University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Prairie Schooner 75th Anniversary Celebration
E d i t o r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A total of five editors have overseen the publication of the Prairie Schooner. These individuals, with their own creativity and goals, have consistently maintained the high quality of the quarterly and expanded its reputation as an internationally outstanding literary publication.

 

 
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Lowry Wimberly, 1926-1956. . . . . .

 

 

Lowry Wimberly, who assisted in the creation of the Prairie Schooner in 1926, sought high quality, new, and innovative writing for the magazine. "We want a good magazine, but not stuffy." he explained. "People want good reading."

 

(Journal Star, 6 December 1946)

Lowry Wimberly

Karl Shapiro, 1956-1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Karl Shapiro

 

Coming to Nebraska from California, Karl Shapiro explained that he was "impressed with the literary climate of Lincoln." (Lincoln Journal, 12 September 1956)

Shapiro later resigned when he disagreed with the decision of the University administration to ban the publication of a work considered to be controversial. He voiced his opposition and his goal to retain the authority given to him as editor.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernice Slote, 1963-1980
When Bernice Slote took over as editor of the Prairie Schooner, it had an international subscription list and had been translated into several languages. "It gets Nebraska around the world" Slote worked to "find new writers to give new artists a chance."

 

(Omaha World Herald, 10 June 1965)

Bernice Slote
Hugh Luke
Hugh Luke, 1980-1987 . . . . . . . . . .

Taking over the editorship of the Schooner from Slote, Hugh Luke explained that "I have no intention of making any changes from the long traditional emphasis on publishing good poems, good stories and good essays."

(Lincoln Journal, 31 July 1980)

Hilda Raz, 1987 to present . . . . .

When current editor of the Prairie Schooner, Hilda Raz, began her work on the quarterly she explained that, "I believe our audience is as interested in good writing and as eager to read it as we are. I try to be alert to other ways of saying things, to be open to experimental writing.... We're in business to take chances. We're not Redbook. We're not meeting the expectations of a particular audience. We're looking for the strong, the good, the new. That's what we want."

 

(Journal-Star, 12 June 1988)

Hilda Raz

 

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