"FIRST OF ALL, MAY I CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR MAGAZINE WHICH I FEEL IS THE LEAST CLUTTERED WITH SELF-PITY AND INSTEAD CONTRI→ BUTES TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF YOUR READERS RATHER THAN OUR WALLOWING DEDICATION TO SELF WHICH IS APPARENTLY OUR TENDENCY,

"SECONDLY, ALTHOUGH YOUR NEW YORK CHAPTER IS NEW, IT MIGHT BE ADVISABLE TO SEND ALONG A NOTE TO WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE THAT THE MEANS OF CONTACTING THE OFFICE ON BROADWAY WOULD BE IMPROVED BY THE SYSTEM OF SMOKE SIGNALS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE TRIED TO REACH THEM BY PHONE AND HAVE HAD NO ANSWER.

"THIRDLY, I WONDER IF YOU HAVE PUBLISHED IN YOUR 'LESBIANA' COLUMN A REVIEW OF TWILIGHT', A CREST PAPERBACK BY PAULA CHRIST-

IAN. CONSIDERING THE POLICY OF YOUR MAGAZINE I THINK MANY OF YOUR READERS WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT A 'NORMAL APPROACH' TO A LESBIAN BOOK IS ON THE STANDS AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL BEAD-COUNTING, CHEST-POUNDING TYPE OF NOVEL."

Y. MACM., NEW YORK

THE NEW YORK CHAPTER GENERALLY HAS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE OFFICE AT 1133 BROADWAY ON THURSDAY EVENINGS, IF PHONE CALLS PRODUCE NO RESULTS WE WOULD SUGGEST A SHORT NOTE. REMEMBER, ALL THE WORK IN

NEW YORK IS VOLUNTARY, AS IS IT ELSEWHERE. ONLY SO MUCH SPARE TIME.

AND WORKING WOMEN HAVE

"EDGE OF TWILIGHT" WAS LISTED AS NUMBER 72 IN THE "LESBIANA" COLUMN OF THE FEBRUARY, 1959, ISSUE OF THE LADDER.

-ED.

"I'M VERY GLAD YOU ARE RAISING YOUR RATES, FOR I HAVE LONG FELT THEY WERE TOO LOW, FAR TOO LOW, IN VIEW OF THE COST OF PAPER AND PRINTING THESE DAYS. I FEEL CERTAIN THAT ALL YOUR SUBSCRIBERS WILL BE GLAD TO PAY THAT SMALL EXTRA.

"I BELIEVE MY SUBSCRIPTION HAS ANOTHER YEAR TO RUN AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE RE-SUBSCRIBING AT THE LOW RATE, SO I'LL JUST WAIT A WHILE AND RE-SUBSCRIBE AT THE HIGHER RATE.

"WE BOTH LOVE THE COVER ON THE JULY ISSUE. IT REMINDS ME OF JAPANESE BRUSH WORK, IT HAS AN ESSENTIALLY FEMININE DELICACY.

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