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One of the great pleasures of this fall semester has been serving as editor of North Dakota Quarterly. The first volume that will appear under my supervisions will be volume 85. It’ll also be the first volume produced in collaboration with University of Nebraska Press and featuring a new poetry editor, Paul Worley, a new art editor, Ryan Stander, and a new non-fiction editor Sheila Liming. Moreover, there has been a bit of hiatus in publishing NDQ (although to be fair, it’ll be less than 18 months) and for a time, we suspended subscriptions.
That all being said, SUBSCRIBE NOW!
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It seems appropriate that I write an editor’s note introducing the new volume. In fact, I was looking forward to doing this until… I discovered that it was really hard to do. My rhetorically elaborate and awesomely clever editor’s note almost instantly devolved when I tried to write it.
In its place is this short note, which I actually think works, even if I wanted to say more.
Editors Note
For almost a century, North Dakota Quarterly has stood as a monument on the North Plains. Started at the turn of the century and anticipating the Little Magazine movement, the Quarterly has remained committed to publishing the best fiction, poetry, and essays submitted by its diverse contributors. At the same time, the tastes, interests, and opinions of it editors have shaped the journal. Bob Lewis produced regular volumes dedicated to Ernest Hemingway. Sharon Carson produced a volume that reflected her interest in transnationalism. Robert Wilkins term as editor saw regular contributions on the history of the state and region.
The first volume of North Dakota Quarterly under my editorship seeks to continue in this tradition while also following the lead of my extraordinary fiction editor, Gilad Elbom, poetry editor, Paul Worley, art editor, Ryan Stander, non fiction editor, Sheila Liming, and the editorial board. Past editors Sharon Carson and Kate Sweney, university attorney, Jason Jenkins, and copy-editor Andrea Herbst also offered steady hands to guide my work as editor and helped the Quarterly navigate some exciting challenges — from finding new storage for 20,000 back issues, to a new office, a new publisher, and new funding structure.
The group of editors and our determined and patient contributors have brought together fiction and poetry for a single volume in the calendar year 2018. At my suggestion and with the help of the editorial board, we also collected also brought together a special section of art, poetry, and essays on the humanities in the age of austerity. Over the past three years, the Quarterly directly encountered the impact of fiscal austerity on higher education and humanities funding in North Dakota, and it seemed fitting for these challenges to manifest in the page of the journal itself.
Volume 85 also marks another major change for the Quarterly. Starting with this volume, we will be published by University of Nebraska Press and this partnership will change the working of the journal in exciting ways. Already, we have made it possible to subscribe and submit to North Dakota Quarterly online. We have redoubled our efforts to produce weekly content on our website. We also look forward to new opportunities to increase the visibility and reach of NDQ among creative writers, discerning readers, and our longstanding national audience.
We hope that you enjoy volume 85 (2018) of the Quarterly and look forward to continuing to share exceptional content with you.
