Mission Statement

Literary Matters is the online literary magazine of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW).

We publish two issues per year containing original works of scholarship and criticism, poetry, fiction, literary translation, and memoir. Recent issues have featured work from U.S. Poets Laureate and winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Bollingen Prize, and many other prestigious awards.The editors of Literary Matters are interested in human-produced work that both unsettles and delights. We believe that the power of literature and literary study flows from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and Literary Matters is committed to providing equal opportunities to all members without regard to race, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, or disability.