Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hanging out in the NDQ archives and finding some intriguing things to read over lunch or in the gaps in my day. This morning, I cued up issue 51.2 from Spring 1983. It’s a pretty spectacular issue with a wide range of contributions
Every now and then, I delve into back issues of the Quarterly which are now available online for free. For whatever reason I was surfing through issue 54.2 this week. The issue’s them is “Discontents” which seems an appropriate It contains three poems that trace the tensions between nature and
Shelia Liming | The biggest writer I ever knew was, in all likelihood, the biggest and most important writer I’ll ever know. But I didn’t realize this at the time. I was sixteen, and all I understood was that the woman who had bought the place across the street from
Bill Caraher | For some reason, I’ve been thinking about New Orleans this summer. To be clear, I haven’t spent much time in the Crescent City. So when I say that I’m thinking of New Orleans, I’m not thinking of New Orleans as a literal place, but as a place
It is always rewarding to publish a new story from a long time contributor. In NDQ 90.1/2, we were fortunate enough to feature a new story from Jim Sallis, “Lying Down.” If you’re familiar with Jim’s work, this story will be another gem-like contribution to his oeuvre. If you haven’t
I spent a good bit of my life preoccupied with churches and the beginning of Byzantium and this summer is no exception. It is especially nice when my world as an archaeologist and my world as the editor of North Dakota Quarterly converge as they did in NDQ 90.1/2. Click
Sharon Carson I This week marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a commemoration more commonly known as Victory Day among many members of the Lakota, Arapahoe, and Northern Cheyenne nations who defeated the United States 7th Calvary on June 25th/26th in 1876. The National Parks
I would guess that most people everywhere know that last week was the first test match in the 2023 installment of The Ashes: the 140-year-old cricket rivalry between England and Australia. I can think of few sporting events as suffused with literary potential as The Ashes. Maybe a championship prize
One of the odd situations in which Mediterranean archaeologists find themselves is being surrounded, from time to time, by people on vacation. It’s a reminder that for many people the summer months offer chances to go on vacation, make memories, and spend time with family. While my many years of
There is something about summer sunsets whether flavored by Saharan dust or smoke from wild fires. Andrew Wittstadt’s poem “Sunsets Like a God Damn Painting” is a brilliant reflection on those moments and how they have a kind of fleeting absurdity. If you feel like you want to explore NDQ
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