 | American Poetry Review
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One of the largest circulation poetry magazines in the U.S., APR presents the best of contemporary poetry plus a wide range of work in translation, reviews, essays, interviews, and commentary from some of the most exciting writers of our time. Published continuously since 1972.
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32 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
By adead_poet@hotmail.com
I know APR is supposed to be one of the better poetry magazines out there, and I think it has one of the highest circulations of any poetry magazine, but it's more of the National Enquirer of poetry magazines. It's a large, newspaper-style format that contains mostly bad poetry and dull articles. You'd be better off subscribing to Poetry, The Hudson Review, The Texas Review, Tar River Poetry, or any number of other journals.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By BfloBen
I have enjoyed this publication for several years... Another reviewer here denigrates the quality of articles and poetry BUT in fact as with any poetry publication, there are writings that will appeal to you and stuff that you will dislike completely. After all, few fields are as filled with differing tastes and styles as poetry (I can't imagine a poetry publication where all poems are of universal appeal). The essays and articles will either be of interest to you or not. I usually find a few that are well worth the reading time and some that are excellent and others that are memorable. CAUTION: this is not a mass market publication. It can be demanding (after all, even a single poem can take time to read and re-read) and I rarely manage to find time to read the entire issue before the next one is available. RECOMMENDATION: Ignore the negative review... find a copy, read it and decide for yourself.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
By billy Perrault
I've been reading this magazine for years. The poetry is usually awful. The writers are terrible and boring. The articles are OK usually. It's too academic and it needs more down to earth poets like the slammers and those who just read and write poetry, not just academics. Whatever.
Billy Perrault
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