AlaskaQuarterlyReview

Our Vol. 42 No. 1 & 2 Winter and Spring 2026 issue is out in the world. New work from @RosebudBenOni, @mashawrites, Debbie Urbanski, Catherine Kim, @LucasLJorgensen, @MCzyzniejewski, @BFdeB, Tom Kizzia, Lauren Camp, and many more. Get your copy here: aqreview.org/aqr-issues

An excerpt from AQR’s interview with Tracy, “To Catch the Reflection of Human Character,” is reprinted here in his memory.

His deep belief in narrative enabled him to reveal the essence of human character, engaging, inspiring, and informing across a wide range of issues. At their core, as The New York Times wrote, were “deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.”

We note with great sadness the passing of Tracy Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer (The Soul of a New Machine) whose work we have long held in the highest esteem.

A beautiful personal essay on the myth and the reality, the sacred and the mundane of motherhood: "Pregnant Madonna Scrubbing Floor" by Kim Dana Kupperman, from the @AQReview aqreview.org/aqr-vol-23-num… #essay #personalessay #motherhood

Psyched to be in the new @AQReview! So much good work here, by so many great writers and friends, just an honor to be in these pages!

New poem “On the Mandela Effect” in @AQReview Because that couple stuck in space. & cornucopia & Fruit of the Loom. I remember. Don’t you. 🦑

A short clip from my @AQReview Pièce de Résistance reading: a new poem “On the Mandela Effect” from my forthcoming @AliceJamesBooks collection, The Last Great Adventure Is You (2027). Watch the full reading in the link below. youtu.be/T7quN4dj_5Q?si…

My third poetry manuscript clocks in at 78 pages! About to send it off for the first prize of the year! Please send out prayers and all the vibes! 🙏🏻🤞🏻🏆 If you want a sneak peek, poems in this ms appear in @POETSorg, @AQReview, @CrabCreekRev, @radarpoetry, @UCityReview, etc.

Contributor Jane Zwart's poetry collection 𝘖𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 & 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 & 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 & 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 comes out February 3. You can pre-order her book now via @OrisonBooks. The collection includes Jane's AQR poem "iWays at Looking at a Blackbird": aqreview.org/vol-38-number-…

Congratulations to the CLMP members publishing new issues this month! Find @AdiMagazine, @AfterDinnerCon, @AQReview, @CincinnReview, @Colorado_Review, @MajusculeLit, @Orion_Magazine, @OtherwiseMag, @JewishBook, and more lit mags in our latest roundup: clmp.org/news/november-…

Congratulations to AQR contributor @cecily__parks for the recent publication of her poetry collection 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, out now from @AliceJamesBooks. Read Cecily's poetry in the AQR archive: aqreview.org/aqr-vol-33-num…

Gorgeous cover on the new @AQReview — artwork by Erik Hill. And I’m excited to see a new Cary Holladay story inside!

In the latest @AQReview - my poem on gratitude, devastation, & reality.

New poem from our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD co-author @sophieklahr in @AQReview. (Poets writing prose ~ this is your sign to submit to our contests: fc2.org/prizes/ )

AQR’s Summer & Fall 2025 issue has arrived! Featuring work by @AndrewPorter01, Felicia Zamora, @sophieklahr, Thea Matthews, Gregory Blake Smith, @yprenfro, @LNAY111, José A. Alcántara, @JackieCraven, Cary Holladay, @julia_lisella, and many more. aqreview.org/aqr-issues

We decided not to be mysterious and post our fall 2025 submission windows. Mark your calendars and send us your best! Submit here when your genre opens: aqreview.org/submissions

Congratulations to AQR contributor @ds_waldman, whose debut poetry collection ATRIA will be published by W. W. Norton in February 2026. Pre-order here: wwnorton.com/books/97813240…

Pre-Recorded poems from my forthcoming collection The Last Great Adventure Is You as part of @AQReview 's Reading Series; it will air on YouTube later in the 2025-2026 season. Thanks to AQR, Anchorage Museum, & editor Ronald Spatz for having me!

Congratulations to AQR contributor @KaierAnne on the new release of her memoir-in-poems How Can I Say It Was Not Enough. Available now @SUPress and other fine bookstores. You can read Anne's powerful essay "Maple Lane" in our archives: aqreview.org/aqr-vol-30-num…