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41.3 (Fall 2018): “Practical Living”

Featuring the work of David Bergman, Jason Brown, Stephanie Carpenter, Dawn Davies, Ryan Dull, Gulchin A. Ergun, Gail Griffin, John James, and Kyle Minor. Featuring “Extremes: the Power of Scale… read more

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Featured Prose

Oct 08 2018

Kelli Jo Ford: Book of the Generations

TMR is proud to showcase the 2018 Peden Prize winner for the best story published in our 2017 volume year. Kelli Jo Ford’s “Book of the Generations” was selected by… read more

Poem of the Week

Dec 16 2018

“At Assateague”

This week we present a Poem of the Week from John James. His poems appear in our Fall Issue (41.3) “Practical Living.” John James is the author of The Milk… read more

From Our Soundbooth

Nov 26 2018

Citizen Jane Film Festival: An Interview with Laura Plancarte

“One day we are all capable of doing nice things, and the next day we can be horrible. And we are both.” On this episode of The Missouri Review’s Soundbooth… read more

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