You trash your room. You twist the arms of your roommate’s glasses and shred her grandchildren’s drawings. You refuse to be medicated, screaming that you are being poisoned. Security is called, and you are restrained in a special chair next to the nurses’ station like a naughty student who must sit next to the teacher.
“Tango,” by Vicki Derderian Read More »
Mom gave birth to me on the vernal equinox, just as the world begins to bloom, so it was no surprise that I inherited her love for the outdoors. We grew together as twin Persephones, bursting with life at the first sign of crocuses, and shrinking into sullen hibernation as the days darkened into winter.
“When Persephone Goes Away,” by Desiree Cooper Read More »
Among the writers we’ve assembled here you’ll find redemptive rhetorics of weather, decipherable stars, children who don’t speak for years, parents who can speak no longer, people calling people animals, signs of disappearance, a word that’s given, then is folded like a map to secret places, some “small speakings,” and several foreign languages.
“Emit and Edit”: An Introduction to Our Special Issue on Caregiving Read More »
Our Fall 2018 – Caregiving Issue is here! Featuring a foreword by Guest Editor Heather McHugh as well as essays by Jeff Camhi, Maryah Converse, Desiree Cooper, J.D. Ho, Nancy McCabe, Carol Tell Morse, and Kim Wyatt.
Fiction by Chloë Boxer, Vicki Derderian, Karen Heuler, Kai Maristed, Gregory Leon Miller, Kate Osana Simonian, and Christa Romanosky.
Poetry by Ahmad Almallah, Idris Anderson, Elizabeth Aquino, Amy Beeder, Karen Brennan, Marc Brenman, Rafael Campo, Victoria Chang, Barbara Crooker, Chard de Niord, Suzanne Edison, Jeremy Gregersen, J. Estanislao Lopez, Margaret Gibson, Tom C. Hunley, Joshua Kryah, Heather Lanier, Amy Lemmon, Elisabeth Lewis Corley, Ed Madden, Michael Mark, Sara Parrott, Irma Pineda (translated by Wendy Call), Robin Rosen Chang, Tina Schumann, Betsy Sholl, Shirley Stephenson, and Connie Voisine.
MQR 57:4 | Fall 2018 Read More »
Meet the contributors of MQR 57:4, our special issue dedicated to Caregiving.
Meet Our Contributors, MQR 57:4 Read More »
“It can be lonely to work from a liminal space, but I think it allows me to go deeper, to uncover the unnameable, the wild. Even though it can be uncomfortable, I’m most comfortable working there.”
Uncovering the Unnameable: An Interview with Elizabeth Schmuhl Read More »
We’re so excited to announce the forthcoming release of our Fall 2018 issue dedicated to Caregiving & Caregivers. This week we’re featuring several pieces online as a prelude to the issue.
A Prelude to Fall 2018: A Special Issue on Caregiving Read More »
“Caregiving isn’t just doing things for someone, it is an attitude toward the doing and toward the person and the person’s body. It’s a turning toward the other.”
On Return & Redemption: Ed Madden in Conversation with Kwame Dawes Read More »
Can death be dignified? And for whom—the person dying, or the living who witness and endure the loss, reflecting on their own turns to come?
“On Dignity,” by DeWitt Henry Read More »
“When working with or caring for someone with health or memory issues, the situation is often variable and fluid, and can change without warning. Caregivers need to be flexible. That’s how I approached this series of paintings: fluid and flexible, while using a variety of techniques to make marks on the paper.”
“Where the Hell Did My Memory Go?” An Interview with Lori Racicot Read More »
