About

“The train thundered deafeningly, and a storm of dust blew in his face; but though it stopped now and then through the night, he clung where he was — he would cling there until he was driven off, for every mile that he got from Packingtown meant another load from his mind.”: The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

Packingtown Review was founded in 2007 at the University of Illinois at Chicago by a group of Ph.D. students in the English department. The journal features poetry, prose, drama, literary scholarship, and cultural commentary and reflects the UIC English department's interdisciplinary approach. Packingtown Review publishes established and emerging US-American and international writers as well as English translations of contemporary and classic works, especially from lesser-known languages. The first issue is slated for publication in November 2008, and the second in November 2009. After the second release, the journal will be issued biannually.

Staff

Editors-in-Chief

Tasha Fouts & Snezana Zabic (editors@packingtownreview.com)

Managing Editor

Roxanne Pilat

Fiction & Non-Fiction Editor

Cynthia Cravens

Poetry Editor

Tasha Fouts

Drama Editor

Ivan Rodden

Translation Editor

Snezana Zabic

Scholarship Editor

Madeleine Monson-Rosen

Art Director

Jennie Berner

Associate Editors

Nneka Alexander, Jennie Berner, Garrett Brown, Matthew Corey, Star Costello, Amy Gates, Alice Haisman, LaVonne Harris, Chad Heltzel, Meg King, Beth McDermott, Carrie Messenger, Megan Milks, Jen Moore, Nadya Prittendrigh, Stephanie Reich, Nicole Russo, Jay Shearer, Kenneth Stewart, Jenny Tabbarra, Kristy Ulibarri

Faculty Advisers 2007-2008

John Huntington, Cris Mazza, David Schaafsma, Luis Urrea