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Witness blends the features of a literary and an issue-oriented magazine to highlight the role of the modern writer as witness to his or her times. Launched in Detroit in 1987, the magazine is best known for showcasing work that defines its historical moment; special issues have focused on political oppression, religion, the natural world, crime, aging, civil rights, love, ethnic America, and exile. The issues “New Nature Writing,” “The Sixties,” “Sports in America,” and “The Best of Witness, 1987 – 2004” eventually appeared as university press anthologies.In 2007, Witness moved to Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The magazine now publishes one special print issue and two general online issues each year and increasingly seeks out work that contextualizes the American experience by highlighting issues of global concern.

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Recent Issues

Vol. XXXI.3

Online Issue

Winter 2018/2019

Vol. XXXI.2

Online Issue

Summer 2018

Vol. XXXI No. 1

Abandon

Spring 2018

Vol. XXX No. 3

Online Issue

Winter 2017

Vol. XXX No. 2

Online Issue

Summer 2017

Vol. XXX No. 1

Chaos

Spring 2017

Vol. XXIX No. 3

Online Issue

Winter 2016

Bookshelf

Olivia Clare

The 26-Hour Day

Laura Hulthen Thomas

States of Motion

Jimmy Cajoleas

Goldline

Mike White

Addendum to a Miracle

David Armstrong

Going Anywhere

Mimi Lipson

The Cloud of Unknowing

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Ms. Hempel Chronicles

Kevin Haworth

Famous Drownings

Christopher Kondrich

Contrapuntal

Rosalie Morales Kearns

Virgins and Tricksters

Joshua Kryah

We Are Starved

Terese Svoboda

Bohemian Girl

Mike White

How to Make a Bird with Two Hands