Bookforum
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| Editors | Chris Lehmann (Editor), Michael Miller (Editor), David O'Neill (Managing Editor), Maggie Foucault (Associate Editor), Alfredo Perez (Bookforum.com Editor) |
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| Categories | Literature, culture |
| Frequency | Biannually (1994–1998) Quarterly (1998–2005) Five issues per year (since 2005) |
| Circulation | 60,000[when?] |
| Publisher | Anthony Korner, Danielle McConnell, Kate Koza |
| Year founded | 1994 |
| Company | Artforum International Magazine, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City, New York |
| Language | English |
| Website | bookforum |
| ISSN | 1098-3376 |
| OCLC | 757565508 |
Bookforum is an American book review magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature. Based in New York City, New York, it comes out in February, April, June, September, and December.
History[]
The magazine was launched in 1994 as a literary supplement to Artforum. Originally published biannually, it became a quarterly in 1998, and since 2005, the magazine has published five times a year.
Describing the magazine to The Village Voice in 2003, former editor Eric Banks said that the magazine targets a demographic "like the New York Review's but much younger. I think there is an audience of intellectual readers between 25 and 40 out there – the kind of person who buys The New Republic, The Nation, and The New York Review of Books, but doesn't have an allegiance to a particular publication."[1]
In addition to publishing book reviews, essays and current-events columns, the magazine regularly features interviews with authors, including:
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Martin Amis
- John Ashbery
- John Barth
- A. S. Byatt
- Jerome Charyn
- Lydia Davis
- Umberto Eco
- Mary Gaitskill
- Nadine Gordimer
- Aleksandar Hemon
- Amy Hempel
- John Irving
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Doris Lessing
- Bernard-Henri Lévy
- Alan Moore
- Lorrie Moore
- Haruki Murakami
- Cees Nooteboom
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Michael Ondaatje
- Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Salman Rushdie
- Vikram Seth
- Susan Sontag
- Muriel Spark
- Robert Stone
- Gore Vidal
- William T. Vollmann
In 2009, the magazine's website was redesigned to include a nationwide literary-events calendar, internet exclusive book reviews, two blogs – Paper Trail and Omnivore – and a section called Syllabi, which features reading lists written by authors and critics.[2]
Notable contributors[]
- J. G. Ballard, novelist and short-story writer
- John Banville, novelist and critic
- Harold Bloom, academic and critic
- Louise Bourgeois, artist
- A. S. Byatt, novelist and poet
- Billy Collins, poet
- Dennis Cooper, writer, editor and artist
- Lydia Davis, short-story writer and translator
- Stacey D'Erasmo, novelist
- Michael Dirda, critic
- Geoff Dyer, novelist and critic
- Gerald Early, writer and academic
- Jennifer Egan, novelist and short-story writer
- Dave Eggers, writer and publisher
- Richard Ford, novelist and short-story writer
- Mary Gaitskill, novelist and short-story writer
- William H. Gass, writer
- Keith Gessen, co-founder of literary magazine n+1
- Thelma Golden, curator
- Nan Goldin, photographer
- Kim Gordon, artist and musician
- Germaine Greer, writer and academic
- Richard Hell, writer and musician
- Amy Hempel, short-story writer
- Sheila Heti, novelist
- bell hooks, author and activist
- Maureen Howard, novelist
- Travis Jeppesen, novelist and critic
- Wayne Koestenbaum, poet and critic
- Barbara Kruger, artist
- Hari Kunzru, novelist and journalist
- Jonathan Lethem, novelist
- Phillip Lopate, film critic and writer
- Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Greil Marcus, music journalist and critic
- Patrick McGrath, writer and academic
- Daphne Merkin, critic
- Stephin Merritt, musician
- D. A. Miller, academic and critic
- Toril Moi, academic
- Rick Moody, novelist
- Michael Musto, columnist
- Glenn O'Brien, editor and critic
- Marjorie Perloff, critic
- Caryl Phillips, novelist
- Matthew Price, journalist
- Francine Prose, novelist
- Salman Rushdie, novelist and essayist
- Andrew Solomon, writer
- Christopher Sorrentino, novelist
- Lorin Stein, editor and critic
- Lynne Tillman, novelist, short-story writer and critic
- Colm Tóibín, novelist and critic
- William T. Vollmann, novelist and journalist
- Sarah Vowell, writer and journalist
- Rebecca Walker, writer and activist
- Michael Wood, academic
- Adam Zagajewski, poet and essayist
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cotts, Cynthia (July 1, 2003). "Banks Knows His Books – Quarterly Gets New Editor and Makeover". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ Murg, Stephanie (January 20, 2009). "Bookforum Launches New Website" Archived July 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. UnBeige (blog of Media Bistro. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
External links[]
- bookforum
.com , the magazine's official website
- 1994 establishments in New York City
- Literary magazines published in the United States
- Quarterly magazines published in the United States
- Biannual magazines published in the United States
- Book review magazines
- English-language magazines
- Magazines established in 1994
- Magazines published in New York City