Aaron J. Stone, Ph.D.

Just in time for your holiday article binge: New GLQ, "The Science of Sex Itself," masterfully edited by @benjybenjybenjy & @GretaLaFleur! Thrilled to have my article, "Toward a Black Vernacular Sexology," (doi.org/10.1215/106426…) in the company of so many fabulous thinkers!

Check out Patrycja Humienik's poem "Archival", available in full on our website: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/08/ar…. Read more work like this in our Summer 2024 issue!

Attention writers! Our general submissions are now open. Submit your poetry, fiction and nonfiction work today! Visit our website for more information: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/submit/

Today we're sharing another excerpt of @jodienoelvinson's essay, "In Defense of Aunt Léonie". Read more online or order your copy of the Summer 2024 Issue here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/08/in…

Please join us in welcoming MQR's new Managing Editor, @AMrjoian! We are so excited for him to join us as we continue our mission to bring forth a wide range of artistic expressions and voices.

Enjoy this excerpt from Leila Chatti's poem, "Once I Was Beautiful Now I Am Myself", featured in our Summer Issue. Use this link to read more: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/07/on…

Our Summer 2024 Issue is here! Follow this link to order a copy, and stay tuned as we share excerpts from the work featured in this issue: payments.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/mqr-order-…

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I just tattooed the JSTOR logo on someone’s chest

Today on MQR Online we're sharing L. Lamar Wilson's interview with A. Van Jordan, where he discusses the craft and emotion at the center of his latest poetry collection When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again (2023). Read more here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/07/th…

Vince Omni (@VinceOmni) is the winner of the 2024 Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction for his story "The Diaspora Café", featured in our forthcoming summer issue. Read more of the piece here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/07/th…

Our summer issue drops later this month, but we couldn't wait to share more before the official release! Check out this excerpt from Fernando Trujillo's poem, "13 Ways of Nepantla", winner of the 2024 Laurence Goldstein Prize in Poetry: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/07/13…

Check out this interview with author Ananda Lima, where she discusses photography, Brazilian cordels her debut collection Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil - available now! Read more here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/06/qu…

Thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the @UVA Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality this fall as a Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow! I'm deeply looking forward to this opportunity to focus on my research and join an amazing scholarly community in Charlottesville!

I’m grateful to Carlina Duan and the @mqr_tweets team for including “In the Northern Hemisphere” in the online folio for Spring 2024 special issue, “African Writing: A Partial Cartography of Provocations,” guest edited by Chris Abani. I can't dream of a more perfect issue to activate its language. The poem went live this weekend on the magazine’s website: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/06/in… Here is the short reading made for MQR’s Spring Launch Video. The whole issue/folio is beautiful.

Today on our website we're sharing an excerpt from Tom Olali's short story, "The People of Gehenna", translated from Swahili by Richard Prins. Read more here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/05/th…

Check out Courtney DuChene's interview with author Rebecca Makkai, where she discusses memory, writing young characters and the way authors speak about their work. Read more here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/05/me…

Today we're sharing an excerpt from a poem by .CHISARAOKU. (@chisaraasomugh) titled "Mmiri", one section of several of her works featured in our Spring 2024 issue. Please visit this link to read more: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/05/mm…

Today we're sharing an excerpt from a novel by Amira-Géhanne Khalfallah and translated from the French by Amira-Géhanne and Jennifer Grotz (@jennifergrotz1) titled "The Last Voyage Of Ibn Battûta." Read more here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/05/th…

Carl Lavigne (@CarlRLavigne) reviews Luiz Schwarcz's memoir, The Absent Moon, on MQR Online. Check it out here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/05/wr…

Check out this excerpt from a piece by Mwanabibi Sikamo titled "Delighted Disgust", which is one section of the food memoir "Let Them Eat Kandolo". Read more here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/05/de…

Today on MQR Online we're sharing a personal essay by Baylina Pu titled "Exchanging Names." Visit our website to read more: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/04/ex…