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American book review magazine

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titleBookforum
logoBookforum.svgclass=skin-invert
image_filecoverFebMar2010.jpg
image_size200px
image_captionBookforum cover April/May 2010
editorMichael Miller
editor_titleEditor
previous_editor
categoryLiterature, culture
frequencyQuarterly
circulation60,000
publisherBhaskar Sunkara
founded
firstdate
company1865 Publications LLC
countryUnited States
basedNew York City, New York
languageEnglish
website
issn1098-3376
oclc757565508
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| title = Bookforum | logo = Bookforum.svgclass=skin-invert | logo_size = | image_file = coverFebMar2010.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_alt = | image_caption = Bookforum cover April/May 2010 | editor = Michael Miller | editor_title = Editor | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Literature, culture | frequency = Quarterly | circulation = 60,000 | publisher = Bhaskar Sunkara | founder = | founded = | firstdate = | company = 1865 Publications LLC | country = United States | based = New York City, New York | language = English | website = | issn = 1098-3376 | oclc = 757565508 Bookforum is an American book review magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature. After announcing that it would cease publication in December 2022,{{Cite web |last=Chayka|first=Kyle|title=Bookforum and a Bleak Year for Literary Magazines|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/bookforum-and-a-bleak-year-for-literary-magazines|date=2022-12-19|access-date=2022-12-19|website=The New York Times|language=en}} it reported its relaunch under the direction of The Nation magazine six months later.

History

Based in New York City, New York, the magazine was launched in 1994 as a literary supplement to Artforum. Originally published biannually, it became a quarterly in 1998, and since 2005, Bookforum has published five times a year in February, April, June, September, and December.

Describing the magazine to The Village Voice in 2003, former editor (2003–2008) Eric Banks said that the magazine targets a demographic "like the New York Review's but much younger. I think there is an audience of intellectual readers between 25 and 40 out there the kind of person who buys The New Republic,* The Nation*, and The New York Review of Books, but doesn't have an allegiance to a particular publication."

In addition to publishing book reviews, essays and current-events columns, the magazine regularly features interviews with authors, including:

In 2009, the magazine's website was redesigned to include a nationwide literary-events calendar, internet exclusive book reviews, two blogs — Paper Trail and Omnivore — and a section called Syllabi, which features reading lists written by authors and critics.

On December 12, 2022, Bookforum announced that it would cease publication following the purchase of its companion magazine Artforum by Penske Media Corporation (PMC) earlier that month. In June 2023, it announced it would return in August 2023 through a partnership with The Nation.

Notable contributors

References

References

  1. "Eric Banks – New York Institute for the Humanities".
  2. Stewart {{!}}, Sophia. (2022-12-12). "'Bookforum' to Cease Publication".
  3. Bansinath, Bindu. (2022-12-22). "''Bookforum'' Was a Good Magazine".
  4. (2022-12-22). "Bookforum Is Closing, Leaving Ever Fewer Publications Devoted to Books".
  5. Cotts, Cynthia (July 1, 2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110913113539/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-07-01/news/banks-knows-his-books/1/ "Banks Knows His Books{{spaced ndash Quarterly Gets New Editor and Makeover"]. ''[[The Village Voice]]''. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  6. Murg, Stephanie (January 20, 2009). [http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/web/bookforum_launches_new_website_122146.asp "Bookforum Launches New Website"] {{webarchive. link. (July 27, 2009 . ''UnBeige'' (blog of [[Media Bistro]]. Retrieved January 3, 2013.)
  7. Dwyer, Kate. (2023-06-22). "Bookforum Is Returning, Months After Its Closure Was Mourned in the Literary World". The New York Times.

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