Staff
At NAR, we have pride in our work. With the generous support of the University of Northern Iowa, North American Review provides practical experience for learners interested in independent literary publishing. We are uniquely situated to provide genuine production experience with a magazine that is read and shared globally. We are committed to the education and further development of the literary publishing community within the state of Iowa. This means teaching the concepts, skills, and ethics of independent literary publishing to ensure a multitude of voices can be heard in a world of ever-growing media entities.
The Editors of North American Review
ADRIANNE FINLAY is Assistant Editor of the North American Review. Her novel Your One & Only (HMH Books for Young Readers) was named a Best Young Adult Book and Best YA Science Fiction Book by Kirkus Reviews, and Cut Off (HMH Books for Young Readers) was selected as a Recommended Title List by the Kansas NEA Reading Circle. She received her PhD in literature and creative writing from Binghamton University, and teaches English and creative writing at the University of Northern Iowa. Originally from Ithaca, New York, she now lives in Iowa with her husband and their two daughters.
RACHEL MORGAN is an instructor of English at the University of Northern Iowa. She is the author of the chapbook Honey & Blood, Blood & Honey. Her work is included in the anthology Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in American and has appeared in the Journal of American Medical Association, Boulevard, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.
J. D. SCHRAFFENBERGER is a professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of two books of poems, Saint Joe's Passion and The Waxen Poor, and co-author with Martín Espada and Lauren Schmidt of The Necessary Poetics of Atheism. His other work has appeared in Best of Brevity, Best Creative Nonfiction, Notre Dame Review, Poetry East, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.
EMILY STOWE is a visual artist and writer who earned her BA in Studio Art: Printmaking from the University of Northern Iowa. She serves as the Managing Editor and Visual Art Editor for the North American Review. She is also the Founding Editor and publisher of the online Mag Pie magazine. Before coming to the NAR, Emily was a secretary at the University of Northern Iowa for 10 years, and very active with local and national volunteer work with the AFSCME labor union. She lives in Waterloo, Iowa with her husband, Kent, and two cats, Willow and Oz.
GRANT TRACEY, author of three novels in the Hayden Fuller Mysteries; the chapbook Winsome featuring cab driver Eddie Sands; and the story collection Final Stanzas, is fiction editor of the North American Review and an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches film, modern drama, and creative writing. Nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize, he has published nearly fifty short stories and three previous collections. He has acted in over forty community theater productions and has published critical work on Samuel Fuller and James Cagney. He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
