''The American Poetry Review'' (''APR'') is an American
poetry
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magazine printed every other month on tabloid-sized newsprint. It was founded in 1972 by Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker
in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. The magazine's editor is
Elizabeth Scanlon.
History
''The American Poetry Review'' was founded by Berg and Parker in 1972 in Philadelphia. 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
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, joined ''APR'' and served as editor of the publication until his death, in 2017. The poet
Arthur Vogelsang
Arthur Vogelsang (born January 31, 1942) is an American poet, teacher and editor.
Early life and education
Vogelsang was born in 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He received an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University where he met h ...
also joined as editor that year, remaining until 2006. 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.
[History]
''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.
Founding editor Berg died in 2014. Elizabeth Scanlon is the current editor in chief.
See also
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List of literary magazines
References
External links
''The American Poetry Review'' website''The American Poetry Review''at
JSTOR
American Poetry Review records, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Poetry magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1972
Magazines published in Philadelphia
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