American Book Review
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Edited by | Jeffrey R. Di Leo |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1977–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| No | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Am. Book Rev. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0149-9408 (print) 2153-4578 (web) |
| Links | |
American Book Review is a literary journal edited at the University of Houston-Victoria and published by the University of Nebraska Press.[1] Its mission is to "specialize in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and women's presses."[2]
Originally published as a bimonthly tabloid journal, ABR announced that beginning with its 43rd volume (Winter 2022) the journal would be redesigned and published as a bound quarterly.[3]
In addition to publishing the journal, American Book Review ran for many years the UHV/ABR Reading Series.[4] It hosted more than a hundred and twenty speakers[5] in Victoria, Texas. The reading series featured "nationally recognized writers on extended visits to the Victoria campus,"[4] who read from their most recent works, participated in discussion with UHV faculty and staff, and offered signed editions of their work for purchase.
History
[edit]The American Book Review was founded in 1977 by Ronald Sukenick.[6] According to the novelist Raymond Federman, in his series reading with American Book Review in 2007, Sukenick founded the American Book Review because The New York Times had stopped reviewing books by "that group labeled experimental writers", and Sukenick wanted to start a "journal where we can review books that everyone is ignoring."[7] Federman and Sukenick both funded the beginning of American Book Review, with the "American" in the title suggesting that the journal would review books from all across American and not primarily focus on books from New York.[7]
Originally operating out of University of Colorado at Boulder in 1987, ABR later moved to Illinois State University in 1995. In The Employment of English, Michael Bérubé writes, "When Ron Sukenick folded the University of Colorado (Boulder) branch of FC2, Normal also picked up publication of American Book Review, one of the liveliest general-purpose reader's guides for everything."[8] Rochelle Ratner served as the publication's longtime executive editor.[9][10]
In 2006, the publication then moved to the University of Houston-Victoria.[11] In 2009, an agreement between American Book Review and Johns Hopkins University Press allowed online editions of its past issues to be available through the database ProjectMuse.[12] Currently, the American Book Review is published and distributed by the University of Nebraska Press.[13] The editorial staff of ABR includes Jeffrey R. Di Leo as editor-in-chief and Jake Snyder as managing editor among others. [14]
In 2024, the American Book Review was presented with the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ https://nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/journal/american-book-review/
- ^ "American Book Review". ProjectMuse. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "FAQ • American Book Review". American Book Review. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ^ a b "Reading Series". American Book Review. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "UHV announces fall American Book Review series authors". The Victoria Advocate. August 12, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ Harris, Charles B. (2006). "Page 2". American Book Review. 27 (6): 2. doi:10.1353/abr.2006.0007. S2CID 201774563.
- ^ a b Federman, Raymond (4 October 2019). "Raymond Federman - ABR - 2007". YouTube. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Bérubé, Michael (1997). The Employment of English. NYU Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780814713013.
- ^ Monson, Karen (March 8, 1987). "She lives in a world of dreams, '50s style". The Baltimore Sun. p. 10F. Retrieved July 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Miller, Lynn Ruth (March 8, 2000). "Bearing life Women's writing on childlessness". Pacifica (California) Tribune. p. 3B. Retrieved July 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/08/unlikely-haven-humanities-publishing
- ^ Brandon, Aprill (July 20, 2009). "UHV announces fall American Book Review series authors". The Victoria Advocate. Retrieved July 25, 2019.(European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU 451: Unavailable for legal reasons)
- ^ "Journals - University of Nebraska Press". Nebraska Press. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ^ https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/53249/information/editorial.pdf
- ^ https://www.celj.org/past-winners