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JUNO, FAR FROM DORCHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1733

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Michael O’Ryan on why he recommended “JUNO, FAR FROM DORCHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1733” by Melissa Range for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. Melissa Range’s “JUNO, FAR FROM DORCHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1733”, immediately captivated me for its effective utilization of a […]

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Michael O’Ryan on why he recommended “JUNO, FAR FROM DORCHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1733” by Melissa Range for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. Melissa Range’s “JUNO, FAR FROM DORCHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1733”, immediately captivated me for its effective utilization of a

Diseases of American Slavery (the desire)

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 The desire to find your mother’s hand must be cured A slow day under the sack is a contagion The desire not to melt into fields is an affliction The wish to be still as the sky unfolds into pink dusk means your life is in danger The desire

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 The desire to find your mother’s hand must be cured A slow day under the sack is a contagion The desire not to melt into fields is an affliction The wish to be still as the sky unfolds into pink dusk means your life is in danger The desire

Diseases of American Slavery (the EARTH)

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 The earth will try to reclaim you. It will begin with moss — its fuzzy teeth that soften the side of stone as if making a meal of hard bread. Green unfurled on your skin like a rash of tobacco covers a field. —A softly splotched compass slying across

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 The earth will try to reclaim you. It will begin with moss — its fuzzy teeth that soften the side of stone as if making a meal of hard bread. Green unfurled on your skin like a rash of tobacco covers a field. —A softly splotched compass slying across

THE KOREAN SPA AFTER TOP SURGERY

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 There is only one place on earth  where a frieze of mermaids stand silently  as women in black bras and underwear scrub  the body in front of them. This poem  will not change the uniform they must wear  or the male and female only lockers or the x  on

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 There is only one place on earth  where a frieze of mermaids stand silently  as women in black bras and underwear scrub  the body in front of them. This poem  will not change the uniform they must wear  or the male and female only lockers or the x  on

YOUR REQUEST FOR ERASURE IS COMPLETE

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review poetry editor Carlina Duan on why she recommended “Your Request For Erasure Is Complete” by Cindy Juyoung Ok for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. I love a poem that leaves spaciousness for surprise. Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Your Request For Erasure Is

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review poetry editor Carlina Duan on why she recommended “Your Request For Erasure Is Complete” by Cindy Juyoung Ok for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. I love a poem that leaves spaciousness for surprise. Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Your Request For Erasure Is

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