Witness Magazine

Witness Editors

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.

National Poetry Month; Poets in Quarantine

In celebration of National Poetry month, we wanted to take some time to highlight the work of Heather Lang-Cassera, our Clark County, Nevada Poet Laureate. During the first week of social distancing, Heather took her pinhole camera to the once-populated areas of Downtown Las Vegas and captured the stillness and quiet that we’ve now come… [Read More]

Sandstone & Silver; An Anthology of Nevada Poets

by Ana Lorenza Jimenez Something unspoken lingers here in this unusual book, a beautiful unspoken truth. The book explores the mystery of a compelling dislocation. Such is the Nevada landscape, and such is Sandstone and Silver: An Anthology of Nevada Poets (Zeitgeist Press). This anthology, edited by Clark County Poet Laureate Heather Lang-Cassera, sums up… [Read More]

Issues

1980s-1990s | 2000s-2010s Vol. XXXII No. 3 online issue Winter 2019 contents Vol. XXXII No. 2 online issue Winter 2019 contents Vol. XXXII No. 1 Disarm Spring 2019 contents Vol. XXXI No. 3 online issue Spring 2019 contents Vol. XXXI No. 2 online issue Summer 2018 contents Vol. XXXI No. 1 Abandon Spring 2018 Vol…. [Read More]

Spring 2020 Issue: Magic

Find this latest issue in our online shop! Click here to subscribe to this & future issues. Table of Contents Eric Tran, Lectio Divina: Vision, The Vision #1 Mary Lane Potter, In Praise of the Disappearing Body Pamela Yenser, Snow Angels Alex Berge, The Intruder Nina Sudhakar, Empires Have Been Destroyed Andrea Eberly, It Probably… [Read More]

AWP 2020 Witness & Interim Present: Mags of the Mojave!

This year, we’re teaming up with Interim to bring you a crossover AWP 2020 offsite event! Join us at the historic Spanish Governor’s Palace on Thursday, March 5th at 6 pm to hear readings from the winners of the 2018 Test Site Poetry Prize and the Witness Literary Awards. We will also be celebrating the launch… [Read More]