Winter 2022 | Naomi Mulvihill Reads "Poly-, Ambi-"
Naomi Mulvihill reads her poem "Poly-, Ambi-" from MQR's Winter 2022 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2022 | Pamela Painter Reads "Dog in the Night"
Pamela Painter reads her story "Dog in the Night" from MQR's Winter 2022 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2022 | Sarah Crossland Reads "Axis Mundi"
Sarah Crossland reads her poem "Axis Mundi" from MQR's Winter 2022 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2022 | Stephanie Burt Reads "Cinderella"
Stephanie Burt reads her poem "Cinderella" from MQR's Winter 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Kareem James Abu-Zeid Reads Their Translation of "Night Song"...
Kareem James Abu-Zeid reads their translation of "Night Song" by Najwan Darwish from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Sarah Sassoon Reads "Mother – Tongue"
Sarah Sassoon reads their poem, "Mother – Tongue," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Arthur Kayzakian Reads "Synonyms for Maps"
Arthur Kayzakian reads their poem, "Synonyms for Maps" from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Yahya Frederickson Reads "from Releases"
Yahya Frederickson reads an excerpt from their poem, "Releases," published in MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Paul Hanna Reads "Sweet Dumpling (fried in oil)"
Paul Hanna reads their poem, "Sweet Dumpling (fried in oil)," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | K. Eltinaé Reads "Breathing Exercise"
K. Eltinaé reads "Breathing Exercise" from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Tarik Dobbs Reads "That July, My Sito Calls from Damascus at...
Tarik Dobbs reads their poem, "That July, My Sito Calls from Damascus at Midnight," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Ashur Etwebi and James Byrne Read "Death, Peppermint Flavoured"
The Spring 2022 issue of MQR features the poem, "Death, Peppermint Flavoured," by Ashur Ewebi, translated into English by James Byrne and Ashur Etwebi. In this recording, James Byrne reads the poem in...
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Fowziyah Abu Khalid and Moneera Al-Ghadeer Read "Oud"
The Spring 2022 issue of MQR features the poem, "Oud," by Fowziyah Abu Khalid, translated into English by Moneera Al-Ghadeer. In this recording, Moneera Al-Ghadeer reads the poem in English, followed...
View ArticleSpring 2022 | Ahmad Almallah Reads "Border Wisdom"
Ahmad Almallah reads his poem, "Border Wisdom," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Asnia Asim Reads "Trees"
Asnia Asim reads her poem, "Trees," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Haro Lee Reads "Carriage"
Haro Lee reads her poem, "Carriage," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Ashley Crout Reads "Every Fresh Loss Resurrects All Losses"
Ashley Crout reads her poem, "Every Fresh Loss Resurrects All Losses," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Tyler Moore Reads "Bauhaus"
Tyler Moore reads his poem his poem, "Bauhaus," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Debora Kuan Reads "Reputations, Or After Trying to Imagine My...
Debora Kuan reads her poem, "Reputations, Or After Trying to Imagine My Daughter at 18," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Rebecca Levi Reads "Mateo"
Rebecca Levi reads her poem, "Mateo," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Lauren Eggert-Crowe Reads "Queen of Any World That Took Me"
Lauren Eggert-Crowe reads her poem, "Queen of any world that took me," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleSummer 2022 | Gabriella Fee Reads "Dear Boy"
Gabriella Fee reads their poem, "Dear Boy," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.
View ArticleFall 2022 | Jonathan Greenhause Reads "At my niece’s birthday party, 1,431...
Jonathan Greenhause reads his poem "At my niece’s birthday party, 1,431 miles north of Guantánamo”, for MQR's Fall 2022 special issue 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.
View ArticleFall 2022 | Victoria Stitt Reads "again this week, they killed another child...
Victoria Stitt reads her poem, "again this week, they killed another child who looked like my brother", for MQR's Fall 2022 special issue, 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.
View ArticleFall 2022 | Victoria Stitt Reads "coolbaugh township, PA”
Victoria Stitt reads her poem "coolbaugh township, PA", from MQR's Fall 2022 special issue, 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.
View ArticleFall 2022 | Arnisha Royston Reads "Headlines”
Arnisha Royston reads her poem "Headlines", from MQR'S Fall 2022 special issue 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.
View ArticleFall 2022 | Christine Rhein Reads "Pandemic Playground”
Christine Rhein reads her poem "Pandemic Playground", from MQR's Fall 2022 special issue, 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.
View ArticleFall 2022 | Les James Reads "American Dreams / Wake Up Call”
Les James reads her poem "American Dreams / Wake Up Call", an online exclusive for MQR's Fall 2022 issue 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.
View ArticleWinter 2023 | Susan Azar Porterfield Reads "Alternative Facts”
Susan Azar Porterfield reads her poem, "Alternative Facts" for MQR's Winter 2023 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2023 | Cassandra Whitaker Reads "states”
Cassandra Whitaker reads her poem "states" for MQR's Winter 2023 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2023 | Carl Phillips reads three poems
Carl Phillips reads three of his poems, "What Are We for What Are We," "Like So," "On Why I Cannot Promise", for MQR's Winter 2023 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2023 | Kelsey Zimmerman Reads "Not Michigan”
Kelsey Zimmerman reads her poem "Not Michigan" from MQR's Winter 2023 issue.
