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Witness Magazine

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 publishes one print issue and one online issue a year, and increasingly seeks out work that contextualizes the American experience by highlighting issues of global concern.

Working in America – Vol. X No. 2 (1996)

Doug Hagley Fiction Ron Carlson, Oxygen Cortney Davis, Ruptured C.J. Hribal, The Everfresh Canning Company Richard Holinger, Home / Gold on All His Fingers / Guarding the Warehouse Edith Pearlman, Cavalier R.C. Ringer, Grossman’s Progress Richard Rubin, Black History Month William Tester, Wet Chuck Wachtel, Fate Nancy Zafris, Death of a Junk Peddler Poetry John… [Read More]

Rural America – Vol. IX No. 2 (1995)

Doug Hagley Purchase Print Copy Fiction Geoffrey Clark, Cow Love Wendy Dutton, What Comes from the Ground Robert Fox, The Boones, the Crocketts, the Grumblies, the Wobblies C.J. Hribal, Consent Janet Kauffman, Red at Risk Paul Milenski, American Rustic Ran Diego Russell, The Half-Life of Justice Poetry Dean Albarelli, Farm Haiku Sally Ball, Miracles Rod… [Read More]

American Cities – Vol. VIII No. 2 (1994)

Paul D’Amato Fiction Mitch Berman, To These Guys Alan Cheuse, On the Beach Stuart Dybek, Cruising / Plato Plato Diane Glancy, A New Confederacy Michael A. Griffith, Kidnapped (A Romance) Matthew Lee, Under the Cross-Bronx Joyce Carol Oates, An Urban Paradox Edith Pearlman, Rules Joan Silber, Bobby Jackson Gregory Skwira, Night Birds John Snibbe, War… [Read More]

American Humor – Vol. VII No. 2 (1993)

Doug Hagley Purchase Print Copy Fiction Ron Carlson, What We Wanted to Do Mark O’Donnell, A Brownish Christmas Clyde Edgerton, Tending Trees, Modern Methods, 1891, Mumford, Colorado Molly Giles, Walking Tour: Rohnert Park Albert Goldbarth, The Short Course in Humor Steven Hartman, Buffalo Billy, Cochise the Eighth and the year of many things Robin Hemley,… [Read More]

Sports in America – Vol. VI No. 2 (1992)

David Kenyon Fiction Madison Smartt Bell, Hammerhead John Ed Bradley, The Loser Siv Cedering, A Good Father Jack Driscoll, Hang Time Richard Elman, Miss Eleanore Helm David Allan Evans, The Celebration J. Clark Hansbarger, The Second Baseman Richard Hill, Spring Training Peter LaSalle, Hockey Angels Daniel Marcus, In the Rough Bill Meissner, The Hunting Jacket… [Read More]

Autobiography – Vol. V No. 2 (1991)

Roxanne Frith John Balaban, from Remembering Heaven’s Face Rick Bass, Knapweed Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Paterson Public Library M.F.K. Fisher, Paris Journal George Garrett, Tigers in Red Weather: Some Academic Anecdotes John Haines, Death William Harrison, Present Tense Africa Gordon Lish, Wouldn’t a Title Just Make It Worse? Peter Najarian, The Hungry Ghost Naomi Shihab… [Read More]

New Nature Writing – Vol. III No. 4 (1989)

Doug Hagley Purchase Print Copy Nonfiction Rick Bass, The Afterlife / Valley of the Crows Charles Bowden, Love Among the Lion Killers Jean Craighead George, White Wilderness John Hay, A Faire Bay Edward Hoagland, A Year As It Turns William Kittredge, Ghosts Barry Lopez, Apologia Sherman Paul, From Here/Now: Mostly on Place Gary Snyder, The… [Read More]

The Sixties – Vol. II No. 2/3 (1988)

Bruce Ian Meader Fiction Richard Currey, In-Country Maxine Hong Kingston, Twisters and Shouters Fred Pfeil, The Angel of Dad Poetry Terry Adams, Writing Home / Point of View Lloyd Van Brunt, The Stars Like Minstrels Sing to Blake Naomi Shihab Nye, Eating in Berkeley Paul Silas, The Prison Poems: #188 Gary Snyder, Building Diane Wakoski,… [Read More]

The Holocaust – Vol. I No. 1 (1987)

Bruce Ian Meader Purchase Print Copy Fiction Madison Smartt Bell, The Forgotten Bridge Tom Clark, from The Exile of Celine Peter Najarian, from Daughters of Memory Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, Star Children Poetry Tom Absher, Newsreel David Ignatow, Its Name Charles Simic, That Bit of Vaudeville Ruth Whitman, The Testing of Hanna Senesh Nonfiction Eugene Arden, There… [Read More]

Writings from Prison – Vol. I No. 3 (1987)

Joanne Curran Purchase Print Copy Fiction Fielding Dawson, Triumph! Melvin James, Sunday’s Worship Banning K. Lary, Death of a Duke Kent Monroe, Jr., Perple Jesus Poetry George C. Allen, Jr., Petri Dish Self-Portrait Leanne Archibeque, Machaca Darrah Cloud, Inmates Charles Culhane, Autumn Yard R. Geren Edwards, Nascene Raymond Ringo Fernandez, Cell-Rapping / Plastic and Steel… [Read More]