Does your aesthetic represent the journal's aesthetic? If not, how do they differ?	Journal	Do you have a specific type of reader in mind when you decide what to publish? If so, could you give us his or her profile?
Yes, we publish what we admire and enjoy. We do not have a narrow agenda. We like to put together diverse talents that will somehow enhance, reflect, or even jostle each other, thereby providing a stimulating experience for our readers.	American Letters & Commentary: Anna Rabinowitz and Jeanne Marie Beaumont	An open, intelligent, curious reader. We don't expect anyone to like everything in an issue of AL&C, but we think everyone who likes to read will find some things to enjoy quite a bit.
Yes.	Apostrophe: Sheila Tombe	No.
Mainly. There are small differences between the editors.	The Bridge: Jack Zucker	We don't have a specific reader in mind -- usually persons with literary interests and who like our kind of material. Mainstream and expressive.
It is representative, except perhaps for the prejudice against profanity.	The Carolina Quarterly: Robert West	Not consciously. I think we assume we have a readership with varied tastes; we try not to align ourselves with any particular type of poetry.
Yes. We all ascribe to our "3M" criteria of Music, Meaning and Memorability.	ELF: Eclectic Literary Forum: C. K. Erbes	No. We publish what encompasses our vision. Our experience, however, indicates an educated and diverse readership.
Yes. We try to publish the best we receive.	Kalliope, a Journal of Women's Art: Mary Sue Koeppel	We try to appeal to a wide audience, so our work is often varied. We think that good work assumes many styles. I often like to hear the work as well as see it, so the work should be able to withstand reading aloud.
TLR does not have an aesthetic premise, for which reason we've sometimes been called wishy-washy. Some of the editors like poems with naked people in them, and some don't.	The Literary Review: William Zander	No, I don't. Poetry doesn't lend itself to demographics.
No. We have a diverse staff that reads the manuscripts.	Lullwater Review: Eric Brignac	No. Catering to a specific reader type would make us cater to a specific writer type -- something we don't want to do.
Since the editorial staff changes frequently, the journal's aesthetic also changes slightly from year to year. Generally, Phoebe seeks work that is "experimental, not dead," work whose language is living and innovative. We are hesitant about poetry that fits a ready-made formula -- whether the work is "experimental" or "first person lyric narrative." We strive to publish a wide range of voices in our journal.	Phoebe: A Journal of Literary Arts: Christopher Putnam	No comment
You are trying to make a distinction without a difference. Solomon might make it, but I cannot.	The Sewanee Review: George Core	The famous informed general reader who will soon be as dead as the passenger pigeon and the dodo.
Not entirely. I edit 2 of the 4 annual issues. My coeditor's views differ somewhat.	The Southern Review: Dave Smith	Yes, I think of myself. I choose what I like and I assume it will please others.
For the most part we are in agreement, or I would not be there.	tnr: Frank Finale	A reader who would enjoy reading a good poem, and perhaps sharing it with someone.