Certainly literary, and high quality writing, but not a literary journal I can read cover to cover (which is what I normally do with journals) without wandering. I can't help feeling that the work always has very high ambitions (and perhaps achievements and themes also in many cases)--but is usually lacking in passion. Very rarely do I start reading anything in this one that I very simply can't put down. I feel like it's worthwhile....but it's not a journal I turn to for escape or simple pleasure. I will say that the essays here are often fascinating and out of the ordinarly. Those, I recommend without reserve. ( )