Presented as "A First Magazine of the World's Tribal Poetries," Alcheringa, edited by Jerome Rothenberg and Dennis Tedlock, was an important publication dedicated to the study of ethnopoetics. Focusing on the intersections of poetry, poetics, anthropology, performance, translation, and issues of orality, the magazine included both innovative English translations of ancient and modern "oral/tribal" poetry from across the globe as well as contemporary experimental writing of an orally performative nature. As the masthead of later issues defines it, the word Alcheringa "comes from the Arunta of Australia" and "refers to dreams, to the mythic past, and to moments when a new song makes itself heard through a singer." Contributing editors included David Antin, Robert Kelly, Simon Ortiz, Gary Snyder, and Nathaniel Tarn. Issues 1 though 5 were published from Fall 1970 to Spring-Summer 1973, followed by a New Series of 8 issues published by Boston University from 1975 to 1980 and titled Alcheringa: Ethnopoetics. Several issues have as inserts discs of recordings ranging from a Zuni performance by Andrew Peynatsa to a poetry reading by Anne Waldman. New Series Volume 2, Number 2 is a special issue edited by Michel Benamou and Jerome Rothenberg featuring papers from Ethnopoetics: A First International Symposium.