HeyJaredMQR Sound
Poems and Prose from the pages of the Michigan Quarterly Review
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Aug 7, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 5, 2026
Latest episodes
Summer 2026 | Anji Shin Reads “Dyed” (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A note about the work "Dyed" from Anji Shin: At its core, this story is about girlhood — the ways in which girls are coded to behave, and how much of this is taught and enforced by girls ourselves. Within this, I wanted to explore how desirability and belonging become inseparable, and the ways girls are taught to perform and ritualize both. My hope is that I’ve written something true to my own lived experience as a Korean girl growing up in Oxford, but also universal in the tragedy inherent in t
Summer 2026 | Mehr-Afarin Kohan Reads “The Plastic Bag” (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A note about the work "The Plastic Bag" from Mehr-Afarin Kohan: "“The Plastic Bag” was born out of a philosophical debate— with myself, with my country of origin (Iran) which operates on restrictive principles, and more broadly with a particular way of being in the world, specifically a way of being that feels threatened by difference, diversity, multiplicity and liberty of thought. In a world burdened by so much suffering, inequality, injustice, is there any place left for freedom? What would “
Summer 2026 | Yahya Frederickson Reads “In Your Video from Beit Lahia” (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A note about the work "In Your Video from Beit Lahia" from Yahya Frederickson: "For those of you who’ve had a friend or colleague from Palestine, you’ve probably heard many stories of how challenging life can be. This poem has its origins in one such friendship; my friend is from Gaza, specifically Beit Lahia, at the northern end of the Gaza Strip. My friend left Gaza for schooling and employment in the US, and has since moved elsewhere. But some years ago, before the current genocide, between b
Summer 2026 | An Chang Joon Reads "Empty Summits" (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A note about the work "Empty Summits" from An Chang Joon: "It was a strange confluence of events that made the essay possible, as the first version of this essay was much more of a revisionist history piece, with a focus on Shohei Imamura’s film, as well as the folklore of ubasute, and how that warped into the myth of the goryeojang. As I was writing this for my MFA program, my grandfather in Korea passed away. Since I was in Baton Rouge, I was the only person in my family who couldn’t make it t
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.