The Long Walk with Giant Boy Away from Drought
It was not just the weight of the burdens they were carrying, but the heavier burden of a world in chaos.
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Advocating Now: An Interview with Elizabeth Rush
“…I am also a little tired of offering reassurance. Because I don’t want to reassure people so that they go home feeling vaguely optimistic. What I want is for more people to recognize the urgency of the present moment and become involved in climate activism in their local communities.”
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Hand Washing
I would wash my hands
After opening the refrigerator
And looking in at the lunchmeat and tomatoes,
The blimp-shaped pickles in cloudy water.
Understanding contemporary white nationalism: Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate
The bottom line is that this is a threat to democracy. It is a threat to the values of equality and diversity that many of us believe in strongly.
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“Emit and Edit”: An Introduction to Our Special Issue on Caregiving
“Emit and Edit,” by Heather McHugh, appeared as the Introduction to MQR 57:4, a special issue dedicated to caregiving. McHugh served as the issue’s guest editor. My heart and hand are oftener at odds than I’d expect. Honored to be asked to serve as guest editor for this caregiving issue of MQR, I soon discovered that the
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Transformative Language: A Review of Lean Against this Late Hour by Garous Abdolmalekianby
In this volume, the personal is always at war with the political, and boundaries – both geographical and personal— are often blurred, bombarded, beset.
The Consolation of Making Poems: A Review of A Wake With Nine Shades by Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
Steinorth loves where words come from and how they sound against one another. She loves how they carry meaning and how meaning can overwhelm them. She delights in the history and connotations of the words she uses.
A Friend for the End of the World: A Review of Weather by Jenny Offill
As narrator, Lizzie Benson is delightful company. Her mind is a wellspring of wry, cutting observations about motherhood, marriage, and…a possibly imminent apocalypse.
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A Python Swallowing an Antelope: An Interview with Gail Griffin on Grief and Writing
I think our only recourse it to acknowledge that everyone’s grief is their own, immeasurable.
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A Creature of the Senses: An Interview with Ilya Kaminsky
Poems contain information, but they’re not about information. A poem is not about an event; it is an event.
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