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Literary magazines published in the United States

  • The New YorkerThe New Yorker magazine opened its doors on the 21st of February 1925. Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant established the publication in a small office at…
  • New Literary HistoryRalph Cohen launched New Literary History in 1969 during the University of Virginia Sesquicentennial Celebration. He created the journal because no English…
  • College EnglishThe year 1939 marked the birth of College English as a distinct publication. It emerged from The English Journal under the direction of W. Wilbur Hatfield.
  • Esquire (magazine)The first issue of Esquire hit newsstands in October 1933 with a price tag of fifty cents. This monthly publication emerged from the ashes of a trade…
  • The AtlanticIn the autumn of 1857, Moses Dresser Phillips announced a new magazine idea at a dinner party held inside Boston's Parker House Hotel.
  • The BafflerThe Baffler magazine opened its doors in 1988 with a clear mission to critique business culture. Editors Thomas Frank and Keith White established the…
  • The Paris ReviewIn the spring of 1953, three young men named Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton launched The Paris Review in a small room above the…