The Windsor Review is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal publishing new and established contemporary literary fiction, non-fiction interviews and poetry, as well as visual artists from Canada and around the world. It was established in 1965 by Eugene McNamara

Eugene McNamara

Eugene McNamara is a poet, author and teacher, and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario. He founded and edited the University of Windsor Review from 1965 to 1987....

, and was originally named University of Windsor Journal. The Windsor Review has evolved into an internationally recognized literary and arts focused journal. Once a year, themed issues are created; recent themes have been home, prophecy, sports, and filth. It is based at the University of Windsor

University of Windsor

The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...

 in Windsor, Canada.

Published authors

Published authors include Irving Layton

Irving Layton

Irving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made enemies. As T...

, Gwendolyn MacEwen

Gwendolyn MacEwen

Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist. A "sophisticated, wide-ranging and thoughtful writer," she published more than 20 books in her brief life. "A sense of magic and mystery from her own interests in the Gnostics, Ancient Egypt and magic itself, and from her wonderment at...

, Frances Itani

Frances Itani

Frances Susan Itani is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist.Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario and grew up in Quebec. She studied nursing in Montreal and North Carolina, a profession which she taught and practised for eight years. However, after enrolling in a writing class taught by W. O...

, W.D. Valgardson, David Helwig

David Helwig

David Helwig is a Canadian poet, novelist and essayist.David Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where his father ran a small business repairing and refinishing furniture and...

, Armand Garnet Ruffo

Armand Garnet Ruffo

Armand Garnet Ruffo is a Canadian poet.-Life:He graduated from the University of Ottawa, and the University of Windsor and is a member of the Ojibwe nation.He teaches at the Carleton University....

, Jeanette Lynes, John B. Lee

John B. Lee

John Busteed Lee is a Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.- Early life :...

, W.P. Kinsella, Lyn Lifshin

Lyn Lifshin

-Life:Born in Barre, VT, she was raised in Middlebury, VT. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Syracuse University and a master's degree in English from the University of Vermont...

, and J. Jill Robinson

J. Jill Robinson

Jacqueline Jill Robinson is a western Canadian writer, editor and teacher. She is the author of four collections of short stories. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in a wide variety of magazines and literary journals including Geist, the Antigonish Review, Event, Prairie Fire and...

.

An author who cites formative support from The Windsor Review and its editor is Deborah Joy Corey

Deborah Joy Corey

Deborah Joy Corey is a Canadian writer whose first novel, Losing Eddie won the 1994 Books in Canada First Novel Award....

.

Published visual artists

The Windsor Review has featured original art portfolios on such themes as art by Aboriginal peoples in Canada, text image, and installation art

Installation art

Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...

. Published artwork includes pieces by Jane Ash Poitras and Robert Fortin.

Published interviews

Interviews include those with writers such as Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod, OC is a noted Canadian author and retired professor of English at the University of Windsor.- Academic career :...

, Rosemary Sullivan

Rosemary Sullivan

Rosemary Sullivan is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist.Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois on Lac St. Louis, which is located just outside of Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from St. Thomas high school, she attended McGill University on a scholarship, and earned her...

, James Reaney

James Reaney

James Crerar Reaney was an influential Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol."...

 and Daniel David Moses

Daniel David Moses

Daniel David Moses is a First Nations poet and playwright from Canada.Moses, of Delaware descent, was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River. He has an Honours BA from York University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Moses was the...

, among others.

Current editors

• Poetry: Susan Holbrook
• Short Fiction, Drama, and Creative Non-Fiction: Alistair MacLeod
  Alistair MacLeod
  Alistair MacLeod, OC is a noted Canadian author and retired professor of English at the University of Windsor.- Academic career :...
  
  
• Artwork: Alex McKay

External links

• Official site