The Little Mag, Larry Coleman, editor - A small press poetry magazine published during the sixties in Niagara Falls, New York.
The Little Mag was graciously accepted into the Robert Barthel and Loraine L. Baxter Niagara Poetry Collection at the Lewiston, N.Y. Public Library. It was first published in 1968 during a time of Vietnam War protests, psychedelic flower power, passive resistance, non-violence ideology, the counterculture movement, and the underground small press literary scene. A product of the underground small press literary scene, The Little Mag began with numerous submissions. Paying contributors with copies, exchanging copies with other small press magazines, and selling subscriptions resulted in more submissions and the second issue of The Little Mag. The third issue of the magazine, published in 1969, featured commentaries about various poetry "scenes." It also contained the article "American Poets at the End of the Open Road," by the poet Peter Wild. The first issue is in the special collections of several U.S. universities. The Lewiston Public Library is the only library with all three issues. If you wish to read them, you can do so on this website. Enjoy.
"Growing up around Niagara Falls shaped my abilities as an artist and a poet. It is a constant force in my life, flowing within my view of things. A spectacular wonder . . . I am mesmerized by its beauty. I stand in awe of it." - Larry Coleman
