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| Language | English |
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| Edited by | Robert Stewart |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | The University Review, The University of Kansas City Review |
| History | 1934-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | New Lett. |
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| ISSN | 0146-4930 |
| OCLC no. | 1759882 |
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New Letters, the name it has been published under since 1970, is one of the oldest literary magazines in the United States and continues to publish award-winning poems and fiction. The magazine is based inKansas City, Missouri.[1]
The University Review was founded in 1934 at the University of Kansas City, a small, private school that later became part of theUniversity of Missouri system. In its first two years, the periodical published a discussion on "Art and Social Struggle", including contributions fromThomas Hart Benton andDiego Rivera, a story byVance Randolph, a poem byEdgar Lee Masters, and a personal note fromPearl S. Buck.[2]
Starting with the Spring 1938 issue, Alexander P. Cappon became editor and remained in that post for the next 33 years. In 1944 the magazine's name was changed toThe University of Kansas City Review. In that time the magazine published work byMay Sarton,J.D. Salinger,E.E. Cummings,Marianne Moore,May Swenson,James T. Farrell,Kenneth Rexroth.[2]
In 1971, David Ray took over as editor and the magazine's name was changed again, this time toNew Letters. Ray published work byRobert Bly,Cyrus Colter,Anselm Hollo,Joyce Carol Oates,Richard Hugo,Robert Peters andJosephine Jacobsen.[2]
In 1986, James McKinley became editor, and under his editorship the magazine published new work byAmiri Baraka,Thomas Berger, former PresidentJimmy Carter,Annie Dillard,Tess Gallagher,William Gass,Charles Simic,John Updike, andMiller Williams.[2]
Robert Stewart took over the post of editor-in-chief forNew Letters,New Letters on the Air, and their affiliate,BkMk Press in September 2002. Since becoming editor, the magazine has published such writers asBrian Doyle,Quincy Troupe,Daniel Woodrell,Sherman Alexie,Sergio Troncoso,Marilyn Hacker,Maxine Kumin andCharlotte Holmes.[2]
New Letters won theNational Magazine Award for the essay on May 1, 2008 at Lincoln Center in New York. The essay "I Am Joe's Prostate" by Thomas E. Kennedy appears in Volume 73, Issue 4.
In 1977, editor David Ray and his wife, Judy, began the audio literature programNew Letters on the Air, a half-hour radio program featuring writers reading from their work and talking about it.[2]
Rebekah Presson produced and hosted the show for many years until 1996 when Angela Elam took over. The program is now the longest continuously-running national literary radio series, having broadcast more than 1,200 programs.[2] The show is now heard on radio stations worldwide, and is available to even more listeners as a podcast. It is distributed byPRX.
The New Letters Literary Awards program was begun in 1986.[2] It consists of prizes for poetry, essays and short stories:[3]
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