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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

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF ERIC WILLIAMS

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 November 2, 1948 All Soul’s Day, after dark. Two men were trapped in Lapeyrouse Cemetery. “Can we do this?” “Let’s try.” The tall man faced the rough, crumbling wall. He spread his legs and cupped his hands in front of his crotch and formed a kind of stirrup. “You

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 November 2, 1948 All Soul’s Day, after dark. Two men were trapped in Lapeyrouse Cemetery. “Can we do this?” “Let’s try.” The tall man faced the rough, crumbling wall. He spread his legs and cupped his hands in front of his crotch and formed a kind of stirrup. “You

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The Chlorophyll Library

Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Sarah Anderson on why she recommended “The Chlorophyll Library” by Callum Angus for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. When each of us is flooded with content every hour of every day, one of the greatest challenges of writing today is

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Published in Issue 62.4: Fall 2023 Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader Sarah Anderson on why she recommended “The Chlorophyll Library” by Callum Angus for the Fall 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. When each of us is flooded with content every hour of every day, one of the greatest challenges of writing today is

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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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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

Alternative Facts

Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader A. Shaikh on why they recommended “Alternative Facts” by Susan Azar Porterfield for our Winter 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. It’s an incredible gift to find a poem aware of its own multitudes, such as “Alternative Facts” by Susan Azar Porterfield. The poem begins by stating its

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Why I Chose It: Michigan Quarterly Review reader A. Shaikh on why they recommended “Alternative Facts” by Susan Azar Porterfield for our Winter 2023 issue. You can purchase the issue here. It’s an incredible gift to find a poem aware of its own multitudes, such as “Alternative Facts” by Susan Azar Porterfield. The poem begins by stating its

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