Chicago review is a popular magazine in United States. The magazine has given breaks to some of the big writers even before they eventually became a popular writer.

Brief history of Chicago review:

The magazine was launched in the year 1946, in Chicago, as the name sounds, it's quite clear that the magazine has its roots in Chicago.

The magazine only gets published four times in a year. It is a literary magazine and the publication is in the hands of university of Chicago.

The magazine has played a big role in the American literary scene.

If you go deep into the history, you would know that Chicago review took part in establishing roots of Beat movement in American literary scene.

The magazine also caused a lot of controversies with its debatable publications, which annoyed people.

Controversies seems to be part and parcel of the magazine and the management which did run the affairs of the magazine annoyed a number of writers when it prevented its editor in the year 1958 from publishing a story.

The result was that many writers quit the magazine, and went their ways.

Achievements of Chicago review:

You could well imagine the quality of writers who write on the magazine as three stories which were published in the magazine were chosen for an award. The three stories actually won the O. Henry prize.

Contents of Chicago preview:

Each issue of the magazine 'Chicago review' contains essay written by established writers, and also amateur writers.

You would come across fiction stories, and poems.

All the stories published in the magazine reflect humanities issues.