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Harm Reduction

Published in Issue 62.3: Summer 2023 Winner of MQR’s 2024 Lawrence Foundation Prize in Fiction Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader and former MQR Social Media Coordinator Lauren Champlin on why she recommended “Harm Reduction” by Thea Chacamaty for the Summer 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. “Harm Reduction” is a story that captivated me …

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THE ORCHID

1. Even during his lifetime Wang Xizhi was considered God’s gift to calligraphy. According to historic records, his career took off in Earth Year 352, when Master Wang invited forty-two literary figures of the day, who also happened to be his closest drinking buddies, to gather along a gently flowing stream. Small cups, fashioned from …

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Patient

I was sick of language so I started collecting rocks. Each time I had a thought I’d throw a rock into a lake. The people in town couldn’t get it. They tried very hard. They thought maybe I’d lost the ability to speak, so they started writing me letters in a show of solidarity. When …

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