About

Notre Dame Review is dedicated to registering the exciting, expansive, generous and daring ideas and practices of contemporary writing – whether from the US or international, whether written in digital luminosity or runes scraped in rock, whether they are stars exploding in the cosmos or unkillable worm-like creatures waving from hot vents on the bottom of the sea. NDR aims to become a meeting place of different aesthetics, styles that in their harmony or dissonance will generate vivid permutations of the art of writing.

Our goal is to present a panoramic view of contemporary art and literature—no one style is advocated over another.

The nd[re]view, the online companion you are now reading, offers interviews, critique and commentary on authors and artists showcased within the pages of the print magazine. In some cases, additional selections of fiction, poetry or art are presented. In others, readers can hear poets reading from their own work. A number of pieces in print will be expanded on-line with features only available on-line, such as color images or the ability to order books reviewed within the magazine. In the future an on-line discussion group will allow readers to exchange ideas with other readers, even many of the authors themselves.

Together, the Notre Dame Review and nd[re]view form a hybrid print and electronic magazine that engages readers as a community centered in literary concerns.