The Southern Review
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The Southern Review is a quarterly
History
An earlier Southern Review was published in Charleston, South Carolina from 1828 to 1832, and another in Baltimore from 1867 to 1879.
The initial staff consisted of editor-in-chief Charles W. Pipkin, Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks as managing editors, and Albert Erskine as business manager.[1] In 1942, after 28 issues, publishing was interrupted and restarted again in 1965.[2] Past editors-in-chief and co-editors have been Albert R. Erskine Jr., Lewis P. Simpson, Donald E. Stanford, James Olney, Fred Hobson, Dave Smith, Bret Lott, Jeanne M. Leiby, Cara Blue Adams, and Emily Nemens. The co-editors as of August 2018 are Sacha Idell and Jessica Faust.
Reception
In 1936, shortly after the journal's founding, poetry editor
Timeline
- 1935: The Southern Review is established. The first issue includes work by Wallace Stevens, Randall Jarrell, Ford Madox Ford, Katherine Anne Porter, and Aldous Huxley.[3]
- 1942: Publication suspended due to World War II.
- 1965: Lewis P. Simpson and Donald E. Stanford relaunch the magazine.
- 1983: James Olney joins Lewis P. Simpson as co-editor.
- 1987: Fred Hobson joins James Olney as co-editor.
- 1990: Dave Smith joins James Olney as co-editor.
- 2004: Bret Lott assumes editorship.
- 2006: The magazine wins first place for Best Journal Design in the CELJ International Awards Competition.[4]
- 2008: Jeanne M. Leiby becomes editor
- 2011: Jessica Faust and Cara Blue Adams become co-editors.[5]
- 2013: Emily Nemens joins Jessica Faust as co-editor.[6]
- 2018: Sacha Idell joins Jessica Faust as co-editor.[6]
See also
References
- ^ JSTOR 3830890.
- JSTOR 27544454.
- ^ "Issue: Winter 1935". The Southern Review. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "The Southern Review Receives CELJ Award for Best Journal Design". Louisiana State University Press. March 15, 2007. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "History". The Southern Review. Louisiana State University Press. July 26, 1953. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ a b "Staff". The Southern Review. Louisiana State University Press.
Further reading
- Thomas W. Cutrer (1984). Parnassus on the Mississippi: The Southern Review and the Baton Rouge Literary Community, 1935--1942. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-1143-7.
External links
- Official website
- The Southern Review Records. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.