Cambridge Literary Review

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The Cover of Cambridge Literary Review, Issue 1. Designed by Will Brady

The Cambridge Literary Review (CLR) is a literary magazine published on an occasional basis. It is edited by Lydia Wilson, Rosie Šnajdr, Jocelyn Betts and Paige Smeaton and is run from Trinity Hall college at the University of Cambridge in England. It was founded in 2009 by Boris Jardine and Lydia Wilson with assistance from the University's 800th anniversary fund.[1] It publishes poetry, short fiction and criticism, and although its commitment to experimental and often difficult works is influenced by the 'Cambridge School' of poetry it has included contributions by writers from around the world and in many languages. It has received notice in The Times Literary Supplement.[2]

Volume I (issues 1–3)[]

The first two issues include: poetry by J. H. Prynne, John Wilkinson, John Kinsella, Keston Sutherland, Drew Milne, Andrea Brady, , , Stephen Rodefer, Alice Notley, , Peter Riley, John James, , , Geoffrey Hartman, Ray Crump, , , , Anna Mendelssohn, Debora Greger, Marianne Morris, Charles Madge; prose, fiction and essays are by , Helen MacDonald, Charles Lambert, , among others.

CLR1 was dedicated to Cambridge writing, including a long section of essays dedicated to the topic by , Andrew Duncan, Elaine Feinstein, Richard Berengarten, Robert Archambeau, et al. Other essays are included by Raymond Geuss on 'productive obscurity', Stefan Collini on the study of the humanities, Rebecca Stott on historical fiction and Philip Pettit on the now-defunct Cambridge Review. This issue proved controversial, engaging the editors in correspondence with the Times Literary Supplement over comments by reviewer J.C.[3] Similarly, a number of writers associated with Cambridge took up the claims of Robert Archambeau's essay; these responses were discussed on his blog,[4] and a selection were published in CLR2.

CLR3 was dedicated to the theme of 'translation', though the term was taken very loosely, the editors stating that the contents were "not so much straight translations, as meditations on or digressions from the manifold practices, protocols and theories of translation.".[5] This issue featured new work from poets Anne Blonstein, Jonty Tiplady, Rich Owens, as well as translations from Osip Mandelstam, Henri Deluy, Charles Baudelaire, and Hermann Hesse. The prose and essay sections featured Kurt Schwitters, , , André Gide and Emily Critchley. A notable essay on the translation of difficult poetry by J. H. Prynne was published, alongside theoretical and historical studies by Nick Jardine, David Bellos, Lydia Davis and others.

Again the issue did not escape unfavourable comment in the N.B. column of the Times Literary Supplement; however, in November 2010 Robert Potts discussed the CLR favourably and at length in his essay review concerning J. H. Prynne.[6]

Volume II (issues 4–6)[]

CLR4 came out in late November, and contains new poetry by Jean Day, Lisa Robertson, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Vanessa Place (with a commentary by Emily Critchley), as well as by , and John Wilkinson; prose and fiction is by Iain Sinclair, Raymond Geuss, John Matthias and .

CLR5 came out in July 2011 and was edited by Boris Jardine and Lydia Wilson. It contains a selection of American writers from the Greenwich Cross-Genre Festival (July 2010), edited and with a commentary by Emily Critchley, featuring: Catherine Wagner, Andrea Brady, , Lee Ann Brown, Eleni Sikelianos, and (writing on the work of Jean Day). It also contains new poems from: , Ray Crump, , Peter Gizzi, James Russell, , and . Fiction is provided by , translated by Christopher Andrews, and . Essays and reviews by , Helen Macdonald, , Katrina Forrester, . There is also an interview of Geoffrey Hartman by and a re-publication of a rare Donald Barthelme short story, ‘The Ontological Basis of Two’.

CLR6 came out in June 2012 and was edited by Boris Jardine, Lydia Wilson, and Rosie Šnajdr. It contains poetry by Rae Armantrout, , , , , , fiction by , and Lydia Davis, essays by John Wilkinson, , Peter Riley, and , as well as a live performance extract by and , and a work by Raymond Geuss. The issue also reprinted Gertrude Stein's, 'B.B., or The Birthplace of Bonnes' and Hope Mirrlees', ‘Paris: a poem’.

Volume III (issues 7 and 8/9)[]

CLR7 came out in November 2013 and was edited by Lydia Wilson, Rosie Šnajdr and . It contains poetry by David Wheatley, Drew Milne, , and Vahni Capildeo, drama by , fiction by and Ian Holding, and essays by James R. Martin, Mikhal Dekel, , and Raymond Geuss.

CLR8/9, the double-length 'Children's Issue', came out in April 2015 and was edited by Lydia Wilson, Rosie Šnajdr, Eve Tandoi, and . It features poetry by Tim Atkins, Joshua Beckman, Andrea Brady and Ayla Ffytche, Kamau Brathwaite, , , Vahni Capildeo, , Michael Farrell, Peter Gizzi, , , Bernadette Mayer, , , and . It contains a 'choose your own adventure' short story by . It contains essays by , , , , , Lisa Jarnot, Toby Mitchell, , Greg Thomas, and . It also re-prints Walter Benjamin's essay 'Berlin Toy Tour II', translated by Jonathan Lutes, and El Lissitzky's '', colourful socialist propaganda for children.

The issue received notice on The Times Literary Supplement blog .[7]

Volume IV (issues 10-12)[]

CLR10 came out in June 2016 and was edited by Lydia Wilson and Rosie Šnajdr. It features poetry by Susan Howe, Eileen Myles, Nathaniel Mackey, Vahni Capildeo, , Cole Swensen, Peter Gizzi, Stephen Rodefer, Luke Roberts, , & Alec Finlay, , and Drew Milne. It contains essays by J.H. Prynne, , , David Larsen, , and Raymond Geuss. It contains fiction by , , John Saul, , and Eley Williams.

The issue was reviewed in The Times Literary Supplement.[8]


References[]

  1. ^ University of Cambridge 800th Anniversary website Archived 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Potts, Robert. "J. H. Prynne, a poet for our times", Times Literary Supplement, 3 November 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  3. ^ Times Literary Supplement Letters section, 21 October 2009, Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  4. ^ Archambeau, Robert. "Cambridge Poetry and Political Ambition", Samizdat Blog, 10 May 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010
  5. ^ "Editorial" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge Literary Review 3 June 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010
  6. ^ Potts, Robert. "J. H. Prynne, a poet for our times", Times Literary Supplement, 3 November 2010, Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  7. ^ Caines, Michael, "The TLS Blog: Infinite Riches in Little Rooms" Archived 5 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 11 May 2015, Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ^ Lapointe, Michael, "Earthly Poems", 25 October 2017, Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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