scammell · ss
24-25 · Taking Possession · Adrian Poole · ss
26 · The Gate of a Great Mansion · Alan Sillitoe · ss
27 · [poem] · Martin Booth · pm
27 · [poem] · Helen Dunmore · pm
28-29 · What Happened to the Woman? · R. M. Lamming · ss
31 · [poem] · Jenny Joseph · pm
31 · [poems] · Elizabeth Beel · pm
31 · [poems] · Thomas A. Clarke · pm
32 · [poem] · Peter Redgrove · pm
33-34 · Freeman Awaiting · Tym Manley · ss
35 · [poem] · Yehuda Amichai · pm
36-38 · Doris Lessing · Leonie Rushforth · ar
39 · Burroughs · Adrian Poole · ar

Bananas [#15, Early Summer 1979] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid)
Spanish / South American issue. Details supplied by Mike Holliday.

3-7 · Fragment from Casa de Campo · José Donoso · ss
8 · [poem] · Leon Felipe · pm
8 · [poem] · Vicente Aleixandre · pm
8 · [poem] · Jorge Luis Borges · pm
9 · [poems] · Manuel Bandeira · pm
10-13 · Neck of a Small Black Cat · Julio Cortázar · ss
13 · [poems] · Jose Lezama Lima · pm
14 · [poem] · Olivero Girondo · pm
15 · [poems] · Maria Alberta Meneres · pm
16-19 · When You Return to Region · Juan Benet · ss
20 · [poems] · Alvaro Pombo · pm
23-26 · Liberty or Faith · Octavio Paz · ar
27 · [poems] · Cesar Vallejo · pm
27 · [poems] · Thito Valenzuela · pm
28-29 · [poems] · Luis Cernuda · pm
30-31 · Dictating Latin American Letters · Gordon Brotherston · ar
32-33 · Victora Jara and the New Chilean Song Movement · Anon. · iv
34-35 · Donoso & Cannibalism · William Rowe · ar
36-39 · The Third Resignation · Gabriel García Márquez · ss
39 · [poems] · Menchu Gutierrez · pm
39 · [poems] · Felix de Azua · pm

Bananas [#16, Late Summer 1979] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid)
Details supplied by Mike Holliday.

3-7 · A Friend in Italy · Damien Doorley · ss
8 · [poem] · Thomas A. Clark · pm
8 · [poem] · Aileen La Tourette · pm
8 · [poem] · Val Warner · pm
9 · [poem] · Kate Raby · pm
9 · [poem] · R. C. Leanse · pm
10 · Dancing · Patricia Connolly · ss
11 · Delivery · Patricia Connolly · ss
12-13 · [poem] · Jon Silkin · pm
14 · [poems] · William Palmer · pm
14 · [poems] · Loren Schwartz · pm
15-19 · 17th Century Portraits · John Atkins · ss
20 · [poem] · Jon Mackenzie · pm
20 · [poem] · Allen Afterman · pm
20 · [poem] · Michael Smith · pm
25-26 · The Holiday We Lost Kenneth · Bryony Lavery · ss
26 · [poem] · Ruth Fainlight · pm
27-31 · The Screen · Timothy Weston · ss
32 · [poem] · Ken Abustani · pm
32 · [poem] · Stewart Brown · pm
33 · Moments in a Journey · Ron Butlin · ss
34 · The Paper Seller · Keith Atkinson · ss
35 · I’s Search · Alan Passes Pazolski · ss
35 · [poem] · John Barnie · pm
36-38 · The Hottest Night of the Century · Glenda Adams · ss
39-40 · Another Episode · Elizabeth Baines · ss
41 · [poem] · Gillian Allnutt · pm
41 · [poem] · Martin Booth · pm
41 · [poem] · Sara Boyes · pm
42-43 · Afternoon Tea · Diana Hendry · ss
43 · [poem] · John Barnie · pm

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