Acumen (magazine)

Acumen
May 2010 cover
EditorDanielle Hope [1]
CategoriesPoetry magazine
FrequencyTriannual[2]
PublisherAcumen Publications
FounderPatricia Oxley
Founded1985
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteAcumen
ISSN0964-0304
OCLC15725310

Acumen is a triannual British literary magazine with special emphasis on poetry and is based in London, the United Kingdom.[3] According to Stephen May it is considered a leading poetry magazine.[4]

History and profile

Acumen began publication in 1985.[5] The magazine, headquartered in Brixham, was founded by Patricia Oxley,[5] who was also its editor until issue 100 in May 2021 when Danielle Hope replaced her in the post.[6][1] Her husband William Oxley was its treasurer and interviews editor.[7] The journal is published by Acumen Publications[8] three times a year and covers poems by both famous and lesser known poets and reviews of poems.[9] The magazine was formerly headquartered in Brixham before its head office was moved to London.[1]

The magazine hosts an international poetry competition.[10] Past co-editors of Acumen with Oxley include Anne Stevenson and Evangeline Paterson.[11] The book British Poetry Magazines, 1914-2000 states that Acumen has "been very deliberately concerned with the notion of an independent approach to poetry, though at the same time tending to avoid experimentalism."[11] The magazine was one publication studied in Chapman literary magazine's August 1997 issue entitled The State of British Poetry.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Danielle Hope website".
  2. ^ Kaplan, Laurie, ed. (2006). "ACUMEN MAGAZINE". Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, 2006: Including Irregular Serials & Annuals. Volume 2: Ele-Med. R.R. Bowker. p. 5496. ISBN 9780835245036.
  3. ^ Fulton, Len, ed. (2010). "ACUMEN". International Directory of Little Magazines: 46th Edition, 2010-2011, Paper. Dustbooks. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-935742-00-5.
  4. ^ May, Stephen (2010). Get Started in Creative Writing. McGraw-Hill. p. 71. ISBN 9781444103182.
  5. ^ a b "About Acumen". Poetry Magazines. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ^ Jane Dowson; Alice Entwistle (2005). A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-521-81946-6.
  7. ^ David Perman (21 February 2020). "William Oxley obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Acumen Publications". The Poetry Library. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Acumen Poetry Magazine". UK Authors. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Acumen Literary Journal International Poetry Competition 2020: Open for entries". nawe. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  11. ^ a b Miller, David; Price, Richard (2006). British Poetry Magazines, 1914-2000: A History and Bibliography of Little Magazines. Oak Knoll Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780712349413.
  12. ^ Coreliss, Jon (August 1997). "From Scotland to Suburbia: A Landscape of Current British Poetry". Chapman. pp. 4–21.
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