Michigan Quarterly Review is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture seeking to combine the best of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction as well as critical essays related to literature, culture, and current events. As the flagship literary journal of the University of Michigan, MQR draws on lively minds from the Michigan community and elsewhere. The journal seeks to present accessible work of all varieties for sophisticated readers.

Recent issues of MQR have provided coverage of the Flint water crisis and paid tribute to the work of Charles Baxter; past themes have been devoted to the subject of literary translation, the Great Lakes, and Growing Up Motown. MQR publishes the annual Hopwood lecture delivered in conjunction with the Hopwood Program, creating a space for distinguished voices such as Eavan Boland, Gary Snyder, Francine Prose, and Elizabeth Alexander, to name a few.

The journal has a rich history of publishing the work of established authors alongside the work of emerging writers. Past bylines have included Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Levine, Maxine Hong Kingston, Barry Lopez, Juan Cole, Robert Pinsky, Phillip Lopate, Elizabeth McCracken, Danez Smith, Charles Simic, Diane Seuss, Tarfia Faizullah, and many, many more.

In addition to the prose and poetry available in the print journal, the MQR Blog offers original essays on art and culture as well as author interviews, book reviews, and posts dedicated to the craft of writing.