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Brian C. Felder small press poetry archive

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Brian C. Felder (1945-2021) was an American poet who had over 400 poems published in small press periodicals and anthologies between 1969 and 2021.

Felder was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1965 and served a 13-month tour of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, before returning to Milwaukee. He began writing poetry in 1968.

From 1969-1971, Felder was co-editor with Cynthia d'Este Dahlke of

The Bummer, a Milwaukee-based journal that ran for four issues, with cover art by underground comic artist Denis Kitchen.

Felder received his Bachelor of Arts and Master's of Library Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), and worked in the UWM bookstore for many years. He moved to Delaware in 1993.

In 2021, his first poetry collection,

Plain Big Words, was published by Wild Shores Press.

Biographical information derived from the collection and conversations with Brian C. Felder.

The Brian C. Felder small press poetry archive contains periodicals and anthologies in which Felder's poems were published, his correspondence with editors, logs and indices of his publication and submission history, directories and publications about small press publishers from the early 1970s, and material related to the Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers (COSMEP).

The collection contains issues of 146 literary journals and magazines published between 1969 and 2021. The majority of the periodicals were published after 2000, and include

Art:Mag (edited by Peter Magliocco), Shemom, The Pegasus Review, and WestWard Quarterly. Publications from the 1970s and 1980s include many Milwaukee-based alternative and countercultural publications, such as Ambrosia, edited by Eddie Silentwalker Hymes, Milwaukee Review, edited by Ralph Larsen, Milwaukee Road Review, founded by Todd McMahon, and Shore Review, edited by Kenn Kwint. The collection includes all four issues of The Bummer (1969-1971), as well as paste-ups of its interior layouts. Three poetry anthologies, and Felder's own book of collection poems, Plain Big Words, are also included.

Felder maintained files of correspondence for most of his published poetry. These files contain submission letters, copies of the submitted poems, acceptance letters, and, in some cases, more extensive discussions about poetry and publishing with the magazines' editors.

Records of Felder's poetry submissions -- both acceptances and rejections -- can be found in the indices and logs he maintained. A file labeled "Miscellaneous poetry correspondence worth preserving" contains a small number of rejection letters from 2006 to 2019.

COSMEP materials date from 1971 to 1975 and consist of newsletters, membership lists,

The Whole COSMEP Catalog (1973), and letters from Richard Morris, a director of COSMEP and publisher of Camels Coming Press. Morris's letters mostly concern COSMEP business and touch on the challenges of running the organization. An August 16, 1971, letter includes his thoughts on publishing unknown poets and poems that might offend readers.

The collection also contains issues of the

Directory of Small Magazine/Press Editors and Publishers, the Directory of Little Magazines, Small Presses & Underground Newspapers, and Margins: A Review of Little Magazines and Small Press Books, edited by Tom Montag and Dave Buege.

The collection is arranged in three categories: Publications (copies of publications and associated correspondence files); Records of poetry submissions; and Small press information.

The text of this web page can be reused and modified under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Boxes 1-8: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons Box 9: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches) Box 10: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (18 inches)

Gift of Brian C. Felder, 2021.

Processed and encoded by Kit Fluker, June-July 2022.

The following were removed and cataloged with imprints in Special Collections. They can be accessed by searching the library catalog.

Ackerman, Wes.

Media. Eugene, Or.: Break-through Influence, 1971.

Kruchkow, Diane, and Curt Johnson, editors.

Green Isle in the Sea: An Informal History of the Alternative Press, 1960-85. December, Vol. 27. Highland Park, Ill.: December Press, 1986.

Lueders, Bill, editor.

Gathering Place of the Waters: 30 Milwaukee Poets. Milwaukee, Wis.: Gathering Place, 1983.

Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections.
Finding Aid Date
2022 July 18
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Publications are arranged alphabetically. A correspondence file is present for each periodical and anthology unless otherwise indicated. Correspondence is located in boxes 7 and 8.

96 Inc., 2000-2001.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

The 2000-2001 issue.

Adelaide, 2019.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Year V, No. 28.

Ambrosia, 1986.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1, No. 3. No correspondence file.

Amulet, 2009-2010.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

7 issues: Vol. 6, No. 42; Vol. 6, No. 44; Vol. 6, No. 49; Vol. 6, No. 50; Vol. 7, No. 54; Vol. 7, No. 55; Vol. 7, No. 56.

Apocalypse, 1998.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 5 (Spring).

