Neurotica (magazine) explained

Neurotica was a quarterly magazine founded by Jay Landesman^[1] in New York City in 1948. It was edited by Jay Irving Landesman except volume 9 which was edited by Gershon Legman who also served as Associate Editor for volume 5. The magazine became an outlet for the Beat Generation of writers.^{[2] [3]} The first issue of the magazine published in Spring 1948.^[4] It described itself as a magazine written by neurotics, for neurotics. Neurotica ended publication in 1951.^[5] Neurotica served as an outlet for young writers and gained a reputation for publishing edgy material dealing with sex, the arts and neuroticism. Contributors included among many, John Clellon Holmes, Leonard Bernstein, Marshall McLuhan, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Durrell, Henri Michaux and even a poem from F. Scott Fitzgerald. An anthology was published in 1963 and remains collectible.

Notes and References

1. News: Craig Sams . Jay Landesman obituary. 17 May 2020. The Guardian. 25 February 2011.
2. This Is the Beat Generation: New York San Francisco Paris -James Campbell - 1999 - Page 93 0520230337 Behind the beat Neurotica: The Beat Generation writers are unusual among literary gangs in never having had a little magazine of their own, through which to distribute their early work. At the beginning of 1950, Ginsberg had still to publish in anything other than a student journal; Kerouac, though he had a novel waiting to come out, had to date published nothing of a literary nature at all, while Burroughs, age thirty-five, did not even consider himself a writer.
3. Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend James T. Jones - 1999 =0809322633 In this latter episode, he links masturbation, fear of castration, and homoeroticism. The self-consciousness of these allusions becomes documentary when Cody asks Jack on tape whether he has read the winter 1952 number of the proto-Beat magazine Neurotica, which is entirely devoted to discussion of the castration complex (179). In Rebel Without Applause Jay Landesman, the founder of Neurotica, describes an actual meeting with Kerouac and Cassady in which Jack suggested ..
4. Book: William Lawlor. Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact. 17 May 2020. 2005. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-85109-400-4. 197.
5. Book: Rich Weidman. The Beat Generation FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Angelheaded Hipsters. 17 May 2020. 1 September 2015. Backbeat. 978-1-61713-635-1. 282.