FAQs
What’s the difference between “Post45,” “Journal,” and “Contemporaries”?
Post45 is the name of our organization. We’re a collective of scholars who work on American literature and culture since 1945. You can find a list of board members and affiliates here. Post45’s activities include organizing an annual symposium and an annual graduate symposium; and publishing Post45 (a peer-reviewed journal), Contemporaries (a forum on contemporary literature, media, art, and culture), and a Stanford University Press book series.
Post45 is also the name of our open-access peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high quality, field-shaping work on any aspect of American literature and culture since the mid-twentieth century. Post45 publishes both themed special issues and individual articles. The journal is also known as Post45: Peer Reviewed, especially in contexts (like CVs) where the distinction of rigorous peer review is important to emphasize.
Post45: Contemporaries (or Contemporaries) is a forum for writers to converse with one another more directly and informally than in traditional academic publications. These curated conversations, or "clusters," range from sets of relatively autonomous short essays on a common theme to extended epistolary exchanges. Contemporaries articles are editor reviewed rather than peer reviewed.
Submission instructions and mastheads for both publications are available here.
How do I cite articles in Post45? Contemporaries?
Here are some examples:
Article in a Post45 special issue
Chicago Style (17th edition, Notes and Bibliography)
Timothy Kreiner, "The Politics of Language Writing and the Subject of History," in "Deindustrialization and the New Cultures of Work," ed. Annie McClanahan, special issue, Post45, no. 1 (2019). https://post45.org/2019/01/the-politics-of-language-writing-and-the-subject-of-history/.
Chicago Style (17th edition, Author-Date)
Kreiner, Timothy. 2019. "The Politics of Language Writing and the Subject of History." In "Deindustrialization and the New Cultures of Work," ed. Annie McClanahan, special issue, Post45, no. 1. https://post45.org/2019/01/the-politics-of-language-writing-and-the-subject-of-history/.
MLA Style (Ninth Edition)
Kreiner, Timothy. "The Politics of Language Writing and the Subject of History." Deindustrialization and the New Cultures of Work, special issue of Post45, edited by Annie McClanahan, no. 1, https://post45.org/2019/01/the-politics-of-language-writing-and-the-subject-of-history/.
Individual article in Post45 (not part of a special issue)
Chicago Style (17th edition, Notes and Bibliography)
Anna Zalokostas, "Generic Life: Mass Consumption and Globalization in Harryette Mullen’s S*PeRM**K*T," Post45, April 4, 2023. https://post45.org/2023/04/generic-life/.
Chicago Style (17th edition, Author-Date)
Zalokostas, Anna. 2023. "Generic Life: Mass Consumption and Globalization in Harryette Mullen’s S*PeRM**K*T." Post45. https://post45.org/2023/04/generic-life/.
MLA Style (Ninth Edition)
Zalokostas, Anna. "Generic Life: Mass Consumption and Globalization in Harryette Mullen’s S*PeRM**K*T." Post45, 2023, https://post45.org/2023/04/generic-life/.
Contemporaries Essay
Chicago Style (17th edition, Notes and Bibliography)
Michelle Cho, "K-Crossover, or, Crying Over Marbles," in "The Hallyu Project," ed. Yin Yuan, cluster, Post45: Contemporaries (2023). https://post45.org/2023/02/k-crossover-or-crying-over-marbles/.
Chicago Style (17th edition, Author-Date)
Cho, Michelle. 2023. "K-Crossover, or, Crying Over Marbles." In "The Hallyu Project," ed. Yin Yuan, cluster, Post45: Contemporaries. https://post45.org/2023/02/k-crossover-or-crying-over-marbles/.
MLA Style (Ninth Edition)
Cho, Michelle. "K-Crossover, or, Crying Over Marbles." The Hallyu Project, cluster of Post45: Contemporaries, edited by Yin Yuan, 2023, https://post45.org/2023/02/k-crossover-or-crying-over-marbles/.
Because Post45 and Contemporaries are exclusively published online, page numbers aren’t necessary in citations; readers can locate quotations using Ctrl-F.
Other questions? Email journal@post45.org.