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Discovering the best in fiction, essays, and poetry
Our Latest Issue: The Questionable Past
32.4 Winter 2010
Featuring work by Maggie Shipstead, Julyan G. Peard, Tsung-yan Kwong, Richard Bausch, Daniel Anderson, Mark Kraushaar, Andrew D. Cohen ... and an interview with Pattiann Rogers
Also, congratulations to James A. McLaughlin, winner of the 2009 William Peden Prize in Fiction
Web Features
Poem of the Week
Dream Poem 10
February 2, 2010
This week, we happily feature another poem from our most recent issue, The Questionable Past (32.4): Richard Bausch's "Dream Poem 10." Richard Bausch is the author of eleven novels, seven volumes of stories, and, just out from LSU Press, a book of poems and prose entitled, These Extremes.
From Our Archives
Munro Country
The sensation of a shared small-town coming of age is the connection that leaves Cheryl Strayed feeling powerfully linked to Alice Munro. Follow along in her essay "Munro Country" as Strayed learns the balance between embracing this link to her past and following her own path to the future.
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Recent publications from Missouri Review contributors
We’d like to congratulate some of our past contributors on their recent achievements: Peter Levine’s story “How Does Your Garden Grow” was recognized as a notable story in the University of Texas Press’ 2009 volume of Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. The story first appeared in TMR issue [...]
Posted on 4 February 2010 | 2:23 pm
Alice Munro Answers Your Letters
The latest “From The Archives” feature is up! Our selection is Cheryl Strayed’s essay “Munro Country,” which originally appeared in our Summer 2009 issue. The sensation of a shared small-town coming of age is the connection that leaves Strayed feeling powerfully linked to Alice Munro. Follow along as Strayed learns the balance between embracing this link [...]
Posted on 1 February 2010 | 3:58 pm
Why Audio?
Last week, as I edited one of the final audio recordings of the current issue of TMR, I remembered why I love audio so much. Usually, I contact the vocal talent, I’m at the recording session, or I’m editing some portion of the piece myself. When I was out of town in December, one of [...]
Posted on 11 January 2010 | 2:39 pm
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Audio Winners Series: Documentary
In this installment of The Missouri Review podcast, we present the first place winner in the Narrative Essay category of our 2008 Audio/Video competition, "Dayenu" by Judith Sloan.
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