Callaloo (journal)

Callaloo (journal)

Infobox Journal
title = Callaloo


discipline = African American studies, Literature, African studies
abbreviation = CAL
website = http://callaloo.tamu.edu/
publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press
country = USA
history = 1976 to present
ISSN = 0161-2492

"Callaloo" is an award-winning academic journal founded in 1976 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is considered by many to be the premier African and African-American literary journal printed in the English language. The publication covers arts and letters of the African diaspora with original fiction and poetry, as well as critical essays, visual arts, plays, and themed issues. The editor is Dr. Charles H. Rowell of Texas A&M University. Dr. Rowell is also the founder of the journal and, to date, its only editor.

The journal is published quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Its circulation is 908 and the average length of an issue is 320 pages.

Relevant bibliographic references:

:ISSN|0161-2492:OCLC|41669989:LCCN sn99-23407

ee also

*African American literature
*African American culture

External links

* [http://www-english.tamu.edu/pers/fac/rowell/ Editor’s homepage]
* [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/callaloo/ Callaloo at Project MUSE]


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