| Volume | Date | Special Issues and Guest Editors |
|---|---|---|
| 61.1 | Spring 2026 | “New Directions in Quaker Literary History” and “History: ★1776/2026★” Guest Editors: Jay David Miller, Kaitlin Tonti |
| 60.3 | Fall 2025 | |
| 60.2 | Summer 2025 | |
| 60.1 | Spring 2025 | |
| 59.3 | Fall 2024 | |
| 59.2 | Summer 2024 | |
| 59.1 | Spring 2024 | |
| 58.3 | Fall 2023 | |
| 58.2 | Summer 2023 | |
| 58.1 | Spring 2023 | |
| 57.3 | Fall 2022 | “Dear Sister: Phillis Wheatley’s Futures.” Guest Editors: Tara A. Bynum, Brigitte Fielder, Cassander L. Smith |
| 57.2 | Summer 2022 | |
| 57.1 | Spring 2022 | |
| 56.3 | Fall 2021 | “Early American Fictionality” Guest Editors: Matthew Pethers, Thomas Koenigs |
| 56.2 | Summer 2021 | |
| 56.1 | Spring 2021 | “Reframing 1620” Guest Editors: Sarah Schuetze & Katherine Grandjean |
| 55.3 | Fall 2020 | |
| 55.2 | Summer 2020 | “Beyond Recovery.” Guest Editors: Steffi Dippold and Lauren Coats |
| 55.1 | Spring 2020 | |
| 54.3 | Fall 2019 | “The New Natural History “ Guest Editor: Michael Boyden |
| 54.2 | Summer 2019 | |
| 54.1 | Spring 2019 | |
| 53.3 | Fall 2018 | “The Spanish Americas” Guest Editors: Rodrigo Lazo and Kirsten Silva Gruesz |
| 53.2 | Summer 2018 | |
| 53.1 | Spring 2018 | |
| 52.3 | Fall 2017 | |
| 52.2 | Summer 2017 | |
| 52.1 | Spring 2017 | “Early American Disability Studies” Guest Editors: Sari Altschuler and Cristobal Silva |
| 51.3 | Fall 2016 | |
| 51.2 | Summer 2016 | “Aesthetics, Feeling, and Form in Early American Literary Studies.” Guest Editors: Edward Cahill and Edward Larkin |
| 51.1 | Spring 2016 | |
| 50.3 | Fall 2015 | |
| 50.2 | Summer 2015 | |
| 50.1 | Spring 2015 | Anniversary Issue: “Early American Literature at 50” Guest Editor: Sandra Gustafson |
| 49.3 | Fall 2014 | |
| 49.2 | Summer 2014 | |
| 49.1 | Spring 2014 | |
| 48.3 | Fall 2013 | |
| 48.2 | Summer 2013 | |
| 48.1 | Spring 2013 | |
| 47.3 | Fall 2012 | |
| 47.2 | Summer 2012 | “Between Literature and History” Guest Editor: Sandra Gustafson |
| 47.1 | Spring 2012 | |
| 46.3 | Fall 2011 | |
| 46.2 | Summer 2011 | “New Essays on ‘Race,’ Writing, and Representation in Early America” Guest Editor: Sandra Gustafson |
| 46.1 | Spring 2011 | |
| 45.3 | Fall 2010 | |
| 45.2 | Summer 2010 | “Projecting Early American Literary Studies” (Joint Special Issue with American Literary History) Guest Editors: Sandra Gustafson & Gordon Hunter |
| 45.1 | Spring 2010 | “Methods for the Study of Religion in Early American Literature” Guest Editors: Jordan Alexander Stein & Justine S. Murison |