The Summer 1958 issue of Chicago Re...

The Summer 1958 issue of Chicago Review was mainly given to a special section, "On Zen" comprised of contributions by means of Daisetz T. Suzuki, Shinichi Hisamatsu (Hoseki), Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder and Akihisa Kondo, among others. The issue included Jack Kerouac's "Meditation in the Woods" extracted from his forthcoming novel, The Dharma Bum PAUL CARROLL remembers to what degree this particular editorial agenda was established:

In the summer of 1957 Irving Rosenthal furnished me the job of visitor Poetry Editor on the Review. The title had been colored up, he explained,