Kenyon Review Launches Online Literary Magazine

GAMBIER, Ohio (May 16, 2008) The Kenyon Review announces the launch of its new online literary magazine, KR Online.Kenyon Review editor David Lynn describes the new magazine as "a lively bridge between the world of the very best print literature and the emerging potential of the electronic universe."

"We'll be offering innovative stories, poems, essays, memoirs, and reviews online," Lynn notes. "By and large, pieces appearing electronically will be distinct from work in the printed version of The Kenyon Review. I like to think of those pages as timeless. After all, readers turn to them for pleasure and enlightenment years and even decades after they first appear."

Lynn describes the pieces selected for KRO as "more timely, and a little more experimental." He adds that "despite the new flavor, all the great writing on KR Online will be held to the same high standards and expectations as The Kenyon Review. This will truly be the best writing from around the world, brought to you in this exciting new medium."

The overwhelming volume of submissions to The Kenyon Review in recent years has meant that the magazine could accept only a tiny percentage of the work that it receives, and the period between acceptance of a submission and publication in the magazine has grown to almost two years. "By launching KR Online," observed Associate Editor Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, "we hope to publish more of this wonderful writing, and to do so in a more timely fashion. The new magazine will be available free at the Kenyon Review website, so the work published there will have the potential to reach thousands of new readers."