The American Poetry Review
{{Short description|American monthly poetry magazine}}
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| image_caption = September/October 2003 cover
| editor = Elizabeth Scanlon
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| previous_editor = David Bonanno, Stephen Berg, Arthur Vogelsang
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| frequency = Bimonthly
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| founder = Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker Univ.of Pennsylvania, American Poetry Review Record, Ms. Coll. 349, P.1
| founded = {{Start date and age|1972}}
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| company = World Poetry Inc.
| country = United States
| based = The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| language = English
| website = {{URL|https://www.aprweb.org}}
| issn = 0360-3709
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The American Poetry Review (APR) is an American poetry magazine printed every other month on tabloid-sized newsprint. It was founded in 1972 by Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The magazine's editor is Elizabeth Scanlon.{{Cite web |title=American Poetry Review – About Us |url=https://aprweb.org/about-us |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=aprweb.org}}
History
The American Poetry Review was founded by Berg and Parker in 1972 in Philadelphia.{{cite web|title=American Poetry Review|url=http://www.newpages.com/literary-magazines/american-poetry-review|work=New Pages|access-date=April 24, 2016}} The magazine lacked capital but had "significant support in the national poetry community" according to the magazine's website. In 1973 David Bonanno, a recent graduate of Wesleyan University, joined APR and served as editor of the publication until his death in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_news_view/4402/in_remembrance_of_david_bonanno|title = Association of Writers & Writing Programs}} The poet Arthur Vogelsang also joined as editor that year, remaining until 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/arthur-vogelsang|title = Arthur Vogelsang|date = 15 October 2021}} By 1976 the publication was being produced and distributed more efficiently, making it "the most widely circulated poetry magazine ever". In 1977 the publication began paying out small salaries to editors and staff and small payments to authors.[http://www.aprweb.org/history/history.shtml History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202054903/http://www.aprweb.org/history/history.shtml |date=2007-02-02 }} The American Poetry Review Web site, Retrieved January 26, 2007
In 2001 W.W. Norton & Co. published the anthology The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry from The American Poetry Review. Among the 180 poets included from the pages of APR are Ai, John Ashbery, John Berryman, Charles Bukowski, Lucille Clifton, Carolyn Forche, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Hass, Seamus Heaney, Kenneth Koch, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Derek Walcott.[http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Body-Electric/ Publisher] "W. W. Norton" Web site, Retrieved July 13, 2015
Founding editor Berg died in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20140622_Stephen_Berg__79__poet__teacher__magazine_editor.html|title=Stephen Berg, 79, poet, teacher, editor|date=22 June 2014 }} Elizabeth Scanlon is the current editor in chief.{{Cite web|url=https://therumpus.net/2018/06/the-rumpus-interview-with-elizabeth-scanlon/|title = The Life of the Mind: A Conversation with Elizabeth Scanlon|date = 18 June 2018}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.aprweb.org/ The American Poetry Review website]
- [https://www.jstor.org/journal/amerpoetrevi The American Poetry Review] at JSTOR
- [http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/ead/upenn_rbml_MsColl349 American Poetry Review records, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania]
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Category:Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Category:Poetry magazines published in the United States
Category:Magazines established in 1972
Category:Magazines published in Philadelphia
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