Publications

In the SFSU English Language and Literature Department, you’ll find opportunities to publish your work and collaborate with peers through our two student-run journals, The Sutro Review and Interpretations. Explore publications by our faculty, whose research and creative work contribute to the broader literary and academic community. Our newsletter, The English Herald, celebrates the accomplishments of our students, alumni, faculty and staff.

 

Sutro Review

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Sutro Review: SF State Journal for Undergraduate Composition is an academic journal edited by graduate students and devoted to publishing work by undergraduate students. Since our debut in spring 2016, we have showcased a diverse and talented pool of students, as well as the teaching faculty who inspired them.

Submissions

Please visit the Sutro Review website for more information and to complete a submission. For questions, please email sutro@sfsu.edu.

Interpretations

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Interpretations is the annual peer-reviewed journal of literary criticism and theory published by the Graduate Literature Association.

The Graduate Literature Association is the student group for the Master’s in English Literature at SFSU. The journal showcases the highest quality graduate-level work in literature at the University. Interpretations maintains high standards for the anonymity of its submissions, the fairness of its selection process, and the quality of its layout, design and writing. Published papers draw from the broad category of literary criticism and/or theory and many critical viewpoints, focusing on all literary periods, genres and works.

Submissions

We welcome scholarship on any literary period, genre or work. Selections for Interpretations are chosen based on three criteria: the quality of the prose, the strength of the argument/ideas and their originality.

Calls for submissions are released in December or January. Papers are accepted until late January or early February. Submissions should be between 12 and 25 pages and in MLA format. Additionally, the author’s name should not be anywhere on the paper to ensure fairness in the review process.

For questions or more information, please email Professor Sarita Cannon at sncannon@sfsu.edu.

The English Herald

Every year, the Department of English releases a newsletter that highlights the accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students, both in and outside of the classroom.

Faculty Publications

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Books authored and edited by English Department faculty.

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From Our Community

“Professors of English at San Francisco State University have led me along a developing path of academic self-discovery, aiding me in realizing the core of my literary interests and quality of my writing ability, strengths and weaknesses included. I can now focus more acutely because of this renewed perspective.”
Tadeo Macon
Student