Raritan (journal)

Raritan
DisciplineLiterary journal
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJackson Lears
Publication details
History1981–2025
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Raritan
Indexing
ISSN0275-1607
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Raritan was a literary and intellectual quarterly that published poetry, fiction and essays. The journal was based at Rutgers University in New Jersey.[1] The magazine was founded by Richard Poirier in 1981[1] and was edited by Jackson Lears from 2002 until the publication's close.[1] In a note accompanying the Winter 2025 issue, Lears announced that the journal "will cease publication after the Late Spring 2025 issue, the last under [his] editorship."[2]

Notable writers who have contributed to this journal include Jacob M. Appel, Harold Bloom, David Bromwich, Anne Carson, Robert Coles, William C. Dowling, David Ferry, Harry Frankfurt, George Kateb, Frank Kermode, Joyce Carol Oates, Adam Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Richard Posner, Richard Rorty, Edward Said, Frederick Seidel, Vikram Seth, Daniel Stern, and Michael Wood.

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References

  1. ^ a b c Bruce Weber (August 18, 2009). "Richard Poirier, a Scholar of Literature, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Berryman, Sarah. "Editors' Note - Winter 2025". Raritan: A Quarterly Review | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved May 12, 2025.