March 2020 – Page 2 – Michigan Quarterly Review

March 2020

Moonlight in Water

One day, Kyoko had the idea of showing her vegetable garden reflected in a hand mirror to her husband upstairs. For her husband, confined to bed, this alone would open out a new life before him. One could never say that it was simply “this,” a mirror. The hand mirror belonged to the dressing stand […]

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One day, Kyoko had the idea of showing her vegetable garden reflected in a hand mirror to her husband upstairs. For her husband, confined to bed, this alone would open out a new life before him. One could never say that it was simply “this,” a mirror. The hand mirror belonged to the dressing stand

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.

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In this volume, the personal is always at war with the political, and boundaries – both geographical and personal— are often blurred, bombarded, beset.

Kitchen

From Sanjukta Bandyopadhyay’s “Kitchen,” ” After every night, every morning is the same: each human being eats-drinks-brushes his teeth, just like a human being; I don’t have any illusions.”

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From Sanjukta Bandyopadhyay’s “Kitchen,” ” After every night, every morning is the same: each human being eats-drinks-brushes his teeth, just like a human being; I don’t have any illusions.”

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.

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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.

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