''This'' is a poetry journal associated with what would later be called

Language poetry The Language poets (or ''L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E'' poets, after the magazine of that name) are an avant-garde group or tendency in United States poetry that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The poets included: Bernadette Mayer, Leslie Sca ...

because during the time span in which ''This'' was published, "many poets of the emerging Language school were represented in its pages". The first three issues were edited by Robert Grenier and

Barrett Watten Barrett Watten (born October 3, 1948) is an American poet, editor, and educator associated with the Language poets. He is a professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, where he teaches modernism and cultural stu ...

(1971–1973). The subsequent nine issues were edited by Watten (1973–1982).Hampson, R., Montgomery, W. (eds) (2010-12-16).
Innovations in Poetry
. In, The Oxford Handbook of Modernisms. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 July 2018

References

* Watten, Barrett, comp., "''This'' 1–12 Index" (Oakland, CA: This Press, 1983). Alternative magazines Defunct literary magazines published in the United States Language poets Magazines established in 1971 Magazines disestablished in 1982 Magazines published in San Francisco Poetry organizations Poetry magazines published in the United States Small press publishing companies {{US-poetry-mag-stub