Appearances, 2001.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 27.

Art:Mag, 2001-2021.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

19 issues: No.s 29-44 (including 36-A), 001 (2 copies), 002.

Art Times, 2013.
Box 10 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 29, No. 4

Artifact Nouveau, 2020.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 4

Askew, 2013-2017.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 14, 16, 19, 20.

Atlanta Review, 2015.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 22, No. 1

Atlantic Pacific Press, 2009.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 2, No. 4

Aurorean, 2014-2015.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 17, No. 1; Vol. 19, No. 2.

Avocet, 2009-2010.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 13, No. 1; Vol. 13, No. 2.

Backstreet, 2007.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 9.

Barbaric Yawp, 2012.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 16, No. 2.

Beatlick News, 2007-2010.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 2, No. 36; Vol. 2, No. 41; Vol. 3. No. 5.

Big Muddy, 2006, 2015.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 6, No. 1; Vol. 15, No. 2.

Black Book Press, 2009.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 47.

Blackwidows Web of Poetry, 2004, 2006, 2007.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

3 issues: 15; 22; 24 and 25.

The Blindman's Rainbow, 2000.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 3.

Blood and Thunder, 2013.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 13.

Broad River Review, 2013.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 45 (Spring).

Bugle-American, 1976.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Vol. 7, No. 21. No correspondence file.

Scope and Contents

No.s 1, 2, 3, and 4.

No.s 1-4.
Box 1
Paste-ups.
Box 8
California State Poetry Quarterly, 1996.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Vol. 23, No. 2. No correspondence file.

Calliope, 2015.
Box 1 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 147, 148, 149.

Capper's, 2008.
Box 10 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 130, No. 1.

The Chaffin Journal, 2010.
Box 1 Box 7
No.s 90, 92, 96.
Box 10
No.s 98, 103, 112/113, 118.
Box 2
Correspondence.
Box 7
Clackamas Literary Review, 2013.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 17.

Clark Street Review, 2001-2010.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

7 issues: No.s 15, 20, 50, 57, 62, 66, 67.

Coffee-Ground Breakfast, 2012-2013.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

5 issues: Vol. 2, No. 4; Vol. 2, No. 5; Vol. 2, No. 6; Vol. 3, No. 2; Vol. 3, No. 3.

Colere, 2017.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 17.

Conceit Magazine, 2009-2010.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 3, No. 25; Vol. 3, No. 30; Vol. 4, No. 37.

Connecticut River Review, 2014-2017.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

4 issues: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.

Cotyledon, 2001.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 20.

Delmarva Quarterly, 2005-2006, 2009.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

4 issues: Vol. 3, No. 4; Vol. 5, No. 2; Vol. 7., No. 3; Vol. 8, No. 2.

Drama Garden, 2006.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 3.

Dreamstreets, 1994.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 38.

Edison Literary Review, 2017.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 16, No. 1.

Eighth International Anthology on Paradoxism, 2007-2013.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

This volume was published online only in 2013. Copies of Felder's poem can be found in the correspondence file.

Elephant, 2011-2015.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Fall 2011; Fall 2013; July 2015.

Evening Street Review, 2019.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 20.

Fine Lines, 2019-2020.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

4 issues: Vol. 28, No. 3; Vol 28, No. 4; Vol. 29, No. 1; Vol. 29, No. 2.

Flint Hills Review, 2016.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 21

Footprints Magazine, 1999.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 2, No. 2.

Front Range Review, 2016.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Spring 2016.

The Gihon River Review, 2010.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 15.

Glimpse, 2021.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 53, 54.

Harmony, 2004.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 8, No. 5.

Heeltap, 2007-2010.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 12, 14.

Home Planet News, 2009.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Issue 63 (Vol. 17, No. 1).

The Homestead Review, 2009.
Box 2 Box 7
The Humanist, 2013-2014, 2017.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

3 issues: Vol. 73, No. 6; Vol. 74, No. 1; Vol. 74, No. 2; and a printout of a poem published on TheHumanist.com in 2017. Vo. 73, No. 6 contains published letters from Felder, rather than a poem.

Icon, 1999, 2007-2016.
Box 2 Box 7
Scope and Contents

5 issues: Vol. 33, No. 2 (1999); 2007; 2009; 2011; 2016.

Iconoclast, 2007-2017.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 97, 102, 109, 115.

