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Bananas [No. 4, Spring 1976] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 30p, 40pp, tabloid) [DP]

3 · The English Enigma · Tom Nairn · ar
6 · The Hanging Match · Claud Cockburn · br; review of Albion’s Fatal Tree, by Douglas Hay and others.
9 · Friendship’s Death · Peter Wollen · ss
12 · You’re Only Famous for Fifteen Minutes · Ron Rees · ss
15 · The Night-School Dead · Miles Gibson · vi
16 · Homage to Salami · Clare Peploe · iv [Bernardo Bertolucci]; interview with Bernardo Bertolucci.
18 · poem · Ruth Fainlight · pm
18 · poem · Frances Horowitz · pm
18 · poem · Penelope Shuttle · pm
19 · The Love Beast · Heathcote Williams · ar
20 · Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown · J. G. Ballard · ss
22 · Bananas Manifesto: Decipherment Supplement · Misc. Material · ms; unclassifiable.
23 · Pronouncitations · Tim Owens · pl
24 · The Sad Lexicographer and the Great Dictionary of Zinacantan · Alexander Cockburn · vi
25 · A Short Story · Jeff Instone · ms; unclassifiable.
27 · The Rebus Version of Mein Kampf · John Sladek · ms; unclassifiable.
28 · Rongo Rongo · Elaine Feinstein · vi
29 · A Scandinavian Tall Story · James Greene · pm
30 · The Devil’s Invoice · Larry Winters · vi
30 · A Change in Warden Chefferson · David Pownall · vi
31 · The Ship’s Doctor: A Politico-Medico Examination · Chandler Brossard · ss
32 · The Tale of the Winter Campaign · Roger Howard · ss
34 · Regent’s Park Sonnets · Marilyn Hacker · pm; sequence of nine sonnets.
35 · An Evening of Poetry · James Berry · ss
39 · Women and the Law · Alexa Garage · ar
Bananas [No. 5, Summer 1976] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 40p, 36pp, tabloid) [DP]

3 · Ear to the Ground · Alan Sillitoe · ss; illus. Muriel MacKenzie
5 · Nine Years Is a Long Time · Norah Hoult · ss, 1938; “First published in 1938. Reprinted with kind permission of Wm. Heinemann and Sons”.
8 · The Burning Bush · Anthony Burgess · pm, 1976; from Moses: A Narrative Poem, Dempsey & Squires, 1976.
11 · Big Hand at Four · Hilary Bailey · ss
14 · The Healing Process · Max Egremont · ss
15 · The Man with the Heavy Pyjamas · Wendy Owen · vi
16 · Rich Mac, Poor Mac: The Scottish Dilemma · Tom Nairn · ar
18 · The 60 Minute Zoom · J. G. Ballard · ss
20 · Poems · Daniel Brand · pm
21 · Undecember · John Sladek · ss; illus. Pam Zoline
23 · January · Ruth Fainlight · pm
24 · Janus’s Time · Emma Tennant · ss
25 · February 17 · Ted Hughes · pm
26 · April in Ponte Leccia · Martin Ryle · vi
· Summer Poems
_ 27 · poem · Elaine Feinstein · pm
_ 27 · poem · Brian Patten · pm
_ 27 · poem · Jeremy Hilton · pm
_ 27 · poem · Mimnermus · pm
28 · Oedipus and Father Time · Angela Carter · vi
29 · But for This... · Lajos Zilahy · ss Esquire Oct ’35
30 · Doing Time · Lex Garage · ar
31 · November Exchanges · Tim Owens · pl; dialogues.
32 · Andromeda · Sara Maitland · ss
35 · poem · Libby Houston · pm
35 · poem · Jenny Joseph · pm
35 · poem · Michael Horovitz · pm
35 · poem · Philip Mahoney · pm
Bananas [No. 6, Autumn/Winter 1976] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 40p, 40pp, tabloid) [DP]

