In this Issue
MELUS, a prestigious and rigorous journal in the field of multi-ethnic literature of the United States, has been a vital resource for scholarship and teaching for more than thirty years. Published quarterly, MELUS illuminates the national, international, and transnational contexts of U.S. ethnic literature. Articles in MELUS also engage newly emerging art forms such as graphic narrative and internet blogs, as well as multi-ethnic film, history, and culture. By including interviews with well established authors such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Richard Rodriguez, as well as more recent writers such as Junot Díaz, Cynthia Kadohata, and Diana Abu-Jaber, MELUS plays a pivotal role in the field of U.S. Ethnic Literature and is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and scholars.
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Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 2017Editorial Board
Founding Editor
Katharine D. Newman
Editors Emeriti
Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr.
Veronica Makowsky
Editor-in-Chief
Gary Totten, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Immediate Past Editor
Martha J. Cutter, University of Connecticut
Managing Editors
Ariel Santos, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Book Review Editor
Lori Harrison-Kahan, Boston College
Assistant Editors
Damon Barta, University of British Columbia
Erika Hylton, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Assistant to the Book Review Editor
Grace Denny, Boston College
Editorial Board
Julie Barak, Mesa State College
Mary Jo Bona, Stony Brook University
Monica Chiu, University of New Hampshire
Martha J. Cutter, University of Connecticut
Rocío G. Davis, Independent Scholar
Lavina Dhingra, Bates College
Tim Engles, Eastern Illinois University
John Ernest, University of Delaware
Joan M. Hoffman, Western Washington University
A Yęmisi Jimoh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Susan Kalter, Illinois State University
Susan Koshy, University of Illinois
Missy Dehn Kubitschek, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
John Lowe, University of Georgia
Terry Rowden, College of Staten Island
Derek Parker Royal, University of Texas at Dallas
Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, University of Connecticut
Werner Sollors, Harvard University
Bonnie TuSmith, Northeastern University
Joseph M. Viera, Nazareth College
Wenying Xu, Jacksonville University
Xiaojing Zhou, University of the Pacific
