The little magazine in contemporary America

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Little magazines have often showcased the best new writing in America. Historically, these idiosyncratic, small-circulation outlets have served the dual functions of representing the avant-garde of literary expression while also helping many emerging writers become established authors. Although changing technology and the increasingly harsh financial realities of publishing over the past three decades would seem to have pushed little magazines to the brink of extinction, their story is far more complicated. In this collection, Ian Morris and Joanne Diaz gather the reflections of twenty-three prominent editors whose little magazines have flourished over the past thirty-five years. Highlighting the creativity and innovation driving this diverse and still vital medium, contributors offer insights into how their publications sometimes succeeded, sometimes reluctantly folded, but mostly how they evolved and persevered. Other topics discussed include the role of little magazines in promoting the work and concerns of minority and women writers, the place of universities in supporting and shaping little magazines, and the online and offline future of these publications.;Introduction : a decade or so of little magazines : one reader's perspective / Jeffrey Lependorf -- This history of BOMB -- Betsy Sussler -- The life of Ontario review (1974-2008) / Greg Johnson -- The word sacred is not misplaced? / Dave Eggers -- On n+1 / Keith Gessen -- Callaloo : a journal of necessity / Charles Henry Rowell -- Critical thinking from women / Amy Hoffman -- The bitch interview? / Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler -- The world doesn't stop for Derek Walcott, or, An exchange between coeditors / Gerald Maa and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis -- Exquisite corpse / Andrei Codrescu -- L=a=n=g=u=a=g=e / Bruce Andrews -- Publishing is personal / Rebecca Wolff -- This being 2015 / Ander Monson -- War of the words : fighting for a journal and a genre / Lee Gutkind -- Decent company between the covers / Cara Blue Adams -- Alaska quarterly review and the literary tonic / Ronald Spatz -- Making a living and a life in little magazines / Carolyn Kuebler -- About at length / Jonathan Farmer -- Summoning the bard : the twenty-first-century literary magazine on the web / Rebecca Morgan Frank -- The future of the gatekeepers / Jane Friedman -- Poetry magazine : on making it new / Don Share. Introduction : a decade or so of little magazines : one reader's perspective / Jeffrey Lependorf -- This history of BOMB -- Betsy Sussler -- The life of Ontario review (1974-2008) / Greg Johnson -- The word sacred is not misplaced? / Dave Eggers -- On n+1 / Keith Gessen -- Callaloo : a journal of necessity / Charles Henry Rowell -- Critical thinking from women / Amy Hoffman -- The bitch interview? / Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler -- The world doesn't stop for Derek Walcott, or, An exchange between coeditors / Gerald Maa and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis -- Exquisite corpse / Andrei Codrescu -- L=a=n=g=u=a=g=e / Bruce Andrews -- Publishing is personal / Rebecca Wolff -- This being 2015 / Ander Monson -- War of the words : fighting for a journal and a genre / Lee Gutkind -- Decent company between the covers / Cara Blue Adams -- Alaska quarterly review and the literary tonic / Ronald Spatz -- Making a living and a life in little magazines / Carolyn Kuebler -- About at length / Jonathan Farmer -- Summoning the bard : the twenty-first-century literary magazine on the web / Rebecca Morgan Frank -- The future of the gatekeepers / Jane Friedman -- Poetry magazine : on making it new / Don Share.