''Pleiades: Literature in Context'' is a biannual literary journal that publishes contemporary poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews. It was founded by undergraduate students at the University of Central Missouri in 1981. The non-profit journal is published by the
University of Central Missouri's Department of English and Philosophy. ''Pleiades'' publishes work from both established and emerging authors, and dedicates half of each issue to detailed book reviews of recent small-press poetry and fiction.
[Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing]
Online. Retrieved December 18, 2012. ''Pleiades'' is funded by the University of Central Missouri and grants from the
Missouri Arts Council. Its headquarters is in
Warrensburg, Missouri
Warrensburg is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 20,313 at the 2020 census. The Warrensburg Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Johnson County. The city is a college town as it is ...
.
The affiliated Pleiades Press publishes several books of poetry and prose each year through the Lena-Miles Wever Todd poetry prize, the Pleiades Press Editors Prize for Poetry, the Robert C. Jones Prize for Short Prose, and the Visual Poetry Series.
Awards
In addition to fifteen
Pushcart Prizes works from ''Pleiades'' have been selected for ''
The Best American Poetry
''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.
Background
The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the general ...
'' anthology annually since 2001.
Notable contributors
Past contributors to ''Pleiades'' include winners of the Nobel, Ruth Lilly, Pulitzer, Bollingen, Prix de la Liberté, and Neustadt Prizes, as well as recipients of Guggenheim, Whiting, National Book Critics Circle and National Book Awards.
[ Notable contributors include Joyce Carol Oates, ]Campbell McGrath
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, David St. John
David St. John (born July 24, 1949) is an American poet.
Biography
Born in Fresno, California, he was educated at California State University, Fresno, where he studied with poet Philip Levine, and at the University of Iowa, receiving an M.F.A. ...
, Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925 – February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982.
Biography Early years
Maxine Kumin was born Maxine Winokur on June ...
, Sherman Alexie
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, Chris Offutt, Jean Valentine
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Jean Valentine (April 27, 1934December 29, 2020) was an American poet and the New York State Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Her poetry collection, ''Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003'', was awarded the 2004 N ...
, D. A. Powell, Mark Halliday, Mary Jo Bang, Jaswinder Bolina, Victoria Chang, Zachary Mason, Amina Gautier, James Richardson, Jack Pendarvis, Sean Gill
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Education
Gill is a graduate of Oberlin College and Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School. He studied privately with Juan Luis Buñuel.
Television
Gill's television work includes e ...
, Randall Mann, Tiphanie Yanique, Troy Jollimore, Julie Sheehan, Bonnie Jo Campbell, and Melissa Kwasny, among many others.
See also
* List of literary magazines
References
External links
Pleiades: Literature in Context
Poets & Writers' Pleiades Listing
{{University of Central Missouri
Poetry magazines published in the United States
Student magazines published in the United States
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1981
Philosophy magazines
University of Central Missouri
Magazines published in Missouri