This course will examine the basic operations and principles of magazine publishing, with a focus on literary journals. Student editors will examine several literary journals and learn what happens behind the scenes of a magazine as they make decisions about how to order, shape, and curate work in several genres. By the end of the course, student editors will create, edit, and produce an online literary magazine, showcasing it at the final reading and reception.
Raul Palma is the author of A HAUNTING IN HIALEAH GARDENS (forthcoming from Dutton), and IN THIS WORLD OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (winner of the 2021 Don Belton Prize and forthcoming from Indiana University Press). He earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Nebraska, with a specialization in ethnic studies. He is a member of the fiction faculty and has served as fiction editor at Prairie Schooner. Presently, he is the advisor to Stillwater Magazine.