"flash and filigree" had been published in the us by coward mccann in the fall of 1958. several fragments from "the hipsters" were published as short stories during this period, including "red-dirt marijuana" published, in the january–february 1960 edition of "evergreen review"; and "razor fight", published in "glamour" magazine. he had an essay on lotte lenya published in "esquire". in early 1960, he began writing book reviews for "the nation", which were published over the next two years. during the year, he also collaborated with his old paris friends, alex trocchi and richard seaver, compiling "writers in revolt," an anthology of modern fiction for the frederick fall company. the editing process took much longer than expected: a drug bust led trocchi to flee to the uk via canada, leaving southern and seaver to finish the book.