Idiolect, 1998.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

No. 2. This issue was sent to Felder by Chrisopher Helvey; it does not contain a poem by Felder. (See

Trajectory correspondence from 2021).
Inscape, 2013.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 38.

Kyezine, 1997.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 6.

A Lake Country Christmas, 1984.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Vol. 3. No correspondence file.

Last Call: The Anthology of Beer, Wine & Spirits Poetry, 2018.
Box 3 Box 7
The Laughing Dog, 2008, 2011.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 16, 20.

The League of Laboring Poets, 2008.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 3, No. 1.

The Licking River Review, 2006-2007.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 38 (Winter-Spring).

The Little Balkans Review, 2014.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 6, No. 2.

Lullwater Review, 2011.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 22, No. 1.

Lummox Journal, 2002, 2006.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 8, No. 4; Vol. 12, No. 4.

Mad Poets Review, 2007.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 21.

The Más Tequila Review, 2015.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 21.

Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, 2003, 2009.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1, No. 1; Vol. 6.

miller's pond, 2002.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 1.

Milwaukee Review, 1981.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1, No. 6. No correspondence file.

Milwaukee Road Review, 1980-1983.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

No.s 1-4. No correspondence file.

misfitmagazine, 2019.
Box 7
Scope and Contents

The issue in which Felder was published (No. 27) was online only. A copy of Felder's poem is in the correspondence file.

Möbius: The Poetry Magazine, 1999, 2009.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 12, No. 1; Vol. 24.

Muse Literary Journal, 2020.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 34 (Spring).

Nanny Fanny Poetry Magazine, 2003.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 16.

Neologisms, 1997.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 4.

Nerve Cowboy, 2014, 2019, 2020.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 36, 46, 47.

Of Burgers & Barrooms (A Main Street Rag Anthology), 2017.
Box 3 Box 7
Old Red Kimono, 2000-2020.
Box 3 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No.s 29, 35, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49.

The Other Herald, 2014.
Box 4 Box 7
Scope and Contents

No. 54.

Out of Line, 2009.
Box 4 Box 7
Scope and Contents

10th edition.

Out of Our, 2010.
Box 4 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Year 2, Volume 8.

Owen Wister Review, 2013.
Box 4 Box 7
The Pacific Review, 2009.
Box 4 Box 7
Scope and Contents

Vol. 27 (Spring).

Pegasus, 2009-2012.
Box 4 Box 7
Scope and Contents

14 issues: Vol. 24, No.s 3-4; Vol. 25, No.s 1-4; Vol. 26, No.s 1-4; Vol. 27, No.s 1-4.

The Pegasus Review, 2004-2011.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

16 issues: July/August 2004; November/December 2004; March/April 2006; May/June 2006; September/October 2006; July 2007; January 2009; July 2009; October 2009; January 2010; April 2010; July 2010; October 2010; April 2011; July 2011; October 2011.

Perceptions, 2016-2020.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

3 issues: 2016, 2018, 2019. Also included is a printout of Felder's poem published online in 2020.

Perfume River Poetry Review, 2016-2017.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No.s 4, 5.1, 5.2.

Pink Cadillac, 2001.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 1.

Plain Big Words, 2021.
Box 4
Plainsongs, 2016.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 36, No. 3.

Pleasant Living, 2007.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 21, No. 5.

Poesia, 2005-2006.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 3, No. 1; Vol. 4, No. 1.

Poetry Explosion Newsletter, 2006-2019.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

April 2006; October 2012; October 2017; October 2019.

Poetry Letter and Literary Review, 2009.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 2.

Poets' Espresso Review, 2021.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 14, No. 2.

poetsespresso, 2009-2010.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 24; Vol. 6, No. 25 (galleys and photocopies).

Poiesis Review, 2019.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 7.

Quest, 2007.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 10.

Red Owl, 2003.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 10.

The Rejected Quarterly, 1998.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1, No. 1.

River Poets Journal, 2008, 2010.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 2, No. 3; Vol. 4, No. 3.

River Run, 2001.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Summer 2001.

RiverSedge, 2007, 2009.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 20, No. 1; Vol. 22, No. 2.

The Rockford Review, 2012-2019.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

5 issues: Vol. 31, No. 1; Vol. 32, No. 1; Vol. 33, No. 1; Vol. 33, No. 2; Vol. 38, No. 1.

Rockhurst Review, 2013.
Box 4 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 26.

Schuylkill Valley Journal, 2007.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 24.

