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With a visual love letter to Atlanta, reflections on Cormac McCarthy’s haunted characters, a surreal short story starring an immortal Miles Davis, and so much more, you don’t want to miss the Spring 2023 Issue.
With a visual love letter to Atlanta, reflections on Cormac McCarthy’s haunted characters, a surreal short story starring an immortal Miles Davis, and so much more, you don’t want to miss the Spring 2023 Issue.
The Oxford American is a nonprofit quarterly
published by The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc.,
in alliance with the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).
DANIELLE A. JACKSON
Editor
Assistant Editors CHRISTIAN LEUS, ALLIE MARIANO
Editor-at-Large ROSALIND BENTLEY
Poetry Editor REBECCA GAYLE HOWELL
Art Directors CARTER/REDDY • www. CarterReddy.com
Art Researcher ALYSSA ORTEGA COPPELMAN
Copyeditor ALI WELKY
Editorial Interns
TILLIE LEFFORGE, ALEXA NORSBY, ANNIKA WARRICK, ZHENZHEN YU
Archive Intern
WINNIE LITCHFIELD
Contributing Editors
LUCY ALIBAR, REBECCA BENGAL, ROY BLOUNT, JR., WENDY BRENNER,
KEVIN BROCKMEIER, BRONWEN DICKEY, LOLIS ERIC ELIE,
BETH ANN FENNELLY, LESLIE JAMISON, HARRISON SCOTT KEY,
KIESE LAYMON, JESSICA LYNNE, ALEX MAR, GREIL MARCUS,
TAYLER MONTAGUE, DUNCAN MURRELL, CHRIS OFFUTT, IMANI PERRY,
AMANDA PETRUSICH, PADGETT POWELL, JAMIE QUATRO, DAVID RAMSEY,
DIANE ROBERTS, ZANDRIA F. ROBINSON, CARINA DEL VALLE SCHORSKE
The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., Board of Directors
Chairman SARA A. LEWIS
RICHARD MASSEY, JENNY DAVIS, ENJOLIQUÉ A. LETT, DANIELLE A. JACKSON
SARA A. LEWIS
Executive Director
Advertising Sales Director KEVIN BLECHMAN
Senior Account Executive KATHLEEN KING
Senior Account Executive CRISTEN HEMMINS
Account Executive RAY WITTENBERG
Account Executive GINGER ROELL
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Accounting Manager SHAVON TAYLOR
Development Coordinator AMANDA BOLDENOW
Engagement Editor LAURA DALEY
Creative Consultant RYAN HARRIS
Fulfillment Coordinator SARAH GRAHAM
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