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Callaloo @ Texas A&M
Callaloo @ Johns Hopkins University Press (ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION)
Editor: Charles Henry Rowell
Managing Editor:
Associate Editors: Carrol F. Coates, Brent Hayes Edwards, Percival Everett, Michael S. Collins, Helen Elaine Lee, Carl Phillips, Tracy K. Smith
Book Review Editors: Douglas Field, Thomas Glave, A. Van Jordan
Contributing and Advisory Editors:
Kimberly Benston, Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Stephen Carpenter, Joseph Clarke, Lucille Clifton, Maryse Condé, Angie Cruz, Edwidge Danticat, Toi Derricote, Rita Dove, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Susan Fraiman, Ernest J. Gaines, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Saidiya Hartman, Terrance Hayes, Shona N. Jackson, Marcus D. Jones, Meta Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Yusef Komunyakaa, E. Ethelbert Miller, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Marco Portales, Richard Powell, Emily Raboteau, Caroline Rody, Marlon Ross, Franklin Sirmans, Robert B. Stepto, Sharan Strange, Natasha Trethewey, Ben Vinson III, Derek Walcott, Alvia J. Wardlaw, Steven F. White, John Edgar Wideman, Judith Wilson, Kevin Young
Callaloo, the premier African-American and African literary journal, publishes original works and critical studies of black artists and writers worldwide. The journal offers a rich mixture of fiction, poetry, plays, critical essays, interviews, and visual art from the African diaspora. Frequent annotated bibliographies, special thematic issues drawing on people and place, original art and photography are some of the features of this highly acclaimed international showcase of arts and letters.The Winter 2001 issue recieved honorable mention recognigiton for "Best Special Issue of a Journal in 2001" by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Divison of the American Association. The Winter 2002 issue, entitled "Jazz Poetics" has been recognized by the Council of Editors for Learned Journals as one of the best special issues of 2002.Callaloo was founded by current editor Charles H. Rowell in 1976 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. The journal moved to the University of Virginia and then Texas A&M.
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30th Anniversary Celebration

30th Anniversary CelebrationWednesday, October 24 throughSaturday, October 27, 2007Hosted by The Center for Africana StudiesJohns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)andThe Reginald F. Lewis Museu...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:09:00 GMT

Gaines, others pay tribute to Callaloo

LINK TO ARTICLEBy KRISTIN GRANT Special to The Advocate Published: Aug 19, 2007 - Page: 1B Louisiana author Ernest Gaines joined in paying tribute Saturday at the L...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:24:00 GMT

Harlem Book Fair

Callaloo will be at the 9th Annual Harlem Book Fair in Harlem, New York on Saturday, July 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  The Book Fair is a Free Event and is open to the Public.  It will b...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:35:00 GMT

Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration

Please mark your calendars . . . .   CALLALOO 30th Anniversary Celebration   Wednesday, October 24-Saturday, October 27, 2007   Hosted by The Center for Africana Studies John...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:26:00 GMT

Callaloo Summer Subscription Special

CALLALOOSUMMER SUBSCRIPTION SPECIAL Curious about what you have missed in Callaloo's thirty years of publishing? Well, subscribe to the journal between no and July 31 and receive TWO FREE COPIES of se...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:01:00 GMT

NewPages Review of Callaloo Hip-Hop Issue

Link to NewPages Review PageCallaloo Volume 29 Number 3Summer 2006QuarterlyReviewed by Christopher Gibson Talib Kweli sums up this issue in the final interview/artic...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 15:08:00 GMT

New Calls for Papers: Politics and Hip-Hop

Callaloo: The Politics Issue We invite essays, creative writing, painting, and photography on the subject of politics. Specific topics and themes may include, but are not limited to: The politics of ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:30:00 GMT

Review of "American Tragedy" Issue

Literary journal devotes entire edition to New Orleans and Katrina[ Link to article in Baton Rouge Advocate ]By GREG LANGLEY Advocate books editor Published: Apr 29, 2007 ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:53:00 GMT

2007 Workshop Flier


Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:14:00 GMT

2007 CALLALOO CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS

The 2007 Callaloo Creative Writing WorkshopsAugust 5  August 18, College Station, TexasThe Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops, a project of the literary journal Callaloo, are designed to assist new ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:58:00 GMT