Oxford American Issue 130 (Fall 2025) Arts & Culture

Oxford American Issue 130 (Fall 2025) Arts & Culture

Through new fiction and poetry, criticism, and reporting, our contributors look outward and inward to better understand the music, writing, and art that moves them.

Contributors include: Lauren Stroh, who explores the history and impact of prison journalism and The Angolite, the periodical published by people imprisoned in the Louisiana State Penitentiary; Pianist Samantha Ege and music scholar Garrett Schumann, who uncover the hidden history of Kentucky-born African-American composer Julia Perry; and contributing editor Beth Ann Fennelly, who celebrates the small wonders of married love in a series of micro-memoirs. Elsewhere in the issue, Harmony Holiday meditates on Abbey Lincoln, supper clubs, and the toil of showmanship, and James McWilliams ponders what makes a Southern photograph. This issue also features our 2025 Debut Fiction selection, a story by Chris Stavitsky.

Read about it on the Oxford American website.