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Quiddity has remained in continuous publication since its founding in 2007. After 10 years exclusively in print and broadcast, Quiddity added online editions, and we publish some editions in print as well.
The radio broadcast is available from NPR Illinois. The journal is published annually.
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Over seventy new works of poetry and fiction from emerging and established writers around the world, plus conversations with
To listen to selected works and access contributor bios, click the volume image.
Contributors include Kristin Abraham, Joshua Thomas Armstrong, Salvatore Attardo, Chad Baldwin, Louis E. Bourgeois, Torsten Caeners, Carol Carpenter, Patrick Carrington, Brock Clarke, Helen Degen Cohen, David Cornwell, Lightsey Darst, Carol V. Davis, Lynn Domina, Thomas J. Erickson, John Estes, Gretchen Fletcher, John Flynn, Peter Funk, Bill Garvey, Nancy Genevieve, Giles Goodland, Colleen Harris, Susan Hazen-Hammond, Robert Hellenga, Jim Hill, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Helga Kidder, Alex Lindquist, Ellaraine Lockie, Rachel Losh, Eileen Malone, Robert Manaster, Sena Jeter Naslund, Naomi Neal, J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada, Lucyna Prostko, Rachel Reischling, Moya Roddy, Lori Romero, Amy Sayre-Roberts, Peter Serchuk, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Noel Sloboda, Victoria Sprow, Kevin Stein, J. J. Steinfeld, Truth Thomas, Jean Tupper, Wendy Vardaman, Benjamin Vogt, Asha Vose (featured audio), Amie Whittemore, Laura Madeline Wiseman, and Robert E. Wood
Over seventy new works of poetry and fiction from emerging and established writers around the world, plus conversations with
To listen to selected works and access contributor bios, click the volume image.
Contributors include Kristin Abraham, Joshua Thomas Armstrong, Salvatore Attardo, Chad Baldwin, Louis E. Bourgeois, Torsten Caeners, Carol Carpenter, Patrick Carrington, Brock Clarke, Helen Degen Cohen, David Cornwell, Lightsey Darst, Carol V. Davis, Lynn Domina, Thomas J. Erickson, John Estes, Gretchen Fletcher, John Flynn, Peter Funk, Bill Garvey, Nancy Genevieve, Giles Goodland, Colleen Harris, Susan Hazen-Hammond, Robert Hellenga, Jim Hill, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Helga Kidder, Alex Lindquist, Ellaraine Lockie, Rachel Losh, Eileen Malone, Robert Manaster, Sena Jeter Naslund, Naomi Neal, J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada, Lucyna Prostko, Rachel Reischling, Moya Roddy, Lori Romero, Amy Sayre-Roberts, Peter Serchuk, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Noel Sloboda, Victoria Sprow, Kevin Stein, J. J. Steinfeld, Truth Thomas, Jean Tupper, Wendy Vardaman, Benjamin Vogt, Asha Vose (featured audio), Amie Whittemore, Laura Madeline Wiseman, and Robert E. Wood
For this issue, with its highly specialized subject matter, Quiddity's editors were joined by the following guest editors:
Table of ContentsTo listen to selected works and access contributor bios, click the volume image.
Contributors include Will Anderson, Troy Bigelow, Douglas A. Blackmon, Adam Braver, Sean Brendan-Brown, Jason Lee Brown, Marcy Campbell, Dan Campion, Orman Day, Jane Eckles, Rebecca Ellis, Dan Guillory, Kathleen Gunton, klipschutz, John Knoepfle, John Kruse, Annie Lighthart, Mike Manning, Wesley McNeese, Jane Noblet, Sara Ratcliffe, Paul Sohar, Emily Thompson, Jim Tolan, Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody, Lance Weller, Martin Willitts, Jr., and David Wright
For this issue, with its highly specialized subject matter, Quiddity's editors were joined by the following guest editors:
To listen to selected works and access contributor bios, click the volume image.
Contributors include Will Anderson, Troy Bigelow, Douglas A. Blackmon, Adam Braver, Sean Brendan-Brown, Jason Lee Brown, Marcy Campbell, Dan Campion, Orman Day, Jane Eckles, Rebecca Ellis, Dan Guillory, Kathleen Gunton, klipschutz, John Knoepfle, John Kruse, Annie Lighthart, Mike Manning, Wesley McNeese, Jane Noblet, Sara Ratcliffe, Paul Sohar, Emily Thompson, Jim Tolan, Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody, Lance Weller, Martin Willitts, Jr., and David Wright
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