This time of year always brings me a feeling of hope. Some of this has to do with the first (and often fleeting) glimpse of spring, some of this has to do with the arrival of Easter and Passover, which are inherently hopeful holidays, and some of this might have to
As news and tributes to the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti pour in from across the social media and the internet, NDQ thought it would be appropriate to recognize Ferlinghetti’s influence on our little corner of the world. A good start would be the contribution by James McKenzie to our 2017 issue celebrating the Thomas McGrath centennial.
It’s almost Lent in the western calendar, which means that Mardi Gras is less than two weeks away and the first installment of Ordinary Time will come to a close. It seemed an appropriate time to post Lane Chasek’s “Surviving Mardi Gras” in anticipation of this transformative season, but with a strong grounding in
Every now and then a member of the NDQ editorial board reaches out and tell me how much they liked this or that contribution. It should go without saying that just like most of our readers, editorial board members generally enjoy most of what’s in the Quarterly. Even so, every now and then someone feels
Usually the end of a year can be bittersweet, but I think that most of us can agree that there is very little sweetness in the passing of 2020. That being said, we continue to be honored by the wide range of contributions that come to NDQ each week and the trust
One of my favorite poems in the forthcoming issue of NDQ (87/3/4) is Craig Santos Perez’s “from aerial roots [off-island chamorros]”. Part of what makes this poem so intriguing and exciting to me is the structure of the lines and their arrangement which really works much better in the print version of the Quarterly.
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
Bill Caraher | Over at my personal blog, I often bundle a few short posts together on something called “Three Things Thursday.” I mostly do this because it’s alliterative and who in the 21st century doesn’t love alliteration? So here’s a little festival of stuff for your Thursday enjoyment: Thing The
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