Against Quirky Writing

Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review’s Assistant Managing Editor and former Nonfiction Editor, Aaron J. Stone, introduces Joe Sacksteder’s “Against Quirky Writing” from our Winter 2022 issue. You can purchase the issue here. This essay’s reputation preceded it—which is nearly unheard of for an unsolicited submission. While I was Nonfiction Editor, I one day joined a Zoom call […]

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Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review’s Assistant Managing Editor and former Nonfiction Editor, Aaron J. Stone, introduces Joe Sacksteder’s “Against Quirky Writing” from our Winter 2022 issue. You can purchase the issue here. This essay’s reputation preceded it—which is nearly unheard of for an unsolicited submission. While I was Nonfiction Editor, I one day joined a Zoom call