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Winter 2019

The Saturday Club

“The Saturday Club,” by Josh Bettinger, appears in the Winter 2019 Issue of MQR. I wanted to tell you but decided against it because the cut of the weekend is real— I did not wash the car I am not on a diet I watched the finale without you but my love runs through the blackened […]

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“The Saturday Club,” by Josh Bettinger, appears in the Winter 2019 Issue of MQR. I wanted to tell you but decided against it because the cut of the weekend is real— I did not wash the car I am not on a diet I watched the finale without you but my love runs through the blackened

Tiny Water Glasses

Clamping my hand over my left boob, which was leaking a slow and deliberate drip-drip-drip into my nursing bra and then into my marled gray t-shirt, and then onto my hand, I galloped up the basement stairs, taking two steps at a time, my body needing to feel my baby’s body. My first baby. I

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Clamping my hand over my left boob, which was leaking a slow and deliberate drip-drip-drip into my nursing bra and then into my marled gray t-shirt, and then onto my hand, I galloped up the basement stairs, taking two steps at a time, my body needing to feel my baby’s body. My first baby. I

Tuta, Tuta

“Tuta, Tuta,” by Onyinye Ihezukwu, appears in the Winter 2019 Issue of MQR. Fanta, who is looking to buy a house, remembers something when she walks into this strange kitchen with yellow walls, low ceilings, double louver windows, and a sink deep enough to soak two days’ worth of used dishes. It’s a small memory of

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“Tuta, Tuta,” by Onyinye Ihezukwu, appears in the Winter 2019 Issue of MQR. Fanta, who is looking to buy a house, remembers something when she walks into this strange kitchen with yellow walls, low ceilings, double louver windows, and a sink deep enough to soak two days’ worth of used dishes. It’s a small memory of

Elegy for Killmonger With My Own Pain Entering Frame

“Elegy for Killmonger With My Own Pain Entering Frame,” by Cortney Lamar Charleston, appeared in the Winter 2019 Issue of MQR. Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships because they knew death was better than bondage— yeah, I heard about what you said, but nah. We both know I, the African

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“Elegy for Killmonger With My Own Pain Entering Frame,” by Cortney Lamar Charleston, appeared in the Winter 2019 Issue of MQR. Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships because they knew death was better than bondage— yeah, I heard about what you said, but nah. We both know I, the African

MQR Issue 57:1, Winter 2019

Announcing the release of MQR 57:1, our Winter 2019 Issue Cover art by Duncan Hartley. Nonfiction Jennifer Case: On Contemplating a Second Child Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark: Worshippers Sara Petersen: Tiny Water Glasses Andrew J. Skerritt: The Funeral Tourist Ash Whitman: Breathe Fiction Michael Byers: Chapman’s Heart Jai Chakrabarti: Searching for Elijah Beth Kissileff: I’m Not Here

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Announcing the release of MQR 57:1, our Winter 2019 Issue Cover art by Duncan Hartley. Nonfiction Jennifer Case: On Contemplating a Second Child Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark: Worshippers Sara Petersen: Tiny Water Glasses Andrew J. Skerritt: The Funeral Tourist Ash Whitman: Breathe Fiction Michael Byers: Chapman’s Heart Jai Chakrabarti: Searching for Elijah Beth Kissileff: I’m Not Here

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