Delta (poetry magazine) explained

Delta was a small poetry magazine that was produced at the University of Cambridge in the 1950s and 1960s. The magazine was first published in 1954.^[1] The founder was Peter Redgrove.^[2] It was originally edited by Peter Redgrove and Rodney Banister, but Redgrove persuaded Philip Hobsbaum to take over from Issue 3.^[3] The magazine introduced various poets, including The Group figures Edward Lucie-Smith^[3] and Peter Porter.^[4] From 1972 the magazine was not edited from Cambridge.^[5] It ended publication in 1981.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delta (Cambridge Literary Magazine). volumes 1-22. (1954-1960). Biblio. 25 July 2015.
2. Book: M. Wormald. N. Roberts. Terry Gifford. Ted Hughes: From Cambridge to Collected. 9 September 2013. Springer. 978-1-137-27658-2. 23.
3. Philip Hobsbaum, "Ted Hughes at Cambridge", DarkHorse, Autumn 1999.
4. Kaiser, John R, Peter Porter: A Bibliography 1954  - 1986, London and New York: Mansell, 1990., p. 99.
5. Book: Graham Chainey. A Literary History of Cambridge. 27 July 1995. CUP Archive. 978-0-521-47681-2. 275.