Review - Literature and Arts of the Americas
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Country

United Kingdom

Journal ISSN: 08905762, 17430666

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.

History: 1968, 1971-1982, 1984-2021

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Founded in 1968 Review Literature and Arts of the Americasis the major forum in the United States for contemporary Latin American and Caribbean writing in English and English translation it also covers Canadian writing and the visual and performing arts in the Americas.Review first brought the work of Latin American writers such as Alejo Carpentier Gabriel Garca Mrquez and Mario Vargas Llosa to critical attention in the United States and they were followed by numerous other important figures. Translators Edith Grossman Gregory Rabassa and Margaret Sayers Peden are among those who have contributed to Review . Issues of the magazine focus on specific countries regions or on more abstract themes such as urban voices womens writing or Latin AmericanLatino performing arts. Review has regularly included selections of poetry fiction and nonfiction book reviews of newly translated titles profiles of visual artists and essays exploring currents in music and the performing arts. Review has undergone various transformations in response to cultural and economic currents over the last 36 years. Founded in 1968 as a compilation of previously published reviews of titles by Latin American authors in the 1970s it turned to publishing specialfocus issues on individual Latin American writers including Borges Neruda and Paz. In the 1980s Review was reconfigured as a highdesign publication with substantial coverage of the visual and performing arts broadening its scope to attract a more general readership. This trend continued into the 1990s when the magazine began publishing more literature and arts from the nonSpanishspeaking Caribbean. And in 2003 the magazines title was changed from Review Latin American Literature and Arts to its current one.