Little Magazines

Others

Title:
Others: A Magazine of the New Verse

Publication Dates:
July 1915 (1:1) – July 1919 (5:6)

Frequency of Publication:
Monthly, July 1915 – Sept. 1916
irregular, Dec. 1916 – Feb. 1918 (six issues)
monthly, Dec. 1918 – July 1919.

Circulation:
Approx. 300, according to Alfred Kreymborg (“Early Impression" 12); approx. 250, according to Gorham Munson (Awakening, 35).

Place(s) of Publication:

Grantwood, New Jersey: July 1915 – Dec. 1915 (1:1-6).
New York (various locations and publishers): Jan. 1916 – Apr. 1917 (2:1- 3:6).
Chicago: June 1917 – Feb. 1918 (4:1-3).
New York (Washington Square Bookshop): Dec. 1918 – July 1919 (5:1-6).

Format:
5” x 7”; plain yellow cover, simple block print, no illustrations, logo, manifesto, editorial, or advertising; list of authors; poems. Size, format, and color consistent through run. Occasional editorials, reviews, plays, and art appear after first year.
April 1916 (2:4): advertising on inside covers.
May-June 1916 (2:5-6): editorial (editorials appear irregularly thereafter).
Jan. 1919 – Feb. 1919 (5:2-3): abstract cover design with motto; art cuts.
Mar. 1919 - Apr.-May 1919 (5:4-5): title and motto, no cover art.
July 1919 (5:6): title only, no art or motto.

Libraries with Complete Original Issues:
U of Connecticut, U of Miami, Loyola U of Chicago, Colby College, Western Michigan U, U of Missouri-Columbia, Mississippi State U, Hamilton College, Skidmore College, SUNY Buffalo, Kent State U, Ohio State U, Oklahoma State U, U of Pittsburgh, Brown U, East Tennessee State U, U of Vermont, U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Papers:
The magazine papers appear to have been lost or discarded. The largest collection of Alfred Kreymborg’s papers is the Alfred Kreymborg Collection, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, most of which dates from 1923, after Others ceased publication.

Reprint Editions:
New York, New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1967.


Compiled by Emily K. Smith (Class of '06) and Suzanne W. Churchill (Assoc. Professor of English, Davidson College)