In this episode, Dr. Gerald Maa and I discuss the periodical’s role in the larger literary landscape, analyzing its advantages over the common forms of continuous communication. Dr. Maa discusses his path which led him to his current position at The Georgia Review and identifies essential aspects that comprise the magazine’s ethos. We then investigate the future of the magazine as it relates to modern technology.

Dr. Gerald Maa is a writer and a translator located in Athens, Georgia. He is editor-in-chief of The Georgia Review, a literary magazine published out of the University of Georgia. He is also a cofounder of the Asian American Literary Review.