editorial statements

Editorial statements from the Presses in the American Literatures Initiative:

New York University Press (www.nyupress.org), Eric Zinner, Editor-in-Chief
We will pursue innovative work in American literary studies emerging in the “long” nineteenth century—from the Revolutionary period through early modernism—focused on the relationship of literary production to the world-shaping events of this period.

Fordham University Press (www.fordhampress.com), Fredric Nachbaur, Director
We are particularly interested in scholarship that rigorously extends disciplinary boundaries, especially among philosophy, religion, and literature and that showcases in fresh ways the methods of close reading.

Rutgers University Press (rutgerspress.rutgers.edu), Leslie Mitchner, Editor-in-Chief
We are most eager to find titles that cross lines among ethnic groups and minorities and open up discussion beyond a particular identity group.

Temple University Press (www.temple.edu/tempress), Janet Francendese, Editor-in-Chief
We will maintain our focus on race and ethnicity, emphasizing the literary production of relatively new immigrant groups or groups whose numbers are growing as a result of new waves of immigration.

University of Virginia Press (www.upress.virginia.edu), Cathie Brettschneider, Humanities Editor
We welcome submissions for our series, New World Studies, which publishes interdisciplinary, multilingual research that seeks to redefine the cultural map of the Americas, encompassing the Caribbean and continental North, Central, and South America. We also consider work in twentieth-century American literature, Black American literature and culture, and ethnic and postcolonial studies in language and literature.