Reviews of fiction, poetry, and criticism from small, regional, university, and avant-garde presses since 1977.
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Innovation Never Sleeps
The American Book Review is an award-winning, internationally distributed publication specializing in reviews of published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, and avant-garde presses. For over forty years, ABR has been a staple of the literary world.
T. Geronimo Johnson
Naomi Shihab Nye
Percival Everett
Stephen Graham Jones
Marilyn Chin
Charles Johnson
Tiphane Yanique
Sam Lipsyte
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Paisley Rekdal
Winner of the 2024 Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial or Design Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
Archives: Charles Johnson reviews Richard Wright
Charles Johnson reviewed Richard Wright's American Hunger in the inaugural issue of the American Book Review, Volume 1 , No. 1, December 1977.
Archives: 100 Best Last Lines from Novels
American Book Review Volume 29, No. 2, published in 2008, featured a list of 100 best last lines from novels.
Archives: 100 Best First Lines from Novels
American Book Review Volume 27, No. 2, published in 2006, featured a list of 100 best opening lines from novels.
