Jeffers Studies

The Journal

Jeffers Studies (ISSN 1096-5076) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Robinson Jeffers Association and indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. The journal features:

  • full-length articles (5,000 to 9,000 words in length) on the work and career of Robinson Jeffers and related topics
  • briefer research notes and critical commentary (typically 1,500 to 4,000 words in length)
  • book reviews
  • archival materials relating to Jeffers’ work, his milieu, and related contexts

This site archives back issues of Jeffers Studies and its predecessor, the Robinson Jeffers Newsletter:

Subscriptions

Beginning with Volume 23 Jeffers Studies will be open access, published digitally, and available free of charge. Previous issues of Jeffers Studies can be accessed on this site at the link above.

Submissions

  • Submissions by email attachment, in Microsoft Word format, are preferred. Submissions and queries can be sent to jseditor@robinsonjeffersassociation.org.
  • The author’s name should appear on the initial page of the manuscript only.
  • The five-volume The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (Stanford University Press) is the preferred source for quotations from Jeffers’ poetry, and the three-volume The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers (Stanford) is the preferred source for quotations from Jeffers’ letters.  In citing the Collected Poetry, please use the abbreviation CP with the number of the volume, and for the Collected Letters, please use the abbreviation CL with the number of the volume.  (If your circumstances make using these sources impractical, please contact the editor, using the email address above, for advice.)
  • Formatting should follow the MLA Handbook, ninth edition, with parenthetical citations, notes, and works cited. Standard 12 Point Times New Roman font is preferred.

Subscriptions

Future issues of Jeffers Studies will be published digitally and available free of charge. Previous issues of Jeffers Studies can be accessed on this site at the link above.

Staff

Editor
Tim Hunt

Associate Editor
Peter Quigley

Book Review Editor
Josh Bartee

Editorial Board
Brett Colasacco, Geneva Gano, James Karman, David Morris, Katie Peterson, Susan Shillinglaw

Founding Advisory Board
Charles Altieri, Albert Gelpi, Dana Gioia, Robert Hass, Mark Jarman, Brenda Jeffers, Lindsay Jeffers, Thomas Lyon, Scott Slovic, Gary Snyder, Diane Wakoski