Month: November 2022

Congratulations to our contributors who’ve been recognized this year in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays!

—Cliff Thompson, whose essay “Ming Yang Fu, Or Seeking Words at Age Thirteen” from CQR #33 has been named a Notable Essay of the year by Best American Essays 2022!

—Jerald Walker, whose essay “An American Right” from CQR #33 has been named a Notable Essay of the year by Best American Essays 2022!

—Rachel Eliza Griffith, whose story “Miracle River” appeared in CQR #33 and has been selected as a Distinguished Story of the year in Best American Short Stories 2022!

—A.D. Nauman, whose story “The Cat” from CQR #34 has been named a Distinguished Story of the year in Best American Short Stories 2022!

Featuring work by: Chris Arp * Jennifer Bannan * Keri Bentz * Barbara Blades * Alan Bodnar * Jessica Breheny * Ricardo Cazares * Jinwoo Chong * Stephen Cramer * Jose Hernandez Diaz * Kerry James Evans * Shannon Fandler * Mohan Fitzgerald * Stephen Gibson * Henrietta Goodman * Benjamin S. Grossberg * Joe Imwalle * Juan Ramón Jiménez * Elizabeth Kadetsky * Scott Karambis * Peter Kessler * Chuck Kramer * Dorianne Laux * Brian Ma * Ken Malatesta * Michael Milburn * Julie Murphy * Devin Thomas O’Shea * Zack Rogow * aureleo sans * Lisa Sardinas * Devin Schiff * David Sheskin * Scott Spencer * Wally Swist * Sara Truuvert * Gemini Wahhaj * Charlie Watts * Ian Randall Wilson * Laura Budofsky Wisniewski

Cover image: “Puzzle” by Barbara Blades

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