The Oxonian Review

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The Oxonian Review
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Categories Literary magazine
FrequencyOnline: fortnightly during Oxford University term time; Print: annually
Founded2001
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Language English
Website oxonianreview.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Oxonian Review is a literary magazine produced by the students at the University of Oxford. Every fortnight during term time, an online edition is published featuring reviews and essays on current affairs and literature, alongside creative work including photo essays, poetry, fiction and artwork. [1] It is the largest university-wide postgraduate-student publication at the University of Oxford.[ citation needed ]

Contents

History

The Oxonian Review was established in 2001 at Balliol College, Oxford, as the Oxonian Review of Books, [2] and published between 2001 and 2008 [3] as a termly print magazine featuring essays and reviews of recently published work in literature, politics, history, science, and the arts, written mostly by postgraduate students of the University of Oxford. [4] It now also serves as a venue featuring creative writing work by both "University members and non-Oxford affiliates". As a term-based magazine, its Editor in Chief and the editor of the ORbits, shorter pieces published throughout the week during term time, "are appointed for a term". [1] Editors have included Jimin Kang, [5] Wilson Tarbox, [6] Tom Cutterham, [7] and Izzy Stuart. [8]

In November 2008, the publication carried out a large recruitment drive in order to expand beyond Balliol College and reach a wider audience. It relaunched in January 2009 as a web-based magazine, publishing fortnightly during term time, and annually in print. It was also renamed TheOxonian Review in 2009. [1] [3] The magazine now also organises a series of events [9] in Oxford, including speaker dinners, seminars, [10] music evenings, film screenings, competitions—such as the poetry [11] and the short story [12] prizes,— and writers' workshops.

Predominantly a postgraduate-run magazine, The Oxonian Review began welcoming undergraduate students on its staff in 2022, and is encouraging towards submitted work that has "variety and experiment" rather than only "polish and perfection." [13]

Relevance

While The Oxonian Review publishes essays [14] and reviews, [15] [16] and fiction [17] and poetry, [3] it is particularly noted for its interviews, including those of the Dutch animator and director Michaël Dudok de Wit, [18] and of the poets Geoffrey Hill [19] and Victoria Chang. [20]

A number of reviews published in the magazine are frequently featured on the websites of the publishers and authors they focus on.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Writing for a wider audience". Graduate Projects Oxford. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  2. ↑ About the Oxonian Review [ usurped ]
  3. 1 2 3 Hilbert, Ernest (12 February 2010). ""Rowing in the Dawn" by Ernest Hilbert in The Oxonian Review". E-Verse Radio. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Elbert, Robert. "Bewertungsportal" . Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Kang, Jimin (14 November 2022). "A Third Space: On Karen Cheung's "The Impossible City"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Curated Highlights: Wilson Tarbox's Selection from Art Antwerp". Artsy. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Cutterham, Tom (14 August 2012). "What are constitutions for?". Prospect Magazine. Prospect Publishing Limited. ISSN   1359-5024 . Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Aronson, Emily (19 January 2023). "Sachs Scholarship awarded to two Princeton seniors, one Oxford student". University of Princeton. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Events at the Oxonian Review [ usurped ]
  10. ↑ "Oxonian Review Seminar with Tom Crewe". Oxford Talks. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Morning: Runner up: The Oxonian Review Poetry prize". Uppsala University Library. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Jillani, Sabyn (Javeri). "My Journey" (PDF). The Prabha Khaitan Foundation Chronicle (12: March 2020). The Prabha Khaitan Foundation: 18–19. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Our History". The Oxonian Review. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "An Introduction to the Political Philosophy of Isaiah Berlin Through His Free Writings & Audio Lectures". Open Culture. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Review by Peter Whitfield in the Oxonian". Thin Man Press. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  16. ↑ Farrelly, Nicholas. "The Border of Restlessness" (PDF). The Oxonian Review of Books. 5 (2: Spring 2006): 8–9. ISSN   1756-3909.
  17. ↑ Shohfi, Jessie (22 February 2023). "Sasha Wolff '17 Named a Finalist for the St. Lawrence Book Award". Columbia University School of the Arts. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "The Monk and the Fish, the Classic Animation by Michael Dudok de Wit". Open Culture. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  19. ↑ "Geoffrey Hill Interview in the Oxonian Review". Mark McGuinness. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  20. ↑ Kim, Kale (21 March 2024). "Poet Victoria Chang turns her gaze on visual art as a means of investigating her grief". International Examiner. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
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