Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR): "That one of the nation's best literary magazines comes out of Alaska may seem surprising, but so it is." -@washingtonpost

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Our Vol. 42 No. 1 & 2 Winter and Spring 2026 issue is out in the world. New work from @RosebudBenOni, @mashawrites, Debbie Urbanski, Catherine Kim, @LucasLJorgensen, @MCzyzniejewski, @BFdeB, Tom Kizzia, Lauren Camp, and many more. Get your copy here: aqreview.org/aqr-issues
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Congratulations to AQR contributor Heather Sellers, whose poetry collection Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators is now available for pre-order from @LynxHousePress: lynxhousepress.square.site/p…
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Alaska Quarterly Review Spring 2026 features new stories, essays, and poetry, while their YouTube channel shares readings and in-depth literary conversations. Read more at NewPages! #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @AQReview newpages.com/blog/magazines/…
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We note with great sadness the passing of Tracy Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer (The Soul of a New Machine) whose work we have long held in the highest esteem.
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His deep belief in narrative enabled him to reveal the essence of human character, engaging, inspiring, and informing across a wide range of issues. At their core, as The New York Times wrote, were “deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.”
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An excerpt from AQR’s interview with Tracy, “To Catch the Reflection of Human Character,” is reprinted here in his memory.
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A beautiful personal essay on the myth and the reality, the sacred and the mundane of motherhood: "Pregnant Madonna Scrubbing Floor" by Kim Dana Kupperman, from the @AQReview aqreview.org/aqr-vol-23-numb… #essay #personalessay #motherhood
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Psyched to be in the new @AQReview! So much good work here, by so many great writers and friends, just an honor to be in these pages!
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New poem “On the Mandela Effect” in @AQReview Because that couple stuck in space. & cornucopia & Fruit of the Loom. I remember. Don’t you. 🦑
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A short clip from my @AQReview Pièce de Résistance reading: a new poem “On the Mandela Effect” from my forthcoming @AliceJamesBooks collection, The Last Great Adventure Is You (2027). Watch the full reading in the link below. youtu.be/T7quN4dj_5Q?si=VgSR…
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My third poetry manuscript clocks in at 78 pages! About to send it off for the first prize of the year! Please send out prayers and all the vibes! 🙏🏻🤞🏻🏆 If you want a sneak peek, poems in this ms appear in @POETSorg, @AQReview, @CrabCreekRev, @radarpoetry, @UCityReview, etc.
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Contributor Jane Zwart's poetry collection 𝘖𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 & 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 & 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 & 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 comes out February 3. You can pre-order her book now via @OrisonBooks. The collection includes Jane's AQR poem "iWays at Looking at a Blackbird": aqreview.org/vol-38-number-3…
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Congratulations to AQR contributor @cecily__parks for the recent publication of her poetry collection 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, out now from @AliceJamesBooks. Read Cecily's poetry in the AQR archive: aqreview.org/aqr-vol-33-numb…
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Gorgeous cover on the new @AQReview — artwork by Erik Hill. And I’m excited to see a new Cary Holladay story inside!
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In the latest @AQReview - my poem on gratitude, devastation, & reality.
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New poem from our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD co-author @sophieklahr in @AQReview. (Poets writing prose ~ this is your sign to submit to our contests: fc2.org/prizes/ )

In the latest @AQReview - my poem on gratitude, devastation, & reality.
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AQR’s Summer & Fall 2025 issue has arrived! Featuring work by @AndrewPorter01, Felicia Zamora, @sophieklahr, Thea Matthews, Gregory Blake Smith, @yprenfro, @LNAY111, José A. Alcántara, @JackieCraven, Cary Holladay, @julia_lisella, and many more. aqreview.org/aqr-issues
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We decided not to be mysterious and post our fall 2025 submission windows. Mark your calendars and send us your best! Submit here when your genre opens: aqreview.org/submissions
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