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“Serious Literature Might Be Becoming Cool Again”

A recent Guardian article titled “A renaissance rooted in technology: the literary magazine returns” argues that the environment for literary magazines looks good. It discusses how the internet has made it more affordable to print and market a literary magazine. … Continue reading

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Poetry & the Imagination

Yesterday we were privileged to have published poet Kate Colby reading from two of her most recent books of poetry: The Return of the Native and Beauport. Kate worked as an adjunct faculty professor last semester teaching poetry here at Roger … Continue reading

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I Never Really Liked Philosophy…[read on]

Question: How will future generations label the over-arching intent of the literature of the present day? If you think back to the literature of the past, we have placed most works of art into a special category: modernist, surrealist, realist, … Continue reading

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Upcoming Events at roger

We’re making some strong progress selecting what poetry and fiction we are running. Many discussions have occurred advocating for and against certain works as we figure out what is a good addition to roger volume 7. One group of poems … Continue reading

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Standing Out

Scrolling through Newpages and thinking back to the AWP Conference, I come to one thought: is it the the world of  print literary magazines is shrinking? Newpages has a huge list of beautiful and interesting literary magazines. The AWP filled … Continue reading

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