First published in
1967 as Negro American Literature Forum, and then as Black American
Literature Forum, African American Review
is published quarterly--March, June, September, and December at Saint Louis
University. Issues average 176 7x10" pages and include essays on
African American literature, theatre, film, visual arts, and culture generally;
interviews; poetry; fiction; and book reviews. In a March 1995 issue of Black
Issues in Higher Education, critic Mae Henderson identified AAR as
one of three journals "play[ing] . . . a momentous role in African American cultural
life."
AAR has received three American Literary Magazine Awards for Editorial
Content; grants from the National Endowment for Arts, the Lila Wallace-Reader's
Digest Fund, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Council of
Literary Magazines and Presses.
Recent contributors include renowned scholars such as Houston A. Baker, Jr. , Henry
Louis Gates, Jr., Trudier Harris, Arnold Rampersad, and Hortense
Spillers and prominent writers such as
Amiri Baraka,
Gwendolyn Brooks,
Rita Dove,
Charles Johnson,
Toni Morrison, and
Ishmael Reed. A recent reviewer remarked
that "what makes AAR stand out isn't race but heritage. Its rich
mixture of texture and tone is a welcome antidote to the cultural amnesia that prevails in
[many] magazines.. ."
African American Review publishes
essays on African American literature, theater, film, art, and culture
generally; interviews; poetry; fiction; bibliographies; and book reviews.
Submission Guidelines for African American Review
http://aar.slu.edu/submsinf.html
For editorial inquiries, email
Aileen Keenan
or call 314-977-3688
