The Callaloo Journal

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Callaloo

Discipline	African American studies, Literature, African studies
Language	English
Abbreviated title	CAL
Publisher (country)	Johns Hopkins University Press (USA)
Publication history	1976 to present
Website	Official site Publisher site
ISSN	0161-2492
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Callaloo is an award-winning academic journal founded in 1976 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is considered by many to be the premier African and African-American literary journal printed in the English language. The publication covers arts and letters of the African diaspora with original fiction and poetry, as well as critical essays, visual arts, plays, and themed issues. The editor is Dr. Charles H. Rowell of Texas A&M University. Dr. Rowell is also the founder of the journal and, to date, its only editor.

The journal is published quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Its circulation is 908 and the average length of an issue is 320 pages.

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ISSN 01612492

OCLC 41669989

LCCN sn99-23407