View ArticleWinter 2023 | Lis Sanchez Reads "Miracle of Trout”
Lis Sanchez reads her poem, "Miracle of Trout", for MQR's Winter 2023 issue.
View ArticleSpring 2023 | Derek McPhatter Reads "Prayer for a Preistexx Dark”
Derek McPhatter reads his song, "Prayer for a Preistexx Dark", from the Online Folio of MQR's Spring 2023 special issue, "SomaFlights".
View ArticleSpring 2023 | Cynthia Ling Lee Reads "fatigue”
Cynthia Ling Lee reads her poem "fatigue" for MQR's Spring 2023 special issue, "SomaFlights". Sound composition by Anna Friz.
View ArticleSpring 2023 | Ashwini Bhasi Reads "What did I do today”
Ashwini Bhasi reads her poem, "What did I do today", from the Online Folio of MQR's Spring 2023 special issue, "SomaFlights".
View ArticleSpring 2023 | Ashwini Bhasi Reads "All Night I Traveled”
Ashwini Bhasi reads her poem, "All Night I Traveled", from the Online Folio of MQR's Spring 2023 special issue, "SomaFlights".
View ArticleSpring 2023 | Hari Alluri Reads "Slow Time Simmer”
Hari Alluri reads his poem, "Slow Time Simmer", from MQR's Spring 2023 special issue, "SomaFlights".
View ArticleSpring 2023 | Teresa Carmody Reads from "Moving the Inconsequential Loop:...
Teresa Carmody reads an excerpt from their essay, "Moving the Inconsequential Loop: Somatics, Feminisms", for MQR's Spring 2023 special issue, "SomaFlights".
View ArticleFall 2023 | Melissa Range Reads "JUNO, FAR FROM DORCHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA,...
Read the text for this piece on the MQR website. Note about the poem from Melissa Range for MQR's Fall 2023 issue "Transversions": In the decade I've spent working on my poetry collection Printer's...
View ArticleFall 2023 | Amy Sailer Reads “Snakeshead & Honeysuckle”
A note from Amy Sailer for MQR's Fall 2023 issue "Transversions": I started writing about William and Jane Morris just before getting engaged. Their marriage has given me a rich vocabulary to imagine...
View ArticleFall 2023 | Cindy Juyoung Ok Reads "Your Request for Erasure Is Complete"
Read the text for this piece on the MQR website. Note from Cindy Juyoung Ok for MQR's Fall 2023 issue "Transversions": Source text combined and choreographed here includes studies, labels, and idioms.
View ArticleFall 2023 | Rachel Nelson Reads "Diseases of American Slavery (the earth)"
Rachel Nelson reads "Diseases of American Slavery (the earth)" for MQR's Fall 2023 issue "Transversions". Read the text for this piece on the MQR website.
View ArticleFall 2023 | Rachel Nelson Reads "Diseases of American Slavery (the desire)"
Rachel Nelson reads "Diseases of American Slavery (the desire)" for MQR's Fall 2023 issue "Transversions". Read the text for this piece on the MQR website.
View ArticleFall 2023 | Noah Arhm Choi Reads "The Korean Spa After Top Surgery"
Read the text for this piece on the MQR website. Note about the poem from Noah Arhm Choi for MQR's Fall 2023 issue "Transversions": While gender affirming care has singularly been one of the best...
View ArticleWinter 2024 | Wendy Chen Reads "Hyperdream (The Wasp)"
Note about this poem from Wendy Chen for MQR's Winter 2024 issue: This poem emerged out of my engagement with the work of Hélène Cixous. After reading her texts Dream I Tell You and Hyperdream—from...
View ArticleWinter 2024 | Samuel Cheney Reads "The Goetheanum"
A note about the poem from Samuel Cheney for MQR's Winter 2024 issue: This poem tracks a culminating series of coincidences. It celebrates the spooky correspondences and recursions the universe...
View ArticleWinter 2024 | L.A. Johnson Reads “In a Rain of Flowers”
A note about the poem from L.A. Johnson for MQR's Winter 2024 issue: After my father died, he was gone but his things were everywhere. Looking around my parents’ house, it was as if he were still...
View ArticleWinter 2024 | Joshua Robbins Reads “Philomela in Texas”
A note about the poem from Joshua Robbins for MQR's Winter 2024 issue: This poem is one in a book length sequence of antiphonal exchanges between a contemporary Job-like speaker who’s met with a...
View ArticleWinter 2024: Andrea Cohen Reads "Daphne"
A note about the poem from Andrea Cohen for MQR's Winter 2024 issue for our Winter 2024 issue: I first saw Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne in the Borghese Gallery about twenty-five years ago. That seeing...
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