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ISSUES

by Witness Editors on Jan 25, 2011 • 10:57 pm

1980s-1990s | 2000s-2010s

Vol. XXX.2 No. 2
online issue
Summer 2017

Vol. XXX.1 No. 1
Chaos
Spring 2017
contents

Vol. XXIX No. 3
online issue
Winter 2016
contents

Vol. XXIX No. 2
online issue
Summer 2016
contents

Vol. XXIX No. 1
Spectacle
Spring 2016

Vol. XXVIII No. 3
online issue
Winter 2015
contents

Vol. XXVIII No. 2
online issue
Summer 2015
contents

Vol. XXVIII No. 1
Trans/lation
Spring 2015

Vol. XXVII No. 3
online issue
Winter 2014
contents

Vol. XXVII No. 2
online issue
Summer 2014
contents

Vol. XXVII No. 1
Ghosts
Spring 2014

Vol. XXVI No. 3
online issue
Winter 2013
contents

Vol. XXVI No. 2
online issue
Summer 2013
contents

Vol. XXVI No. 1
Redemption
Spring 2013

Vol. XXV No. 3
online issue
Fall 2012
contents

Vol. XXV No. 2
online issue
Summer 2012
contents

Vol. XXV No. 1
Disaster
Spring 2012

Vol. XXIV No. 3
online issue
Fall 2011
contents

Vol. XXIV No. 2
online issue
Summer 2011
contents

Vol. XXIV No. 1
Blurring Borders
Spring 2011

Vol. XXIII
Captured: Writing About Film and Photography
2010

Vol. XXII
Dismissing Africa
2009

Vol. XXI
general issue
2007

Vol. XX
Exile in America
2006

Vol. XIX
Childhood in America
2005

Vol. XVIII No. 2
Our Best: 1987-2004
2004
contents

Vol. XVIII No.1
general issue
2004

Vol. XVII No. 2
Ethnic America
2003

Vol. XVII No. 1
general issue
2003
contents

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Vol. XVI No. 2
Aging in America
2002

Vol. XVI No.1
general issue
2002

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Vol. XV No. 2
Animals in America
2001

Vol. XV No.1
general issue
2001

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Vol. XIV No. 2
Crime in America
2000

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Vol. XIV No.1
general issue
2000

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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