The American Book Review is a nonprofit, internationally distributed publication that appears six times a year. ABR specializes in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and women's presses. ABR as a literary journal aims to project the sense of engagement that writers feel about what is being published. It is edited and produced by writers for writers and the general public and is housed at the University of Houston–Victoria. The online content of ABR is distributed by Project MUSE.
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