Bananas: The Literary Newspaper No. 5, Summer 1976

Publisher: Bananas 
Publication Date: 1976 
Binding: Soft cover 
Edition: 1st Edition 
Condition: Near Fine 
35pp. Some light toning to the newsprint, horizontal fold. The first appearance in print of an Angela Carter essay, which does not appear to have ever been reprinted. This issue also includes contributions by Alan Sillitoe (his story 'Ear to the Ground', accompanied by three Muriel MacKenzie engravings), Norah Hoult (her story 'Nine Years is a Long Time'), Anthony Burgess (his poem 'The Burning Bush', which was subsequently collected in his book-length poem 'Moses: A Narrative'), J.G.Ballard (the first printing of his story 'The 60 Minute Zoom' which was subsequently collected in 'The Venus Hunters'), John Sladek (his story 'Undecember' which was subsequently included in his 1977 collection 'Keep the Giraffe Burning'), Ruth Fainlight (her poem 'January'), Emma Tennant (her story 'Janus's Time'), Ted Hughes (his hitherto unprinted poem 'February 17th', which was subsequently included in his 1978 collection 'Moortown Elegies'), Brian Patten (his poem 'Two Dragons and the Gap in the Wall'), Sara Maitland (her story 'Andromeda'), Jenny Joseph (her poem 'An Old Man's Fancy'), and others.