“Somewhere in the World,” by Linda Pastan
Somewhere in the world
something is happening
which will make its slow way here.
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Farewell, Vicki Lawrence!
After twenty years of dedicated service as Michigan Quarterly Review’s tireless Managing Editor, today is Vicki Lawrence’s last day on the job. Vicki has worn countless hats over the years, and we know that in her retirement she’ll be looking forward to a lot less paperwork and a bit more relaxation.
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“On Amelia Earhart: The Aviatrix as American Dandy,” by Anne Herrmann
A flâneuse of the air, she will never be confused with a streetwalker; a solo flier, she cannot be suspected of sexual desire. Neither tomboy nor butch, neither masculinized nor sexualized, the “queer” property of “A.E.” is one that nobody owns even as it continues to generate instant recognition.
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Tarfia Faizullah’s “I Told the Water” Selected for Pushcart Anthology
We’re proud and excited to announce that Tarfia Faizullah’s poem “I Told the Water” has been selected for inclusion in Pushcart Prize XLII. “I Told the Water” appeared in the Spring 2016 issue of MQR as part of the “Flint and Beyond” special section.
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On Writing Michigan: An Interview with Travis Mulhauser
“I think that good writers can create a fully-developed, lived-in physical space for any location and time, and I consider myself lucky that I grew up in–and am able now to write about–a place as physically interesting and beautiful as northern Michigan. As a writer, it’s a great place to hang out in and explore, and as much as anything continues to drive my interest in the landscape.”
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“You Must Give of Yourself,” by Barrett Bowlin
It’s now or never if you’re going to keep their pretty insides rare like the recipe calls for, and you’ve got the choice here between saving their souls or patching up a slice to the cleft of your left hand. Bisteccas alla fiorentina or Band-Aids, chef. You choose.
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Meet Our Contributors, MQR 56:1
Meet the poets, essayists, and fiction writers of MQR 56:1.
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MQR 56:1 | Winter 2017
In our Winter 2017 issue, Molly McQuade explores the music in Brooklyn, Craig McDaniel and Jean Robertson experience what painting is now, Steven Harvey discusses the other Steve Harvey, and Frank M. Meola reports on being a minority-minority.
Fiction from Marian Berges, Barrett Bowlin, Randy Nelson, Su Tong, Sergio Troncoso, Kathleen Winter, and Linda Woolford.
Poetry from Fleda Brown, Susan Cobin, Nancy Eimers, Dan Gerber, and Osip Mandelstam.
Plus: Piotr Florczyk reviews Mark Irwin’s “American Urn: Selected Poems.”
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A Joke That Hits You Later: A Review of Natalie Shapero’s “Hard Child”
Think of Shapero instead as a kind of poetic Louis C.K. — the misery is part of the act. Yes, you’re supposed to laugh: “All I have coming in this / world is a joke that hits me later.” And like the best stand-up comedy routines, her poems have solid opening hooks, a finely wrought structure, and a resonance, a truth, beyond what is directly expressed.
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Hoarding Notes: The Uselessness of the Writer’s Notebook
I had so many of these little notes that I would sometimes scroll down the screen just to see them riffle up, a blur of words that sang of possibility. They belonged to the future, and I carried them, clustered, in my pocket.
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