Seems, 2019.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 53.

Shemom, 2008-2020.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

15 issues: 31, 35, 36, 41, 43, 46, 51, 54, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65.

Shepherd Express, 1991.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Vol. 11, No. 18. No correspondence file.

Ship of Fools, 2013-2018.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No.s 65, 67, 71, 75, 78.

The Shore Review, 1973.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

No. 8 and 9 (1 issue). No correspondence file.

Shoreline Lieutenant, 2013.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1, No. 1. No correspondence file.

Slipstream, 2003.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 23.

Snail Mail Review, 2013.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 5.

Sobotka Literary Magazine, 2017.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 6.

Soul Fountain, 2001-2002, 2007.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No.s 10, 13, 32.

Soundings Review, 2010.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1.

Spaceball Ricochet, 1991-1992.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

No. 14. No correspondence file.

Spare Change News, 2009-2010.
Box 10 Box 8
Scope and Contents

March 11-25, 2009; April 22-May 5, 2010; May 6-20, 2010.

Spare Change News Poems: An Anthology of Homeless People and those Touched by Homelessness, 2018.
Box 5
Spirit, Metro Detroit's Monthly Arts & Information Magazine, 1992.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Vol. 4, No. 4. No correspondence file.

Stagebill, 1993.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

March 1993. No correspondence file.

Studio Seven, 1979.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Spring 1979. No correspondence file.

Sun Poetic Times, 2003.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 4, No. 9.

Tacenda, 2003-2004.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 1; Vol. 6, No. 1.

Talking River Review, 2020.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 48 (Spring).

The Taylor Trust, 2009-2010.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 4 (September-February).

Thema, 2011.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 23, No. 3.

Thorny Locust, 2007, 2013-2020.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

7 issues: 15, 20, 21.2, 23.1, 24.1, 25, 26.

Trajectory, 2013-2020.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No.s 6, 8, 14, 18, 21.

Unarmed Journal, 2011.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 63.

The Unknown Writer, 2001.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 4.

Uprising, 2000.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 11.

The UWM Post, 1977.
Box 10
Scope and Contents

Vol. 11, No. 10. No correspondence file.

Verse Unto Us, 1997.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 2.

ViêtNow, 2017.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 27, No. 2.

War, Literature, & the Arts, 2007.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 19, No. 1 and 2 (1 issue).

West Marin Review, 2019.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 9.

Westview, 2003.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 23, No. 1.

WestWard Quarterly, 2006-2020.
Box 6 Box 8
Scope and Contents

26 issues: Spring 2006; Summer 2007; Fall 2007; Summer 2008; Fall 2009; Winter 2009; Summer 2010; Fall 2010; Winter 2011; Spring 2011; Summer 2011; Winter 2012; Spring 2012; Summer 2012; Fall 2012; Winter 2013; Spring 2014; Spring 2015; Spring 2016; Summer 2017; Winter 2017; Spring 2018; Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Winter 2019; Winter 2020.

Whirlwind, 2017.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 11.

White Pelican Review, 2011.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 12, No. 2.

Wisconsin Poets' Calendar, 1983-2021.
Box 6 Box 8
Scope and Contents

1983, 1984, 1993, 2018, 2021.

Write On!!, 2008.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

June 2008.

Writers' Journal, 2004, 2009.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 25, No. 6; Vol. 30, No. 2.

Writers' Round Table, 1997.
Box 10 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 1, No. 2.

Zaum, 2007.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

No. 11.

Zillah, 2005.
Box 5 Box 8
Scope and Contents

Vol. 5, No. 2.

Logs and indices.
Box 6
UWM Alumni Magazine, 2014.
Box 6
Scope and Contents

Contains a small alumnus update from Felder mentioning a recently-published poem.

"Miscellaneous poetry correspondence worth preserving", 2006-2019.
Box 6

COSMEP correspondence, newsletters, and membership lists, 1971-1974.
Box 8
The Whole COSMEP Catalog, 1973.
Box 9
Margins: A Review of Little Magazines and Small Press Books, 1972.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

No.s 1-3.

Directory of Little Magazines, Small Presses & Underground Newspapers, 1972-1974.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

8th edition (1972-1973) and 9th edition (1973-1974).

Directory of Small Magazine/Press Editors and Publishers, 1972-1974.
Box 8
Scope and Contents

3rd edition (1972-1973) and 4th edition (1973-1974).

Print, Suggest