One of the most vibrant and innovative literary journals in the world, the Kenyon Review maintains an international reach and significance. Founded at Kenyon College in 1939 by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom, KR remains committed to discovering, publishing, and supporting new voices from the broadest and most diverse backgrounds, as well as featuring singularly distinguished authors of this ...
Building on a tradition of excellence dating back to 1939, the Kenyon Review has evolved from a distinguished literary magazine to a preeminent arts organization. The Kenyon Review is devoted to nurturing, publishing, and celebrating the best in contemporary writing, expanding the community of diverse readers and writers across the globe. The magazine, which is published six times a year ...
Statement about history In The Kenyon Review‘s newly digitized archive, you’ll find works by Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and more, going back to the journal’s founding in 1939.
The Kenyon Review, an international journal of literature, culture, and the arts, is published in March, June, September, and December at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022. Since its founding in 1939, it has evolved from a distinguished literary magazine into a nonprofit arts organization. We remain devoted to nurturing, publishing, and celebrating the best writing from around the world.
Here’s the place to sample some of the exciting offerings of The Kenyon Review—one of the world’s premier literary magazines. The best new writing, poems and stories and articles, appear here in the KR Weekly Feature, as well as in the magazine. And there’s much more here as well, expanding the boundaries of traditional publishing, reaching beyond the limits of the printed page.