Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- ARSHILE Magazine Records
- Dates:
- 1992-2005
- Creators:
- Salerno, Mark, 1956-
- Abstract:
- Records of ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts, founded in 1993 by Mark Salerno. Published biannually in Los Angeles through 1999, it featured new work by established and emerging writers and artists.
- Extent:
- 7.8 Linear feet (17 archives boxes, 1 flat box and 1 tube)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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ARSHILE Magazine Records. MSS 779. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Records of ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts, founded in 1993 by Mark Salerno. Published biannually in Los Angeles through 1999, the magazine featured new work by established and emerging writers and artists. The collection contains correspondence, manuscript drafts, drawings, photographs, ephemera, and other materials chronicling the founding and publication of the magazine.
Arranged in three series: 1) MAGAZINE FILES, 2) WRITERS AND ARTISTS FILES, and 3) MISCELLANEOUS.
- Biographical / historical:
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ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts was founded in 1993 by poet Mark Salerno in Los Angeles. The magazine's title references Arshile Gorky, a seminal figure in the New York School of painting. Published by 96 Tears Press and designed by the Ted Williams Design Group, it featured new work by both established and emerging writers in a variety of forms, including poetry, fiction, drama, essays, interviews and translations. Important contributors included Dore Ashton, Anselm, Edmund and Ted Berrigan, John Cage, Robert Creeley, Eileen Myles, Alice Notley, Carl Rakosi, Martha Ronk, Jerry Rothenberg, Paul Vangelisti, as well as poetry and translations by founder and editor Mark Salerno.
In addition to literary content, ARSHILE featured visual art on four-color covers and black-and-white art and photography on inside pages by artists such as Willem de Kooning, Nina Glaser, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Gerard Malanga, Yoko Ono, Wayne Thiebaud and Emerson Woelffer.
During the mid-nineties ARSHILE gained recognition as one of the most innovative small press magazines of its kind, comparable to fellow veteran Angelino poet Paul Vangelisti's literary magazine Ribot.
ARSHILE: A Magazine of the Arts ran biannually for eleven issues between 1993 and 1999. The magazine ceased publication after 1999 due to financial reasons.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2017-05-22 13:52:23 -0700 .
Access and use
- Terms of access:
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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
- Preferred citation:
-
ARSHILE Magazine Records. MSS 779. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Location of this collection:
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9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
- Contact:
- (858) 534-2533