Winter 2024 – Michigan Quarterly Review

Winter 2024

THE LADIES OF THE CITY

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Barely a month into seventh grade and already Ruby had three crushes: a celebrity crush on Cary Elwes, the most beautiful man in the world; a romantic crush on Osama, a lanky, graceful Syrian boy at her masjid who could spin a basketball on one finger; and a platonic […]

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Barely a month into seventh grade and already Ruby had three crushes: a celebrity crush on Cary Elwes, the most beautiful man in the world; a romantic crush on Osama, a lanky, graceful Syrian boy at her masjid who could spin a basketball on one finger; and a platonic

BLOOMINGTON

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Tenderness and purest admiration is the backbone of this rare gift J.D. Scrimgeour offers us with his essay, “Bloomington.” Magnificently vivid memories rendered in delicately crafted sentences create the window through which Scrimgeour invites us inside the private life of a beloved American poet, the first Black male winner

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Tenderness and purest admiration is the backbone of this rare gift J.D. Scrimgeour offers us with his essay, “Bloomington.” Magnificently vivid memories rendered in delicately crafted sentences create the window through which Scrimgeour invites us inside the private life of a beloved American poet, the first Black male winner

HYPERDREAM (THE WASP)

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Wendy Chen is the author of Unearthings (Tavern Books), editor of Figure 1, and associate editor-in-chief of Tupelo Quarterly. She earned her MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and her PhD in English at the University of Denver. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Algonquin in 2024. Her translation

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Wendy Chen is the author of Unearthings (Tavern Books), editor of Figure 1, and associate editor-in-chief of Tupelo Quarterly. She earned her MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and her PhD in English at the University of Denver. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Algonquin in 2024. Her translation

WHAT WOULD I DO FOR YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR ME?

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Why Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader A. Shaikh on why they recommended Emma Binder’s “What Would I Do For You, What Would Yo Do For Me?” for MQR‘s Winter 2024 issue. You can purchase the issue here. As a reader, you dream of encountering fiction as heart-driven and nuanced

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Why Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader A. Shaikh on why they recommended Emma Binder’s “What Would I Do For You, What Would Yo Do For Me?” for MQR‘s Winter 2024 issue. You can purchase the issue here. As a reader, you dream of encountering fiction as heart-driven and nuanced

Zombie Tag

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Winner of the Inaugural James A. Winn Prize in Nonfiction My son wakes up reaching for another’s body—How come you get to sleep with Papa? he asks, I want to sleep holding someone, and means: I want to be held. He pretends to be the thing undead, grunting and

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Winner of the Inaugural James A. Winn Prize in Nonfiction My son wakes up reaching for another’s body—How come you get to sleep with Papa? he asks, I want to sleep holding someone, and means: I want to be held. He pretends to be the thing undead, grunting and

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