Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, founded by Germaine Greer in 1982, is devoted to the study of women's literature and women's writing in general. Publishing "articles, notes, research, and reviews of literary, historicist, and theoretical work by established and emerging scholars in the field of women's literature and feminist theory", it has been described as the "longest-running academic journal focusing exclusively on women's writing".
About
As part of the now-defunct Tulsa Center for the Study of Women's Literature, the journal was founded in 1982 by Germaine Greer while she was teaching at the University of Tulsa. Greer's purpose for the journal was to begin "the rehabilitation of women's literary history". Following her tenure, Shari Benstock, Mary O’Toole, Holly Laird, and Laura Stevens each served as the journal's editor. Jennifer Airey became the editor in 2016. The distinctive TSWL logo, present from the journal's inaugural issue, is a saxifrage flower, captioned with a quotation from William Turner's Herbal: "The white saxifrage with the indented leafe is moste commended for the breakinge of the stone." The journal's editorial and advisory boards include scholars prominent in their fields. Board members include Nina Auerbach, Marilyn Butler, Carol T. Christ, Helen Cooper, Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Peggy Kamuf, and Jane Marcus.
Content
In addition to articles, notes, research, and reviews, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature has published numerous forums and special issues during its twenty-eight-year run:
The Silver Jubilee Issue: What We Have Done & Where We Are Going, Vol. 26. No. 1
The journal has developed two new features over its history: the Archives and Innovations sections. The Archives section, instituted in 1986, "is devoted to the transmission and discussion of the findings of archival research and its theory and practice." The Innovations section presents new approaches to the study of women writers.
Awards
The journal has been recognized several times by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Two issues of TSWL have won the Best Special Issue Award: "Feminist Issues in Literary Scholarship", edited by Shari Benstock, and "Redefining Marginality", edited by Holly Laird. "Toward a Gendered Modernity", edited by Holly Laird, was also a finalist for the Best Special Issue Award. In 2007 Holly Laird received the Distinguished Editor Award.
