We’d like to thank poet and professor Julie Brooks Barbour for adopting The Greensboro Review through The Council of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) Lit Mag Adoption Program!
Julie will be using The Greensboro Review in her Intro to Creative Writing course at Lake Superior State University this Fall.
“Many of the students in our classes, whether they be majors or not [… ] will never have had the pleasure of holding newly written work in their hands unless it's by a beloved author,” Julie explained in an email to GR poetry editor Emily A. Benton.
“Contemporary literature is a different animal from canonized or anthologized literature,” Julie said. “Students have to approach it with a more open mind than what they read in literature classes, as there's more room for experimentation, current events, and everyday life. They need to know that literature is not written by dead white men; it's written by the living.”
Another reason Julie chose The Greensboro Review for her class is that our journal is a much cheaper option than most textbook anthologies. She also said, “I chose The Greensboro Review because I am always surprised and delighted by every poem and story I read in the journal. It is a very classic journal; I can always expect to read quality work when I open it, so I know I'm not taking a chance offering it to my students as a text.”
We couldn’t agree more!
If you’re interested in adopting The Greensboro Review or another one of your favorite literary journals for your classroom, visit the CLMP Lit Mag Adoption site here: http://clmp.org/adoption/
For general subscription info, please see our website: http://www.greensbororeview.org/about/
