Blueprints and Paradigms

iRnnRffl Blueprints and Paradigms Theparadigms ofWLT havedrastically changed during thepast fewyears! Ittookmetime toadjust, butnowI think I amover allthesurprises (multicultural U.S.poetry, science fiction, sports andliterature, nowscience andliterature). Wow!Youreditorial discussions musthave beenfascinating. Whata treatWLTs archives willbe for thehistorian someday.Ofcourse, beingas ancient as I am,I still remember theoldWLTofthe1970s, with strict boundaries between "foreign" and "domestic" literature, between"belleslettres" and "low-lit." I wonder, was thata consensus, ordidoneindividual drawa blueprint andsubmit it totheeditorial committee? Themagazine is totally postmod although itmaybepost-postmod. Inanycase,I loveit. Alice-Catherine Carls Jackson, Tennessee Editor's note: Overthepastdecade,oureditorial formula has evolvedinresponse tofeedback from ourcontributors worldwide ,recent subscribers and longtime readers, and ourcontributing editorsand student interns hereat theUniversity ofOklahoma.The catalyst forthatevolution camefrom our executive director, Robert ConDavis-Undiano, whochallenged theeditors toopenup thepagesofWLTtoliterate readers who maynotnecessarily be literary specialists. A keymoment in that evolution cameinSeptember 2005, whenwe published an issuewithBobDylanonthecover, whichno doubtcameas a surprise tomany.In a prefatory notetothatissue,Dr.DavisUndiano wrote: "WLTrecognizes that itstraditional coverage of established authors isnotthewholestory andthat theworldis growing older andyounger every day.Thatis,therecognition of emergent literature andculture isessential tounderstanding the world that cross-indexes itself through literature, astheworld of art, politics, andsociallife constantly weavesthefabric ofwhat weknow." Sincethat issue, we'veswitched toa bimonthly publication scheduleand movedtoa moremagazine-like format, and thecurrent issue - withitstwinspecialsections on jazz poetry and ChinesepoetDuo Duo- exemplifies ourongoing commitment toserveas an engaging, informative indextothe worldoftwenty-first-century culture, inallitsforms. Morethan anything else,WLTwantstoopenup theconversation, listen andberesponsive toitsreaders' interests, andcontinue tokeep itsfinger onthepulseofourtimes. from P^J V^y• orsi 4 novel Gahfelibri h, ^^^^^^^Hflf^Kii^ ul^ Wilderness of Mirrors. ^^HjH^^^^^P^ Atthecenter ofboth works is ^^^^n^^^^K TheoKhrisinann. a manwho ^^^^H^^^^Hk cannot seem tochange his life ^^^^K^^^^^Hijk noniatter how many times he V^^Pff^^^^^^^B| resolves todoso.Oneday upon ^^HBd; returning from a trip abroad, Cloth $14.95 Theoarrives hometoread hisownobituary inthepaper. Heshowsupintimefor hisownfuneral andobserves the attending mourners, andyetheisnotabletorevealhimself tothem, andespecially nottohiswife

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