''Contemporary Literature'' is a quarterly

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which publishes interviews with notable and developing authors, scholarly essays, and reviews of recent books critiquing the contemporary literature field. Genre coverage includes

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

, the novel, drama, creative nonfiction, and new media (including digital literature and the graphic narrative). The

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is Thomas Schaub (

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

). It was established in 1960 as the ''Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature'', obtaining its current title in 1968.

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