Bill Caraher | There’s a lot going on these days. From the slow churn of election results to the rapid increase in COVID cases, every day feels syncopated with moments of stress and hope. It’s exhausting. I often find some peace in music and thought that I should share some of the more recent
The autumn just feels more Gothic than other seasons (at least here in North Dakotaland). The days get shorter, the weather cooler and more abrupt, and the sun lower in the sky. To celebrate this annual turn, we decided to share another story from our forthcoming issue, NDQ 87.3/4. Erin McIntosh’s “The
We received news from our production partners at the University of Nebraska Press that NDQ 87.3/4 has gone to typesetting! With any luck the issue should appear by late-November and in time for holidays reading. The issue kicks off with an editor’s note from our fiction editor Gilad Elbom, which we share below. Gilad has been
Regular visitors to this blog know that NDQ is a big fan of the UND Writers Conference. In fact, last spring we had all the details in place to bring our poetry editor Paul Worley for a triumphal return to the Northern Plains to moderate a session at the Writers Conference
While we’ve been teasing issue 87.3/4 for quite some time now, I’m very pleased to release its table of contents. As with every NDQ it features a diverse collections of fiction, essay, reviews, and poetry. We’re also fortunate to have a series of prints from Marco Hernandez and an editor’s
To celebrate sending issue 87.3/4 off to our publishing partners at the University of Nebraska, I wanted to give another preview of the volume. Here’s John Grey’s latest contribution to the Quarterly. It’ll be the last poem in the issue and I always worry that it could get lost. To
Bill Caraher | Things are hectic these days at NDQ Global Headquarters. Issue 87.3/4 is almost ready to go to press and that means we’re investing a good bit of attention on all the bits and bobs associated with the final organization of the issue. In case you’ve missed it,
As NDQ issue 87.3/4 starts to come together, it seemed like a good idea to preview some of John Sibley Williams’ poetry. The Quarterly’s been fortunate enough to publish some of his poetry before. “Canaveral,””Land Management,” and “Born For” appeared in NDQ 87.1/2 (you can download the entire issue here
One of the highlights of Springtime here at the University of North Dakota is the University of North Dakota’s Writers Conference. In its 51st year, the Writers Conference has brought some of the most prominent authors in the world to UND and dodged blizzards, floods, and freezing temperatures to host panels, readings,
Bill Caraher | Each year about this time, I get a few curious and anxious emails from contributors asking when their accepted poem, story, or essay will appear. I’m always excited to hear that contributors are as eager to get their work into print as we are to share it.
