MQR Sound

Winter 2023 | Susan Azar Porterfield Reads "Alternative Facts” 01.01.2023 1:26 ↓

Susan Azar Porterfield reads her poem, "Alternative Facts" for MQR 's Winter 2023 issue.

Fall 2022 | Les James Reads "American Dreams / Wake Up Call” 14.10.2022 2:29 ↓

Les James reads her poem "American Dreams / Wake Up Call", an online exclusive for MQR's Fall 2022 issue 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.

Fall 2022 | Christine Rhein Reads "Pandemic Playground” 05.10.2022 1:49 ↓

Christine Rhein reads her poem "Pandemic Playground", from MQR's Fall 2022 special issue, 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.

Fall 2022 | Arnisha Royston Reads "Headlines” 01.10.2022 1:28 ↓

Arnisha Royston reads her poem "Headlines", from MQR'S Fall 2022 special issue 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.

Fall 2022 | Victoria Stitt Reads "coolbaugh township, PA” 01.10.2022 3:38 ↓

Victoria Stitt reads her poem "coolbaugh township, PA", from MQR's Fall 2022 special issue, 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.

Fall 2022 | Victoria Stitt Reads "again this week, they killed another child who looked like my brother” 01.10.2022 1:53 ↓

Victoria Stitt reads her poem, "again this week, they killed another child who looked like my brother", for MQR's Fall 2022 special issue, 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.

Fall 2022 | Jonathan Greenhause Reads "At my niece’s birthday party, 1,431 miles north of Guantánamo” 01.10.2022 1:17 ↓

Jonathan Greenhause reads his poem "At my niece’s birthday party, 1,431 miles north of Guantánamo”, for MQR's Fall 2022 special issue 'Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink'.

Summer 2022 | Gabriella Fee Reads "Dear Boy" 04.07.2022 1:38 ↓

Gabriella Fee reads their poem, "Dear Boy," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue. 

Summer 2022 | Lauren Eggert-Crowe Reads "Queen of Any World That Took Me" 04.07.2022 2:22 ↓

Lauren Eggert-Crowe reads her poem, "Queen of any world that took me," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.

Summer 2022 | Rebecca Levi Reads "Mateo" 04.07.2022 1:32 ↓

Rebecca Levi reads her poem, "Mateo," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.

Summer 2022 | Debora Kuan Reads "Reputations, Or After Trying to Imagine My Daughter at 18" 04.07.2022 2:12 ↓

Debora Kuan reads her poem, "Reputations, Or After Trying to Imagine My Daughter at 18," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.

Summer 2022 | Tyler Moore Reads "Bauhaus" 04.07.2022 2:11 ↓

Tyler Moore reads his poem his poem, "Bauhaus," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.

Summer 2022 | Ashley Crout Reads "Every Fresh Loss Resurrects All Losses" 04.07.2022 2:12 ↓

Ashley Crout reads her poem, "Every Fresh Loss Resurrects All Losses," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue. 

Summer 2022 | Haro Lee Reads "Carriage" 04.07.2022 1:07 ↓

Haro Lee reads her poem, "Carriage," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue.

Summer 2022 | Asnia Asim Reads "Trees" 04.07.2022 2:00 ↓

Asnia Asim reads her poem, "Trees," for MQR's Summer 2022 issue. 

Spring 2022 | Ahmad Almallah Reads "Border Wisdom" 19.04.2022 1:18 ↓

Ahmad Almallah reads his poem, "Border Wisdom," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Fowziyah Abu Khalid and Moneera Al-Ghadeer Read "Oud" 13.04.2022 2:07 ↓

The Spring 2022 issue of MQR features the poem, "Oud," by Fowziyah Abu Khalid, translated into English by Moneera Al-Ghadeer. In this recording, Moneera Al-Ghadeer reads the poem in English, followed by Fowziyah Abu Khalid reading the poem in the original Arabic.

Spring 2022 | Kareem James Abu-Zeid Reads Their Translation of "Night Song" by Najwan Darwish 01.04.2022 1:03 ↓

Kareem James Abu-Zeid reads their translation of "Night Song" by Najwan Darwish from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Sarah Sassoon Reads "Mother – Tongue" 01.04.2022 0:58 ↓

Sarah Sassoon reads their poem, "Mother – Tongue," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Arthur Kayzakian Reads "Synonyms for Maps" 01.04.2022 2:25 ↓

Arthur Kayzakian reads their poem, "Synonyms for Maps" from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Yahya Frederickson Reads "from Releases" 01.04.2022 10:15 ↓

Yahya Frederickson reads an excerpt from their poem, "Releases," published in MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Paul Hanna Reads "Sweet Dumpling (fried in oil)" 01.04.2022 2:03 ↓

Paul Hanna reads their poem, "Sweet Dumpling (fried in oil)," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | K. Eltinaé Reads "Breathing Exercise" 01.04.2022 3:13 ↓

K. Eltinaé reads "Breathing Exercise" from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Tarik Dobbs Reads "That July, My Sito Calls from Damascus at Midnight" 01.04.2022 1:29 ↓

Tarik Dobbs reads their poem, "That July, My Sito Calls from Damascus at Midnight," from MQR's Spring 2022 issue.

Spring 2022 | Ashur Etwebi and James Byrne Read "Death, Peppermint Flavoured" 01.04.2022 2:48 ↓

The Spring 2022 issue of MQR features the poem, "Death, Peppermint Flavoured," by Ashur Ewebi, translated into English by James Byrne and Ashur Etwebi. In this recording, James Byrne reads the poem in English, followed by Ashur Etwebi reading the poem in the original Arabic.