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Foreword: An America Worth Fighting For

O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,But opportunity is real, and life is free,Equality is in the air we breathe (There’s never been equality for me,For freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) —Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again” At its inception, the United States was […]

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O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,But opportunity is real, and life is free,Equality is in the air we breathe (There’s never been equality for me,For freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) —Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again” At its inception, the United States was

Meet Our Contributors: Issue 59:4 Fall 2020

MONCHO ALVARADO is a Latinx-queer-poet, translator, visual artist, and educator. They’ve been published in Tahoma Literary Review, Merdian, Foglifter, Poets.org, and other publications. They are a recipient of fellowships and residencies from The Helen Wurlitzer Foundation, Lambda Literary, Poets House, Troika House, the Summer Seminar at Sarah Lawrence College, and won the Academy of American

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MONCHO ALVARADO is a Latinx-queer-poet, translator, visual artist, and educator. They’ve been published in Tahoma Literary Review, Merdian, Foglifter, Poets.org, and other publications. They are a recipient of fellowships and residencies from The Helen Wurlitzer Foundation, Lambda Literary, Poets House, Troika House, the Summer Seminar at Sarah Lawrence College, and won the Academy of American

MQR FALL 2020 Front Cover

MQR Issue 59:4, Fall 2020

Announcing the release of MQR 59:3 Cover Art courtesy of  Amy Sara Carroll and Donna Senf Carroll Table of Contents Foreword Reginald Dwayne Betts: A Requiem for Suffering Fiction Wesley Brown: Tragic Magic Gloria L. Huang: Another Escape Alberto Reyes Morgan: Salt Matthew Pitt: A Shambles Nonfiction Esmat Elhalaby: Los Angeles Intifada Randall Horton: And

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Announcing the release of MQR 59:3 Cover Art courtesy of  Amy Sara Carroll and Donna Senf Carroll Table of Contents Foreword Reginald Dwayne Betts: A Requiem for Suffering Fiction Wesley Brown: Tragic Magic Gloria L. Huang: Another Escape Alberto Reyes Morgan: Salt Matthew Pitt: A Shambles Nonfiction Esmat Elhalaby: Los Angeles Intifada Randall Horton: And

“Emit and Edit”: An Introduction to Our Special Issue on Caregiving

“Emit and Edit,” by Heather McHugh, appeared as the Introduction to MQR 57:4, a special issue dedicated to caregiving. McHugh served as the issue’s guest editor. My heart and hand are oftener at odds than I’d expect. Honored to be asked to serve as guest editor for this caregiving issue of MQR, I soon discovered that the

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“Emit and Edit,” by Heather McHugh, appeared as the Introduction to MQR 57:4, a special issue dedicated to caregiving. McHugh served as the issue’s guest editor. My heart and hand are oftener at odds than I’d expect. Honored to be asked to serve as guest editor for this caregiving issue of MQR, I soon discovered that the

Moon phases against black background

The Moon Landing & Its Aftermath

In Rilke’s great poem, “Statue of an Archaic Apollo,” the poet articulates the moral statement which the wonderfully wrought torso proclaims: “You must change your life.” Is this the message of the modern Apollo? And if so, how is it we must change?

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In Rilke’s great poem, “Statue of an Archaic Apollo,” the poet articulates the moral statement which the wonderfully wrought torso proclaims: “You must change your life.” Is this the message of the modern Apollo? And if so, how is it we must change?

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