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41.1 (Spring 2018): Heroes

Featuring the 2017 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize winners, plus debut prose by Sara Read, Andrew De Silva, and Rose Smith. Also featuring the work of F.J. Bergmann, Jonny Diamond,… read more

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Featured Prose

Apr 03 2018

John Fulton: “Box of Watches”

John Fulton has published three books of fiction: Retribution, which won the Southern Review Short Fiction Award; the novel More Than Enough; and The Animal Girl, which was short listed… read more

Poem of the Week

Jun 18 2018

Bibhu Padhi: “Lamb Lunch, Good Friday”

This week, we are excited to offer a new poem by Bibhu Padhi. Padhi has published eleven books of poetry. His poems have appeared in distinguished magazines and anthologies throughout… read more

From Our Soundbooth

Jun 06 2018

UNBOUND Book Festival Podcast: An Interview with Melissa Febos

In this week’s episode of The Missouri Review’s Soundbooth Podcast, we chat with writer Melissa Febos. Melissa received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and she currently teaches creative writing… read more

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