 Nearly fifty years ago, The Massachusetts
Review was launched and it quickly established itself
as a leading independent quarterly journal of literature,
the
arts, and
public affairs.
Edited by Comparative Literature professor David
Lenson, the journal publishes
poetry and fiction by both established and emerging writers,
as well as literature in translation, personal witness
pieces, lively and incisive social and historical commentary,
and
visual art. For
more information, current and back issues, subscriptions
and more about the journal, see The
Massachusetts Review web site.
A popular companion to the The Massachusetts
Review, MR2 is
a weekly radio program that investigates the cultural life
of the Pioneer
Valley.
Every
Thursday,
hosts—Roger Fega, David Lenson, and Jim MacDee—interview
writers, artists, musicians, critics, scholars, and other
interesting guests on a wide range of topical issues.
In the past year, for example, MR2 featured
such guests as writers (Jonathan Lethem, Jane Yolen, Heidi
Stemple, Peter Coyote, Lisa Beskin, John
Crowley, Dara Wier, Thomas Dumm, Douglas Valentine, Leonard
Glick, Martin Espada, Thomas Glave, Noy Holland, Bruce Watson,
Donna Morrisey, Richard Michelson), scientists (Raymond Bradley,
Lynn Margulis, Lyle Craker), musicians (Rachel Barton Pine,
Klondike Koehler, Lee Townsend), and political activists
(Senator Stan Rosenberg, Annie Cheatham, Les Perelman). You can listen to MR2 streaming
on WMUA
radio. See the MR2 page on The
Massachusetts Review web site for background and
program information.
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