Since 1990, the American Literary Review has been published through the Department of English at the University of North Texas. From the journal’s inception, we have made a point of publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by writers at all stages of their careers. Our editorial process is collaborative; as faculty, PhD students, and MA students in creative writing, we work together to bring the same intellectual rigor to our editing of ALR as we do to our analysis of texts in the classroom. In 2013 we moved online. While our format has changed, our mission remains the same. We look for writing that reveals the nuances and complexities of human experience, that surprises and moves us. Some recent contributors whose work we feel embodies these ideals include: Sam Sax, Laura Kasischke, Marcia Aldrich, Bethany Ball, Rebecca Faust, Wayne Miller, Michael Nye, Jericho Parms, Roger Reeves, Ira Sukrungruang, and Pimone Triplett. We seek work that challenges the reader’s imagination through fresh language and precise imagery. While respecting both craft and tradition, we are also interested in hybrid forms. Above all, we aim to publish work that reflects the diverse, rich tradition of writers living here and abroad, expanding the notion of what it means to publish literature that is American.
Staff
Editor-in-Chief:
Jehanne Dubrow
Managing Editor:
Rebecca Bernard
Production Editor:
Scott Ray
Fiction Editors:
Scott Blackwood & John Tait
Nonfiction Editor:
Jill Talbot
Poetry Editors:
Bruce Bond & Corey Marks
Assistant Poetry Editor:
Kevin West
Assistant Nonfiction Editor:
Kat Moore
Assistant Fiction Editor:
Carly Susser
Reviews Editor:
Joshua Jones
Interviews Editor:
Megan Arlett
Rosetti Broadside Contest Editor:
Sebastian Parámo
Poetry Contest Editor:
Brian Clifton
Nonfiction Contest Editor:
Cassia Hameline
Fiction Contest Editors:
Josh Zimmerer & Rebecca Bernard
Copy Editors:
Shannon Couey & Mandy Hughes
Readers:
Ben Abercrombie, Megan Arlett, Claire Beeson, Yosra Bouslema, Brian Clifton, Shelly Eshbaugh-Soha, Conor Flannery, Cassia Hameline, Hunter Jernigan, Joshua Jones, Matt Morton, Aza Pace, Morgan Inigo Smith, Josh Zimmerer
Submittable Intern:
Nikki Lyssy
Editorial Assistant:
Sarah Ulery