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| cream city review is a non-profit literary magazine devoted to publishing memorable and energetic fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and comics that push and undermine the boundaries of stable definitions of “literature”. The magazine also features reviews of contemporary literature and criticism, as well as author interviews and artwork. The publication is an established biannual that attracts both readers and submissions from around the world. We receive approximately 4,000 submissions each year in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from both unpublished and established writers. Our journal reflects this mix—often publishing poet laureates beside artists who have never been published before. From the thousands of submissions, cream city review volunteer staff of graduate students selects 25-35 poems, 5-8 stories, 1-3 essays, 1-3 book reviews, and 4-8 pages of color visual art for publication in each issue. |
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| cream city review takes its name from the “City of Cream-Colored Bricks,” or “Cream City,” as Milwaukee was once known. The first “cream” brick was made in 1835. Pale yellow, the bricks proved more durable and aesthetically pleasing than the traditional red bricks produced by East Coast kilns. Popular throughout the 1800s, Cream City bricks were used widely for ornamental architecture in the United States and Europe. |
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| cream city review has established a prominent place among independent literary magazines by featuring the work of up-and-coming as well as established writers. Past contributors include: Kate Braverman, Charles Bukowski, Robert Olen Butler, Maxine Chernoff, Amy Clampitt, Billy Collins, Oliver de la Paz, Tess Gallagher, Diane Glancy, Joy Harjo, Bob Hicok, Allison Joseph, Caroline Knox, Ted Kooser, Audre Lorde, J.D. McClatchy, Simon Ortiz, Linda Pastan, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Adrienne Rich, Alberto Ríos, Catie Rosemurgy, Denise Sweet, James Tate, Mark Turcotte, Gordon Weaver, Aimee Bender, and Ben Percy. |
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| cream city review was started in 1975 after Mary Zane Allen, who had been at The Wisconsin Review, decided there should be a similar literary journal operating out of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Allen worked with the student union to establish both the magazine and a reading series. Later, the magazine began operating with the support of UWM’s English Department. Over the years, cream city review has evolved from an 8″ X 11″, 50 page, Xeroxed zine to the 175-225 page perfect-bound book format that it is today. Although the standards of the magazine have remained high, the appearances have changed dramatically. The shift to glossy, multicolored covers began in the fall of 1989, shortly after Laurie Buman became our art editor. These covers, which become more exciting with every issue, have now become one of our trademarks. Beginning in the spring of 2008, cream city review began publishing comics in each issue. We are continually seeking to explore the relationship between form and content through the writing that we publish and through our iterative redesign of the magazine, from typeface to layout. |
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| At a time when many literary magazines have been forced to fold for lack of funds, cream city review has survived. This is thanks in large part to grants from The Bradley Foundation and The Wisconsin Arts Board, support from the UWM (specifically, the English Department), Letters and Science Constituent Alumni Association, a succession of dedicated volunteers and, of course, a loyal following of readers and subscribers. |
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| Editor-in-Chief Jay Johnson Managing Editor Fiction Editors Poetry Editors Creative Nonfiction Editor Web Editor Book Review Editor Production Designer Assistant Editors Copy Editor cream city review Board Office Intern |
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| cream city review Department of English University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201 info@creamcityreview.org For submission guidelines, submission questions, and reading periods, please click here. For general information or for orders, please email us at info@creamcityreview.org. |
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| The Fall 2009 issue is now available, featuring illustrator Sheila Alvarado, print-maker Nichole Maury, an interview with Jack Pendarvis, a comic by Glen Holland, and fine fiction, nonfiction and poetry--some of it part of our "humor" focus. | |
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