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Marla and Ben, and Anansi and Tiger

Published in Issue 64.2: Spring 2025 You can purchase our Spring issue here Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Renée Flory on why she recommended “Marla and Ben, and Anansi and Tiger” for the Spring 2025 issue.  The opening line of Subraj Singh’s “Marla and Ben, and Anansi and Tiger” is breathless, vivid, and wildly compelling: “Before […]

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Published in Issue 64.2: Spring 2025 You can purchase our Spring issue here Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Renée Flory on why she recommended “Marla and Ben, and Anansi and Tiger” for the Spring 2025 issue.  The opening line of Subraj Singh’s “Marla and Ben, and Anansi and Tiger” is breathless, vivid, and wildly compelling: “Before

My Left Hand, Unholy

Published in Issue 64.1: Winter 2025 You can purchase our Winter issue here Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review Assistant Editor Hank Hietala on why he recommended “My Left Hand, Unholy” by Sanjana Thakur. When I first read “My Left Hand, Unholy,” I was struck by how the text moves through time. From the second paragraph on, Sanjana

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Published in Issue 64.1: Winter 2025 You can purchase our Winter issue here Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review Assistant Editor Hank Hietala on why he recommended “My Left Hand, Unholy” by Sanjana Thakur. When I first read “My Left Hand, Unholy,” I was struck by how the text moves through time. From the second paragraph on, Sanjana

In Defense of Aunt Léonie

Published in Issue 63.3: Summer 2024 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Erica Webb on why she recommended “In Defense of Aunt Léonie” by Jodie Noel Vinson. The way Jodie Noel Vinson introduces Marcel Proust’s Léonie to us in her essay, “In Defense of Aunt Léonie,” is striking with a series of fragmented thoughts threaded together. This

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Published in Issue 63.3: Summer 2024 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Erica Webb on why she recommended “In Defense of Aunt Léonie” by Jodie Noel Vinson. The way Jodie Noel Vinson introduces Marcel Proust’s Léonie to us in her essay, “In Defense of Aunt Léonie,” is striking with a series of fragmented thoughts threaded together. This

The Diaspora Café

Published in Issue 63.3: Summer 2024 Vince Omni is the 2024 winner of MQR‘s Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction for the piece “The Diaspora Café” which is published in the Summer 2024 issue of MQR. The Michigan Quarterly Review established this prize in 2021 in honor of Helen Zell Writers’ Program alumna Jesmyn Ward, who served as

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Published in Issue 63.3: Summer 2024 Vince Omni is the 2024 winner of MQR‘s Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction for the piece “The Diaspora Café” which is published in the Summer 2024 issue of MQR. The Michigan Quarterly Review established this prize in 2021 in honor of Helen Zell Writers’ Program alumna Jesmyn Ward, who served as

Snakeshead & Honeysuckle

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Diepreye Amanah on why she recommended “Snakeshead & Honeysuckle” by Amy Sailer for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. With “Snakeshead & Honeysuckle”, Sailer weaves a tapestry of wonder. Fluent with her threads of music, and with distinct voices for needles,

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why We Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Diepreye Amanah on why she recommended “Snakeshead & Honeysuckle” by Amy Sailer for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. With “Snakeshead & Honeysuckle”, Sailer weaves a tapestry of wonder. Fluent with her threads of music, and with distinct voices for needles,

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