The first issue of a new newspaper-format periodical published by "The Surrealist Group in Chicago." The center piece is an international surrealist manifesto against the "Columbus Quincentennial" which notes that "poetry--an authentic act of total insubordination--continues to explode the foundations of a stifling totalitarianism." Equally significant are the poems by Penelope Rosemont, Jayne Cortez, Mary Low, Franklin Rosemont. Includes a listing of works by participants in the Surrealist Movement in the United States since Jan. of 1989. WHAT presents a glimpse at a uncompromising, serious commitment and an authentic vision, not often found among our artists, one much missed.--John Stickney
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #2,
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