3 · A Climate of Warm Indifference · Martin Seymour-Smith · ar; illus. Edward Bawden
8 · The Smile · J. G. Ballard · ss
11 · Tiger Jack · Jose Martin-Artajo; trans. by Frances Partridge · ex
13 · Speak · Stephen Dixon · ss
14 · Pancake’s Latest Work · Martin Ryle · ss; illus. Muriel MacKenzie
16 · Rock · Duncan Fallowell · ss; “From Cannibalism, a work in progress.”
17 · After Flaubert · John Sladek · ss; illus. Judith Clute
19 · The Mystery of Landau · Peter Wollen · ss
20 · Literary Fac’s · Misc. Material · ar
21 · American Fac’s · Claud Cockburn · ar
22 · Meeting Henry James · Muriel Draper · ex, 1929; from Music at Midnight, by Muriel Draper, Heinemann, 1929.
23 · Meeting Allen Ginsberg · Miles · ar
24 · The Passing of the Syllogistic Mummers · Robert Meadley · ss
25 · Divination by Hair · Ruth Fainlight · pm
26 · On Your Knees and Drink, He Said · David Hughes · ss
27 · Two Elements · Jenny Joseph · pm
28 · Tokyo Diary · Angela Carter · vi
29 · poem · Ken Smith · pm
29 · poem · Sebastian Barker · pm
29 · poem · Murray Carlin · pm
29 · poem · Paul St. Vincent · pm
29 · poem · Henry Woolf · pm
30 · From Gaudette · Ted Hughes · pm
31 · My Mother · Sibilla Aleramo; trans. by Rosalind Delmar · ex, 1906; from Una Donna, Rome, 1906.
32 · Drought · Elaine Feinstein · ss
33 · Harborough Rocks · Libby Houston · pm
34 · Lucinda: A Modern Love Story · John Robinson · ss
34 · Poems · Peter Redgrove · pm
37 · A Family Walking · Miles Gibson · vi
37 · Relief · Matthew Yorke · vi
Bananas [No. 7, Spring 1977] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 40p, 44pp, tabloid) [DP] 3 · Hancock’s Last Half Hour · Heathcote Williams · pl [Tony Hancock]; about the comedian 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; illus. 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. Material · 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.; illus. 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]; about 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 [No. 8, Summer 1977] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 40p, 36pp, tabloid) [DP]

3 · Women in Fiction: The Miserabilists · Hilary Bailey · ar; illus. 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; trans. 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; on the page, the author’s byline is given as Tom Disch.
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 [No. 9, Winter 1977] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 40pp, tabloid) [DP]

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 · ar; 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 [No.10, Spring 1978] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid) [DP] · 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.; trans. by Naomi Brent · ar; apparently the autobiography of a Chilean woman. 18 · The Sea · Henri Michaux; trans. 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; trans. 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; illus. 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 [No.11, Summer 1979] ed. Emma Tennant (Bananas Publishing, 50p, 44pp, tabloid, cover by Barbara Stepanova) Subtitled the “Russian Issue”. [PSP] 3 · Cherry Brandy · Varlan Tikhonovich Shalamov; trans. 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; trans. by Clarence Brown · nv; illus. Hiang Kee 18 · Official Art: Igor Golomshtok Interviewed · Janna Howlett · iv [Igor Golomshtok] 21 · North Kensington · Joseph Brodsky; trans. by Alan Myers · pm 21 · To a Tyrant · Joseph Brodsky; trans. by Alan Myers · pm 21 · Soho · Joseph Brodsky; trans. by Alan Myers · pm 21 · “I grew out of a vicious, vicious swamp” · Osip Mandelstam; trans. by James Greene · pm 24 · “In the choir a girl was singing” · Blok · pm 24 · The Face of the Horse · Nikolay Zabolotsky; trans. by James Greene · pm 24 · “Night howled, whirled, blared” · Vinokurov; trans. by James Greene · pm 25 · Snake · Afanasy Fet; trans. by James Greene · pm 25 · Signs · Afanasy Fet; trans. 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; trans. by Elaine Feinstein · lt [Boris Pasternak] 32 · The Desk · Marina Tsvetayeva; trans. by Elaine Feinstein · pm 33 · Catapult · Vassily Aksyonov; trans. by Vera Traill · ss 36 · Wool Over the Eyes · Andrey Platonov; trans. by Robert Chandler · ss 37 · Metamorphoses · Nikolay Zabolotsky; trans. by James Greene · pm 38 · The Head · Ted Hughes · ss
Bananas [No.12, Autumn 1978] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid) [DP]

2 · Editorial · Abigail Mozley · ed; (rambles over two pages and mentions menstruation several times)
4 · Lunchtime. Nothing in the Least Unusual · Leila Salem · ss; illus. Hiang Kee
9 · Haji Morad · Sadiq Hidayat; trans. 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; trans. by K. P. Saradhi · ss
40 · Vultures · Sarah McCoy · ss; illus. 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 [No.13, January/February 1979] ed. Abigail Mozley (Bananas Publishing; London, 50p, 48pp, tabloid) [MH2] 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

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