Volume 48, Issue 2

AS MR's BIG BIRTHDAY APPROACHES, we are changing. Becoming more comfortable in the digital universe, we are on the verge of three important technological improvements. One or two of these may be in place by the time this issue reaches you.

We are about to unveil a greatly improved website, including complete tables of contents for every issue from #1 to the present (www.mass review.org), a log for our radio program, information about editors, and many other features.You will also find a link to the second innovation: electronic submission of manuscripts. While we understand the drawbacks involved—for example, we will need to accept traditional paper manuscripts for the better part of a year until the new system is established—it has become evident in the last year or so that there is no turning back this tidal change. This quicker avenue for contributors will be available when our reading period resumes on October 1. Both of these new elements have been designed and executed by our Managing Editor Katie Winger, with the assistance of our intern Aaron Hellem.

Thirdly, we will soon begin podcasting selected programs from the MR2 radio archive. We receive many requests for copies of shows, and fulfilling them through podcast will be relatively effortless, even as it increases our audience. Credit for this initiative belongs to Anjali Khosla, audio editor extraordinaire and MR2 intern.

All these innovations have been made as frugally as possible because of the energy and inspiration of our staff. In the long run, these changes will liberate our interns from the task of managing manuscript traffic, so we can draw on their richer abilities. We would love to add a part-time editorial assistant when we can—producing a magazine of this scope without a single full-time employee is an enormous challenge. Extending your subscription or making a donation now will speed these wonders....

David Lenson
for the editors

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