August 2019 – Page 2 – Michigan Quarterly Review

August 2019

Drone picture of The Akropolis

Team Wristband

I believe the climate in America has changed and we are moving towards a best and worst of times situation. Those who revere naked power, and who want a “strong” man over democracy, are feeling emboldened. So too are the mediocre, the bullies and the bigots. Those of us who believe in democracy must fight back daily and art is one weapon among many—though art is a million things besides a weapon.

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I believe the climate in America has changed and we are moving towards a best and worst of times situation. Those who revere naked power, and who want a “strong” man over democracy, are feeling emboldened. So too are the mediocre, the bullies and the bigots. Those of us who believe in democracy must fight back daily and art is one weapon among many—though art is a million things besides a weapon.

knife blade close up against after being sharpened

Alloy

“Love/it was exactly like this/when, for the first time,/we stepped toward each other/like two people folding a bedsheet”

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“Love/it was exactly like this/when, for the first time,/we stepped toward each other/like two people folding a bedsheet”

Roberto Tejada Head Shot

Into the Radical Poetic Future: A Review of Roberto Tejada’s Still Nowhere in an Empty Vastness

To depart so much from poetic convention is an act of rebellion. What is Still Nowhere an Empty Vastness rebelling against? And what better future is it signaling towards?

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To depart so much from poetic convention is an act of rebellion. What is Still Nowhere an Empty Vastness rebelling against? And what better future is it signaling towards?

Emmanuel Bove Old Photograph

“An Anatomy of Loneliness:” A Review of Emmanuel Bove’s My Friends

“I should be so considerate of anyone who showed me friendship,” he says early in the novel. “All their wishes should be mine. I should follow them everywhere, like a dog.” Then he adds, with less than dog-like humility: “I am endlessly kind. But the people I have known have never appreciated this fact.”

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“I should be so considerate of anyone who showed me friendship,” he says early in the novel. “All their wishes should be mine. I should follow them everywhere, like a dog.” Then he adds, with less than dog-like humility: “I am endlessly kind. But the people I have known have never appreciated this fact.”

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