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Vol. 35, No. 1 & 2
Summer/Fall 2018
NOVELLA: Life/Story by Emily Mitchell
STORIES: 11 Short Stories
ESSAY: 3 Personal Essays
POETRY: A Collection of Poems
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I am looking forward to the new edition and the launch event. See everyone there!
Emily Mitchell's novella Life/Story leads AQR's new edition. This engaging and insightful tale of a family man's adventure gone wrong in a reality TV show in the not-too-distant future is one of a collection of exceptional new works: 1 novella, 11 short stories, 3 personal essays, and the work of 16 poets. It's available in selected bookstores and from aqreview.org. We'll be posting more highlights in the coming weeks. Cover photo by Marion Owen.
Emily Mitchell is the author of the novel The Last Summer in the World and more recently Viral: Stories, both published by W. W. Norton. Photo by Britt Olsen Ecker.
aqreview.org/we-dont-want-to-talk-about-racism/
"It is not my job to make white men feel better. It is not my job to make white people feel better about this country’s history. It is not my job to keep anyone’s bedraggled secrets. It is not my job to justify my feelings to you. It is not my job to be a strong black woman for you. I am not always strong. I am, at times, weak and broken. Completely destroyed, heart- shattered." -- Leesa Cross-Smith from her essay "What are You?"@Alaska Quarterly Review. "What Are You?" is discussed by 5 women of color who are Alaskan community and arts leaders. Follow the link to the essay and the conversation. You can also listen to a reading of the essay by Vivian Kinnaird Melde. THANK YOU Leesa Cross-Smith for this bold and important essay.
WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACISM
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