Angel Exhaust was started in 1979. The magazine emerged from the Islington Poetry Workshop run by Steve Pereira, and the first two issues were run off on office photocopiers. The initial editors were Pereira and Adrian Clarke. By issue three the magazine had an
Arts Council grant and was printed at the
Poetry Society. These early issues had featured work by
Bob Cobbing and
Maggie O'Sullivan. The fourth issue gained attention and established the magazine's reputation. It was duplicated on Bob Cobbing's duplicator and contained so many pages that it needed to be nailed together. During the initial phase the magazine was based in
London and
Cambridge. and a range of reviews in which the contributors themselves were criticised. The impression was of a snapshot of poetic activity in Britain at that time. There was a break after the fourth issue. The magazine returned in 1986 with issue six - the "Authority" issue, with contributions and interviews with Eric Mottram,
Kathy Acker,
Allen Fisher and
Roy Fuller. Issue five never appeared. After another break the magazine returned with Andrew Duncan and Adrian Clarke as editors in 1992. ==Editors==