March 23, 1935

Dear Miss Boyle,

On June 1 the first issue of the *Southern Review* will appear. Despite its title, this quarterly does not aim, especially in its literary aspect, at a sectional program, nor will it have an academic bias. We hope to provide a large quarterly which will be a real index to the most vital contemporary activities in fiction, poetry, criticism, and social-economic thought, with an adequate representation in each of these departments. Since we are writing you almost immediately after the inception of this project, we cannot, at this time, give you a precise statement in regard to rate of payment for contributions; but our budget will certainly permit something better than a cent a word for prose and forty cents a line or better for verse.

The first and second issues will carry work by John Peale Bishop, Herbert Agar, John Crowe Ransom, Catherine Ann Porter, Caroline Gordon, Ford Madox Ford, Andrew Lytle, and Allen Tate. I give you this list, which is not inclusive, to indicate something of the character of our contributors.

We are extremely anxious to have some of your work, a story, say, in one of the early issues. Since

thetime for the preparation of the early issues is short,
we should much appreciate an answer as soon as will be
convenient, stating whether you can submit material and
when.