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SELECTIONS FROM THE UPCOMING GREAT LAKES ISSUE

WAAWAATESEG / FIREFLIES Aanii ezhi pagozi dibikgiizis? / How does moonlight taste? Aanii ezhi noodin pagwad / How much does the wind weigh? Aanii ezhi ezhichigeyaamba / What do I need to do...

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Summer 2011

THE GREAT LAKES: LOVE SONG AND LAMENT, our special issue on the Great Lakes. Essays by Jerry Dennis, Anna Vodicka, Keith Taylor, John Knott, Alison Swan, Tiya Miles, Devin Murphy, Julia Gibson; Poetry...

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A FINE MEMORY WHILE IN DETOX

fiction by Devin Murphy “I don’t think this wind is ever going to stop,” Jamie said. “I can do a rain dance if you want something else to happen,” Lewis said. The wind sounded hollow, and we all...

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Good Blood

by Marshall Walker Lee I say appearance, rather than reading, because the reading portion of the evening (voice and text and presence and performance) seemed if not beside the point then certainly a...

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OF WATERWAYS AND RUNAWAYS: REFLECTIONS ON THE GREAT LAKES IN UNDERGROUND...

nonfiction by Tiya Miles Here in the Great Lakes region of the Midwest, waterways were especially pivotal to Underground Railroad history, and movement to and across those waters highlights the...

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Asparagus for Frank O’Hara

by Monique Daviau Last summer, I convinced my friend Chris that he and I should drive from Brooklyn to East Hampton, Long Island, to place a bundle of asparagus on the grave of a poet he had never...

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Summer Jobs

by Gina Balibrera The summer between high school and college I worked at a clothing boutique in San Francisco, taking polyester tube tops out of boxes, steaming them on hangers, and carrying them...

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Summer 2012

Robert Marshall on the gap between the man and the myth of the 1970s' phenomenon Carlos Castaneda; Allison Schuette on the moment a marriage actually breaks; Amy Lee Scott on coming to terms with her...

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CROSS

fiction by Rebecca Makkai There was garbage on the lawn, or maybe a construction sign, or (now that she was close enough to notice the flowers and ribbons) detritus from a prom. But it was late August,...

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POETRY BY CLEOPATRA MATHIS

INTERSTICE 1. Between Grief and Sorrow Grief staggers around the house some thief has emptied. It wants to tell you everything all over again; blame is the story grief hammers, hammering until your leg...

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In Praise of Big Hair

by Gina Balibrera Lilacs are in bloom, and I'm showing the plummy-bruises on my legs when I ride my bicycle.

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Another Summer Reading List

by A.L. Major It's that time of year again: SUMMER. For students, or recently graduates like myself, summer brings with it a freedom that seems limitless. Faced with so much time to do what I like, I...

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The Best Show in the World

* Claire Skinner * Last fall, I became obsessed with AMC's show Breaking Bad. It was like developing a crush. Slow at first, then a headlong swoon. I found myself sidling out of social events earlier...

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Summer 2013

MQR goes back to school! Read a cluster of poems, stories, and essays that talk about life in the classroom and the world of academe—work by Rebecca Makkai, Kelsey Ronan, Cindy Clem, Stephen Burt,...

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The Cross or The Pill

* Airea D. Matthews * There is no amount of being a privileged do-gooder that will do anyone any good if people can’t respectfully co-exist without entirely erasing each other—physically,...

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Meeting Wittgenstein at the Playscape

* Airea D. Matthews * Since Tractatus suggests that language mirrors states of affairs in which objects are engaged, questions arise: if the object is invisible, does the object even exist? What if the...

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Summer 2014

Jerry Dennis looks at the history of confining birds, Zhanna Slor comments on her family, Brenda Hood comments on hers, Stefanie Wortman discovers her namesake’s life in the Warsaw Ghetto and beyond,...

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Summer Jobs

by Gina Balibrera The summer between high school and college I worked at a clothing boutique in San Francisco, taking polyester tube tops out of boxes, steaming them on hangers, and carrying them...

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2017 Guide to Michigan’s Summer Literary Festivals

Festival season is coming, so here are some literary events (most of them free) worth checking out this summer. We'd love to add to this list, so let us know if we've missed a good one!

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Good Blood

by Marshall Walker Lee I say appearance, rather than reading, because the reading portion of the evening (voice and text and presence and performance) seemed if not beside the point then certainly a...

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