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What They’re Saying
“Proof that even in this iPhone age, some paper-based dreams have not died…”
“A literary magazine that encapsulates the spirit of the age…”
“Best New Magazines 2012”
—Library Journal (May 2013 issue)
“Credited with bringing books back to the forefront of American culture.”
“Already it is being hailed as the next Paris Review or n+1.”
“There will always be a place for print.”
—Glamour Magazine (June 2013 issue)
“A new journal with all the marks of a classic.”
—Town and Country (May 2013 issue)
“The American Reader is only two issues old but its inception is a story that has already taken on a sort of mythic gloss…”
“Effervescent.”
“A gleaming new lit journal”
“New Lit’s on the Block”
“Thick, twisty fiction and high-brow commentary with an edge…our new favorite journal”
“The American Reader is the New Paris Review”
—VICE
“This New Lit Mag Is Like The New Yorker’s Younger, Cooler Sister”
Q&A with Digital Editor Alyssa Loh
—The National Endowment for the Arts “Big Read Blog”
“Beyond the Pencil (Skirt): Meet Alyssa, Arielle, and Uzoamaka, The American Reader”
Interview with editor-in-chief Uzoamaka Maduka
—Monocle 24, “The Stack,” Episode 8/12/12 (9:44)
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“The American Reader, A New Lit Mag for Gen Y”
“Must-Read: Literary Love”
“The American Reader: A Monthly Literary Magazine For Gen Y”
“The Death of Print is Exaggerated”
“Shala Monroque, Stephanie LaCava, and Uzoamaka Maduka are starting a literary magazine called The American Reader.”
“This Sounds Promising”
“Here’s Hoping ‘American Reader’ Editor Uzoamaka Maduka Is Right”
“Introducing the American Reader”
“Promises to be an exciting addition to the world of literary magazines”
“Aims to champion and promote a different sort of literature and discourse for the new generation of readers”
“Witty, edgy, and current while remaining erudite.”
