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Apr 25 2006
Penguin Classics & the NBA
We can admit that when we think of the National Basketball Association we don’t exactly think “classic literature”–unless, of course, you count Wilt Chamberlain’s autobiography or Dennis Rodman’s tattoos. But… read more
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Apr 18 2006
News from Past Contributors
Davis McCombs, whose “Tobacco Mosaic” sequence won our Larry Levis Prize in 2004 (The Missouri Review, Vol. 28, No. 1), has won the 2005 Tupelo Press Dorset Prize of $10,000… read more
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Apr 18 2006
Danielle Ofri Audio File
We are pleased to make available an audio file of Danielle Ofri reading the opening chapter from her new book, Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of… read more
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Apr 17 2006
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize Reception
Please join us Saturday, April 29, at the Upper Crust in downtown Columbia for the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Reception and Reading, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The three winners… read more
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Mar 21 2006
Meeting New Poets at AWP
I had a great time at AWP this year. Usually AWP makes me feel as if I’ve stumbled into purgatory, but this year I met some people who really touched… read more
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Mar 10 2006
AWP Conference
Stephanie Carpenter; Speer Morgan; Edward Falco, author of Sabbath Night in the Church of the Pirhana; Greg Michaelson, Unbridled Books Thank you to all of those who stopped by our… read more
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Mar 07 2006
More News from Past Contributors
Eric Puchner, whose short story, “Diablo,” appeared in TMR 26:3 (2003), will publish his debut collection, Music Through the Floor, with Scribner. Puchner, who earned his MFA from the University… read more
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Feb 23 2006
News from Past Contributors
Tim Bascom’s memoir Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia will be published in June by Mariner Books. In the foreword, Edward Hoagland calls the book “a tale well-grounded in… read more
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Feb 20 2006
The Missouri Review Podcast
As part of our efforts to bring quality contemporary literature to our readers and friends, the Missouri Review is proud to announce the availability of downloadable audio files of select… read more
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Feb 15 2006
Woof Woof
This just in. Rufus—formally “Rocky Top’s Sundance Kid”—took Best in Show last night at the 130th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The photograph printed today in newspapers worldwide shows a… read more