Journal Description

Sargasso, a peer-reviewed journal of literature, language, and culture edited at the University of Puerto Rico, features critical essays, interviews, book reviews, and some poems and short stories. Published from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras for more than twenty years, Sargasso is affiliated with the Ph.D. program in Caribbean Literature and Linguistics in the Department of English of the College of Humanities. Two issues and an occasional special issue of the journal are produced each academic year.

Sargasso particularly welcomes material written by and about the people of the Caribbean region and its multiple diasporas. Essays and critical studies should conform to the style of the MLA Handbook. Short stories should be kept to no more than 2,500 words in length, and poems should be kept to thirty lines or less. All correspondence with editors should include a S.A.S.E. To communicate by e-mail, please write to: sargasso@uprrp.edu .

Editorial Board

Jessica Adams, Independent Scholar
Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilin, Florida Atlantic University
Peter Roberts, Univ. of the West Indies, Barbados
Ivette Romero, Marist College
Felipe Smith, Tulane University

Opinions and views expressed in Sargasso are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily shared by Sargasso's Editorial Committee. This journal is indexed by HAPI, Latindex, MLA, and the Periodicals Contents Index. Copies of Sargasso are on deposit in the Library of Congress. ISSN 1060-5533.

Peer Review Statement

The articles, essays, and interviews included in Sargasso undergo a process of peer review which consists of a minimum of three stages: initial selection, anonymous refereeing by at least two referees, and final review and editing.