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THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED BURNS?

David Searcy writes:

One new thing about Gerald - a little stapled journal, GADFLY (bi-monthly, Cambridge MA, 35 cents) from December, 1959, contains what I believe to be the earliest published Burns. Some professor friend of Ben Fountain's gave it to him since it contained some Ezra Pound (Ben being something of a Pound scholar) whereupon Ben showed it to me, wondering if a small elitist essay called Man in the Street by Gerald Burns were by the genuine article. A glance at the first line was enough: "Reading Heidegger the other day..." Ever heard of GADFLY? Ever encountered earlier published Gerald? Maybe this should go on the site. Hope all is well with you.