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Callaloo, the premier African and African-American literary journal, publishes original works by and critical studies of black writers worldwide. The journal offers a rich mixture of fiction, poetry, plays, critical essays, cultural studies, interviews, and visual art. Frequent annotated bibliographies, special thematic issues, and original art and photography are some of the features of this highly acclaimed international showcase of arts and letters. Special issues on Haiti and on Puerto Rican Women Writers have received awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals and the Association of American Publishers Professional Scholarly Publishing Division.
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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 41)
    1. No. 4 2018 pp. 1-108
    2. No. 3 Sport as Art, as Resistance: A Special Issue 2018 pp. 1-193
    3. No. 2 2018 pp. 1-147
    4. No. 1 The Neo-Slave Narrative Genre: A Special Issue Part 2 2018 pp. 1-184
  2. 2017 (Vol. 40)
    1. No. 5 DC and MD IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART 2017 pp. 1-162
    2. No. 4 2017 pp. 1-222
    3. No. 3 2017 pp. 1-123
    4. No. 2 2017 pp. 1-190
    5. No. 1 2017 pp. 1-231
  3. 2016 (Vol. 39)
    1. No. 3 Summer, 2016 pp. i-v, 509-733
    2. No. 2 Special Section: Contemporary African American Poetry Spring, 2016 pp. i-x, 239-508
    3. No. 5 DC and MD IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART 2016 pp. 979-1218
    4. No. 4 2016 pp. 735-977
    5. No. 1 Papers on Africa and Its Diaspora from a TORCH Workshop, Oxford University, UK Winter, 2016 pp. i-vi, 1-238
  4. 2015 (Vol. 38)
    1. No. 5 BEN OKRI: A Special Issue Fall, 2015 pp. 997-1216
    2. No. 3 Summer, 2015 pp. 431-700
    3. No. 2 Spring, 2015 pp. 243-430
    4. No. 4 ART & CULTURE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 2015 pp. i-xviii, 703-996
    5. No. 1 Winter, 2015 pp. 1-242
  5. 2014 (Vol. 37)
    1. No. 5 Fall, 2014 pp. 1036-1289
    2. No. 3 Summer, 2014 pp. 472-768
    3. No. 2 Spring, 2014 pp. 186-470
    4. No. 4 CALLALOO: ART & CULTURE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 2014 pp. i-xv, 769-1034
    5. No. 1 POSTCOLONIALITY & BLACKNESS: A Special Section Winter, 2014 pp. i-iv, 1-183
  6. 2013 (Vol. 36)
    1. No. 4 ÉDOUARD GLISSANT: A Special Issue Fall, 2013 pp. i-iv, 841-1046
    2. No. 3 Summer, 2013 pp. i-iv, 509-839
    3. No. 2 Spring, 2013 pp. i-v, 223-508
    4. No. 1 Winter, 2013 pp. i-iv, 1-222
  7. 2012 (Vol. 35)
    1. No. 4 Fall, 2012 pp. i-iv, 843-1137
    2. No. 3 Summer, 2012 pp. i-iv, 567-841
    3. No. 2 Spring, 2012 pp. i-iv, 311-565
    4. No. 1 Winter, 2012 pp. i-iv, 1-310
  8. 2011 (Vol. 34)
    1. No. 4 Fall, 2011 pp. i-iv, 987-1129
    2. No. 3 Summer, 2011 pp. i-v, 668-986
    3. No. 2 BLACK PERU: Literature, Art & Culture / PERÚ NEGRO: Literatura, Arte & Cultura Spring, 2011 pp. i-v, 235-452, i-v, 453-666
    4. No. 1 Winter, 2011 pp. i-iv, 1-234
  9. 2010 (Vol. 33)
    1. No. 4 Fall, 2010 pp. i-iv, 913-1167
    2. No. 3 Summer, 2010 pp. i-v, 586-911
    3. No. 2 Spring, 2010 pp. i-iv, 374-584
    4. No. 1 ETHIOPIA: Literature, Art & Culture Spring, 2010 pp. i-v, 1-371
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