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"The Iran war is enabled by the military, financial, and diplomatic support of Western governments for the apartheid state of Israel and its right-wing extremist government."
MICHEL MOUSHABECK for our Public Affairs:
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Check out our Executive Editor Britt Rusert on WHMP's Talk The Talk, talking about our current issue featuring writers and families on incarceration: soundcloud.com/whmp/mass-re...
"El Guabli insists that Saharanism is an ideological deafness, a learned incapacity to hear or register the voices, stories, and intricate relationships that make up desert life, so that only fantasies of absence, danger, or utility are recognized"
by IBRAHIM FAWZY open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
"I love the feeling of knowing that communication has been achieved, the transfer of an idea from one mind to another."
Carl "Taqwaa" Moore in our newest interview: open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
"Having read SCREAM WITH ME first, I more than once mentally thanked Lisowski in UNCANNY VALLEY GIRLS for the respect she affords [horror films] merely by refraining from jamming the square peg of horror into liberal feminism’s round hole."
Sophie Lewis:
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"If I am insistent and lucky, I might stumble upon something surprising but that which seems to be already waiting in the language of arrival."
Dong Li on the uncovering found within translation, plus his admiration of en plein air painting, for our #10Questions: massreview.org/2026/02/24/1...
Congrats to past MR contributor Robin Myers and her translation of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING on making the longlist for the #InternationalBooker2026
"I loved writing. It has always felt like something no one could take away from me."
Sheree L. Greer's interview, plus a short reading: open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
So excited and honored to be a part of this roundup! We look forward to seeing you all and the other finalists at AWP.
I'm working with The Writer's Center on two new book clubs that focus on independent authors and presses!!
We'll read a new book each month. Then the author will join us, read an excerpt, and answer reader questions!
Read with us!
"Israel’s color-zoning of Gaza is an aggressive policy of grabbing land and redrawing borders, making the return of Gazans to their homes almost impossible."
Amna Dmeida for our Public Affairs: substack.com/@themassachu...
Watch Jakyra Green and Carl "Taqwaa" Moore from our INCARCERATION & FAMILY special issue read and discuss each other's poems:
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"I had witnessed the miracle: my inspired thought had been conveyed and then experienced by my audience. I had created a moment."
Benjamin Frandsen's new creative nonfiction piece on the craft of his essay from 66.4: open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
"When it’s cold, find some warmth by the fire.
Pour a beer right before you retire
To your favorite chair.
Here are some you can share
As these frostier evenings transpire."
FIRESIDE BEERS in review by Marsha Bryant: substack.com/@themassachu...
Our winter BOGO sale ends this Saturday! Specify which two issues you'd like in the "Back Issue" text box:
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Watch Mae Ellen-Marie Wissert read her poem "one night outlaw" from our INCARCERATION & FAMILY issue:
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This isn't the first time that children were taken from their parents by Immigration Enforcement and sent to Dilley, TX; in fact, Katherine Silver wrote about her experiences visiting the detainment center there for MR back in 2018: massreview.org/2018/10/22/t...
"We need more archives of African lives, especially of places like the north of Ghana, and [Wunpini Fatimata] Mohammed’s book is the right start."
Ayesha Harruna Attah's review of MEDIA, CULTURE, AND DECOLONIZATION:
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Curious what kinds of work we publish as Working Titles? Purchase a few from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social (They're only $1.99!!) weightlessbooks.com/category/pub...
After a not-so-brief hiatus, we've re-opened submissions to our #WorkingTitles series, our digital e-book collection of works longer than can fit in our print journal. For a full set of guidelines, check out massreview.org/new-submissi...
"I think a sporadic or low-stakes writing life can still be productive and deeply serious."
Michael Fischer shares his unpopular writing advice (and confesses his great schemes): open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
"This art-form encourages a kind of vulnerability which is needed now more than ever, for those of us who cannot stop worrying yet refuse to look away."
Samar Abdrabbou on the Palestinian art of Tatreez: open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
J. D. Mathes from our Winter Special Issue reads his essay "Momma Tried":
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"The court of public opinion matters, because the public has power. In other words, the end of romance is where our own political work begins."
Jim Hicks' review of Colangelo-Bryan's THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL: open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
We're hiring a production designer! Read the full job posting and apply here: open.substack.com/pub/themassa...
An unfortunately prescient piece, we go back to Beth Cleary on an ICE kidnapping in Minnesota from the MR blog back in December: massreview.org/2025/12/12/a...
Thank you to everyone who made a donation in the waning days of 2025! We know things seems scary and uncertain, but we'll continue to bring you the voices from around the globe that give us all a little hope.
So excited to be in this issue, which is absolutely stacked with amazing work
"I found an angle that also allowed me to give voice to my love of cats, as well as a specific form that let me play with—and satirize—academic scholarship."
@srkraaijeveld.bsky.social on cats, Dostoevsky, and teaching ethics for our #10Questions: massreview.org/2025/12/29/1...
We're having a winter BOGO sale on all Volume 65 and 66 issues!! Order one copy from the past two volumes and we'll send you another of your choice for free. Name the two issues you want in the "Back Issue" text box. Happy holidays from MR!
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