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Current Volume: 98
Frequency: Quarterly
Academic Editors: Priscilla Wald, Matthew Taylor
Recent Awards
"'A Face of Anguish': Pain and Portraiture in the Civil War Hospital" by Jess Libow (vol. 97, issue 2), winner, Norman Foerster Prize, 2024
"Poetry Will Not Optimize; or, What Is Literature to AI?" by Michele Elam (vol. 95, issue 2), winner, Norman Foerster Prize, 2023
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Editors:
Matthew A. Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Priscilla Wald, Duke University
Managing Editor:
Sadye Teiser
Editorial Assistants:
Elizabeth Apple
Jordan Williamson
Editorial Board:
Tina Chen, 2026
Tara Fickle, 2026
John Morán González, 2026
Carrie Hyde, 2026
Autumn Womack, 2026
Jessica Hurley, 2027
Jennifer C. James, 2027
Benjamin Kahan, 2027
Stephanie Li, 2027
Kathryn Walkiewicz, 2027
Adrienne Brown, 2028
Sarah Ensor, 2028
Benjamin Friedlander, 2028
Mary Caton Lingold, 2028
Jennifer Rhee, 2028
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