Southern Tradition and the Eccentric Editorial Talent: Gertrude Perry West and the Little Magazine in Southeastern North Carolina—Poetic Thrills (1925–26) Available to Purchase

This article provides a historical survey of poet-editor Gertrude Perry West’s Poetic Thrills (1925–1926), a short-lived little magazine materially, socially, and symbolically grounded in North Carolina’s Cape Fear region. West’s editorial policies and practices, geopolitical support for Southern poets (especially women), and strategic use of the magazine format as a vehicle for self-promotion are considered in the context of American modernism and its print culture. The article draws from recent trends in periodical studies, modernist studies, and poetry and poetics, situating West in relation to other well-known women editors of the period.