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Posted by Sascha Pöhlmann on 2023-11-09
Orbit is proud to announce the publication of a special issue on the novels of Percival Everett, one of the most prolific, unique, and multifaceted writers in contemporary American literature.The introduction to the issue initially offers a general overview of his works and then focuses on Dr. No, while …
Posted by Sascha Pöhlmann on 2023-10-05
The various genres under the umbrella of speculative fiction – including but not limited to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and alternate history – have long been popular across diverse reading audiences. More importantly, authors have used these genres to provide thoughtful commentary about and insightful criticism of our contemporary world. And this has …
Posted by Martin Paul Eve on 2022-04-04
Orbit is proud to announce the publication of a special issue on Mark Z. Danielewski’s pentalogy The Familiar, perhaps the most remarkable and audacious project in American fiction in the twenty-first century so far. A truly unique blend of various textual, visual, material, and medial features, these novels were …
Posted by OLH Janeway on 2018-01-26
Orbit: A Journal of American Literature has migrated to a new platform run in-house in tandem with Birkbeck Center for Technology and Publishing, Janeway. In addition to our new layout, Orbit will be using a new domain name. The old domain will continue to redirect to article pages as normal.