Vol. XXX.1 No. 1 (Spring 2017)
- Sadie Shorr-Parks, Attic Bats, Modern Love
- Susan Sterling, Dr. Hunt
- Andrea Patton, Flights
- September Liam Valentine, Gleipnir
- Aimee Sun Kwon, Overnight
Vol. XXIX No. 3 (Winter 2016)
- Cynthia Lim, After the Plane Crash
Vol. XXIX No. 1 (Spring 2016)
- Wendy Call, La Intrépida
- Ginger Gaffney, Learning to Walk
- Gabriel Heller, My Violence
- Sharon Dolin, Rear Window: The Ethics of Seeing and Telling
Vol. XXVIII No. 3 (Winter 2015)
- Maria Terrone, Land of the Wounded: A Girl in the VA
- Joshua Furst, On Wisconsin
Vol. XXVIII (2015)
- Mike Smith, Shadow Texts
Vol. XXII (2009) | Dismissing Africa
- Witness Editors, from the Editor’s Comment
- Chris Abani, Ethics and Narrative: the Human and Other
- Colleen Kinder, Moderate Pomp
Vol. XXI (2007)
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Vol. XX (2006) | Exile in America
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Vol. XIX (2005) | Childhood in America
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Vol. XVIII, No. 1 (2004)
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Vol. XVIII (2004) | Our Best: 1987-2004
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Vol. XVII, No. 1 (2003)
- Coming soon
Vol. XVII, No. 1 (2003) | Ethnic America
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Vol. XVI, No.1 (2002)
- Coming soon
Vol. XVI (2002) | Aging in America
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Vol. XV (2001) | Animals in America
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Vol. XIV (2000) | Crime in America
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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.
