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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Algal Bloom
I remember the first thing Vienna said to me, after she ran up the driveway to our cabin, was “The water is full of poison.” When I said “What?” she stepped back, and scraped her eyes over me, instead of answering, a clear appraisal. “You got a little taller,” she said. She was much taller,
The Loneliness of Animals
The Loneliness of Animals I don’t think I know what it feels like I know I don’t to drag one’s self so slowly “like a zombie” down a cracked hard, rock-cut creek bed in Illinois to be lifted still churning one’s legs to be the subject of such testing: to be found
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The Sea Fools You
The sea fools you. The Turkish coast is across from where we stand on Chios island. It doesn’t look like it is that far away. Only a few kilometers separate us. When the weather is calm, is it worth 1,500 Euros per person to put wife and children on inflatable cheap dinghies to make it
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.
New World Alphabet
Xeriscaping. Gardening with minimal water. Xeriscaping is unpopular with many Americans who see grass as a symbol of prosperity, community, beauty, and safety.
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MQR Issue 59:2, Spring 2020
Featuring Fiction from Spencer Wolff and Aya Osuga A., Essays from Donovan Hohn and Henry Pollack, and Poetry from Jasmine Bailey, Reginald Gibbons, Romeo Oriogun, and Fady Joudah.
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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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