{"id":81775,"date":"2026-01-26T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/?page_id=81775"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:47:17","slug":"current-issue-winter-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/current-issue-winter-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Issue: Winter 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2026\/01\/mqr-cover_65_1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2026\/01\/mqr-cover_65_1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2026\/01\/mqr-cover_65_1-560x400.jpg 560w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2026\/01\/mqr-cover_65_1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2026\/01\/mqr-cover_65_1-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2026\/01\/mqr-cover_65_1-2048x1462.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-tw-short\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Christopher Bakken<\/em>&nbsp;| Thessaloniki; Rembetika Theology; Nocturne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kinsale Drake |&nbsp;Bareback Racing; Harold Drake Sr., Stella, my mother, and her siblings (Din\u00e9), photographed by Walter Edwards for National Geographic during their first boat trip on Lake Powell, offered after the rising man-made lake drowned the island that Harold farmed in Paiute Canyon (1967)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rick Hilles<\/em>&nbsp;|&nbsp;Portrait of My Brother as Cloud &amp; Thunder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Lawrence Joseph<\/em>&nbsp;| So I Try to Paint the Wind in Words; What Was I Remembering, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/repetitions\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/repetitions\/\">Repetitions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Adrianne Kalfopoulou<\/em>&nbsp;| Sonnet #S 3, 6, 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Tobi Kassim<\/em>&nbsp;| Given a Laurel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sati Mookherjee<\/em>&nbsp;| Doll Wedding; Forest Rubaiyat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mark Nowak&nbsp;<\/em>| A B C F; H L M Z<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Arthur Sze<\/em>&nbsp;| Iridescence; <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/entropy-by-arthur-sze\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/entropy-by-arthur-sze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entropy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Richard Tillinghast<\/em>&nbsp;| Tea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>David Wojahn<\/em>&nbsp;| Word Lantern; Elegy with Factoids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-tw-short\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Sebastian Edward Bliss<\/em>&nbsp;| Visiting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Jesus De La Torre<\/em>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/sunday-at-mt-carmel\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/sunday-at-mt-carmel\/\">Sunday at Mt. Carmel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sara Lippmann<\/em>&nbsp;| Slaughterhouse Rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>DC Restaino<\/em>&nbsp;| Our Silence Will Not Save You<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Anthony Varallo<\/em>&nbsp;| Songs Anyone Might Like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-tw-short\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nonfiction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Sophie Ezzell<\/em>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/fear-it\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/fear-it\/\">Fear It<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mai Serhan<\/em>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2026\/03\/i-can-imagine-it-for-us\/\">I Can Imagine It for Us<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Daniel Uncapher<\/em> | Smouldering Fagots <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>MaKshya Tolbert<\/em>&nbsp;| Shade walk: &#8220;a life in rehearsal&#8221; (east-west) |&nbsp;<em>Winner of the 2025 James A. 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