Structo

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Structo
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Cover of Structo 15
Categories Literature Poetry
FrequencyBi-annual
FounderEuan Monaghan
Year founded2008
First issue22 September 2008
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Website www.structomagazine.co.uk
ISSN 2044-8244

Structo is a British literary magazine, founded in 2008 by the current editor Euan Monaghan. [1] [2] The magazine publishes fiction and poetry, as well as art, essays, and interviews. [3]

Contents

Interviews

Each issue of the magazine includes long-form interviews with authors and others. Interviewees have included Richard Adams, Margaret Atwood, Iain Banks, Vera Chok, David Constantine, Lindsey Davis, Stella Duffy, Steven Hall, Daniel Handler, David Gaffney, Jang Jin-sung, Ursula K. Le Guin, Zaffar Kunial, Ken Liu, Inez Lynn & Aimée Heuzenroeder, Ian R. MacLeod, Chris Meade, Tivon Rice, Kim Stanley Robinson, Oscar Schwartz, Sjón, Sarah Thomas, Katie Waldegrave and Evie Wyld.

Structo Press

Structo Press was founded in 2016 to publish chapbooks by contributors to Structo magazine. [4] It has since grown to publish books, primarily in translation. These include the story collection El Llano in flames by Mexican author Juan Rulfo (2019, translated by Stephen Beechinor) and the novel Wolfskin by Spanish author Lara Moreno (2022, translated by Katie Whittemore). [5]

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References

  1. Structo on Duotrope
  2. Leah Broad (12 March 2013). "Structo: An Interview with Euan Monaghan". The Oxford Culture Review. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. Back issues | Structo
  4. The magazine | Structo
  5. Structo Press | Structo