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
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.
