The Windsor Review is a bi-annual journal[1] publishing new and established writers from North America and beyond. It was established in 1965 by Eugene McNamara,[2][3] and was originally named The University of Windsor Review.[4] The Windsor Review is one of Canada's oldest continuously published literary magazines, celebrating its 50th year in 2015.
.jpg) Cover from the first issue (Spring 1965) | |
| Editor | Dale Jacobs |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Company | University of Windsor |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Website | ojs |
The Windsor Review was founded in January 1965[5] at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It has evolved into an internationally recognized literary and arts focused journal publishing contemporary literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and review essays. The journal was originally modeled on Canadian and American university quarterlies like The Dalhousie Review and The Kenyon Review.[6]
In the early years, academic articles predominated the magazine including essays by Marshall McLuhan[7] and Hugh Fox.[8] From the third issue, The Windsor Review attracted established North American literary writers, and the journal's focus shifted by the mid-seventies from literary criticism to new literary writing. McNamara retired from the journal in 1987, and in 1993 its name was shortened to The Windsor Review. Under Dale Jacobs’ editorship, in October 2019, the magazine became an open access online journal. In Fall 2019, André Narbonne guest-edited The Windsor Review at 50+[9]
Published authors
editPublished authors include Marshall McLuhan, Joyce Carol Oates, Irving Layton, Tom Wayman, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Frances Itani, W.D. Valgardson, David Helwig, Armand Garnet Ruffo, George Elliott Clarke, Jeanette Lynes, John B. Lee, W.P. Kinsella, Alden Nowlan, Bronwen Wallace, Phil Hall, Pat Lowther, George Bowering, Lorna Crozier, Patrick Lane, David Helwig, George Elliott Clarke, Elizabeth Bartlett, Margaret Avison, Joy Kogawa, Marian Engel, Carl Dennis, Douglas Glover, Lyn Lifshin, and J. Jill Robinson.
Published visual artists
editIn the past, The Windsor Review featured original art portfolios on such themes as art by Aboriginal peoples in Canada, text image, and installation art. Published artwork includes pieces by Jane Ash Poitras and Robert Fortin.
Published interviews
editInterviews include those with writers such as Alistair MacLeod, Rosemary Sullivan, Sir Martin Gilbert, James Reaney and Daniel David Moses, among others.
Current editors
edit- Editor: Dale Jacobs[10]
- Poetry: D. A. Lockhart
- Fiction: Hollie Adams
- Review Essays: André Narbonne
Past editors
edit- General: Eugene McNamara, Joseph A. Quinn, Wanda Campbell, Katherine Quinsey, Marty Gervais
- Poetry: John Ditsky, Susan Holbrook, Vanessa Shields, Robert Earl Stewart
- Fiction: Joyce Carol Oates, Alistair MacLeod, André Narbonne
- Art: Evelyn G. McLean, Susan Gold Smith, Alex McKay
- Book Reviews: Lois Smedick, L.K. MacKendrick
References
edit- ^ Tracy Mitchell, The Writer, vol 120 no 6 (June 2007): p58.
- ^ Stevens, Peter, Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (9780195411676)10/1/1997. p.712-713. Eugene McNamara cited as founding editor of The Windsor Review.
- ^ Ted Shaw, "Local colour; Canadian authors celebrate area in new novels", The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ont.: Oct 25, 2008. pg. B.1
- ^ Eugene McNamara, Irving's Coat: Windsor's Literary Renaissance, Black Moss Press, 2006.
- ^ "A Writer's Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines & Journals". National Magazine Awards. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ André Narbonne, “The Windsor Review at 50+,” The Windsor Review 52.1 (Fall 2019). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Marshall McLuhan, “The Relationship of Environment to Anti-Environment,” The Windsor Review 2.1 (Fall 1966).
- ^ Hugh Fox, “Some Notes on the Underground,” University of Windsor Review 6.1 (Fall 1970).
- ^ The Windsor Review at 50+ Issue 52.1 https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/windsor_review/issue/view/563
- ^ "Contact | the Windsor Review".