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Small Axe

A Caribbean Journal of Criticism

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Current Volume: 30

Frequency: 3 issues annually

Academic Editor: David Scott

Small Axe focuses on publishing critical work that examines the ideas that guided the formation of Caribbean modernities. It mainly includes scholarly articles, opinion essays, and interviews, but it also includes literary works of fiction and poetry, visual arts, and reviews.

David Scott, editor of Small Axe, won the 2016 Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) Distinguished Editor Award at MLA 2017 and was named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow.

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Editorial Office:
Department of Anthropology
Columbia University
1200 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
das133@columbia.edu


Editor:
David Scott, Columbia University

Managing Editor:
Vanessa Pérez-Rosario

Editorial Assistants:
Dantaé Elliot
Luis Escamilla Frías
Laura Berríos Figueroa

Production Manager/Copyeditor:
Kelly Martin

Graphic Designer:
Juliet Ali

Copyeditor, French:
Alex Martin

Editorial Committee:
Charles Carnegie
Victoria Collis-Buthelezi
Andil Gosine
Erica Moiah James
Régine Jean-Charles
Ryan Jobson
Kelly Baker Josephs
Aaron Kamugisha
Antonio López
Wayne Modest
Tami Navarro
Harvey Neptune
Dixa Ramírez D'Oleo
Matthew Smith
Vanessa Valdés

Advisory Board:
Erna Brodber
Hazel Carby
Edouard Duval Carrié
Rhonda Cobham
Edwidge Danticat
Locksley Edmondson
Robert Hill
Kari Levitt
Rupert Lewis
Earl Lovelace
Robert Márquez
Sandra Pouchet Paquet
Caryl Phillips
Gordon Rohlehr
Verene Shepherd
Maureen Warner-Lewis
Sylvia Wynter

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Manuscripts of no more than 7,500 words and all visual materials, accompanied by clear layout instructions, should be submitted via online portal at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/dup-smx. Small Axe no longer accepts submissions by email. For style details, please consult the Submissions section of the editorial office's website.

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ISSN: 0799-0537

e-ISSN: 1534-6714