Volume 7, Number 3 · September 8, 1966
Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966)
By Dwight MacDonald
In the fall of 1937, when Partisan Review was about to be revived as a non-Communist literary magazine, a writer with the unlikely name of Delmore Schwartz sent in a short story, 'In Dreams Begin Responsibilities,' which I and my fellow editors had the sense to recognize as a masterpiece and to print in our first issue. There were also contributions from Wallace Stevens, Edmund Wilson, Agee, Trilling, Picasso, Farrell, Mary McCarthy, and William Troy—we tried to make it a 'strong' issue, for obvious tactical reasons—but I think Delmore's story deserved its primacy. It is as good as a story can be, I'd say after reading it again for the fifth or sixth time, comparable with Kafka, Babel, or Through the Looking Glass.
Feature, 2595 words
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