Sep 29
Revisiting the Carleton Miscellany: An Illustrated History
Revisiting the Carleton Miscellany: An Illustrated History
Michael Kowalewski
The Carleton Miscellany was a nationally acclaimed literary quarterly published at Carleton from 1960-1980. Founded by the poet and Carleton English professor Reed Whittemore, it was modeled on a previous “little magazine” published at Carleton entitled Furioso. Known for its mischievous sense of humor, Gordon Lish, the former fiction editor of Esquire, once called the Miscellany “one of the best literary magazines in the country.” It featured the work of at least a dozen Pulitzer Prize winning authors, as well as that of Carleton faculty. Michael Kowalewski, Lloyd McBride Professor of English and Environmental Studies, is currently editing an anthology of “the best” of the Carleton Miscellany, and will reflect on the magazine’s history and significance.