Featured Prose
Featured Prose
Mar 07 2023
“A Series of Tubes” by Molly Wright Steenson
In our latest featured essay, designer, historian, and writer Molly Wright Steenson explores the significance of one of the most overlooked pieces of technology we’ve been relying on throughout modern… read more
Featured Prose
Feb 10 2023
“Kurt Vonnegut Lives on Tinder” By Mikka Jacobsen
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, our latest prose feature investigates a curious aspect of online dating. Finding a partner in life is hard enough. Finding someone on Tinder is… read more
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Sep 07 2022
“The Cadence of Waves” by Trent Hudley
Each year, the Missouri Review honors one fiction writer from the previous volume year by awarding them the William Peden Prize in fiction, named in honor of the late William… read more
Featured Prose
Jul 08 2022
“Snow” by Kermit Frazier
If the weather is too warm for you right now, remember that cooler weather will eventually be here. In that spirit, we bring you Kermit Frazier’s “Snow.” The essay was… read more
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Apr 25 2022
“Facing It” by Sally Crossley
“Facing It,” a vivid, wise, and moving account of living with Bell’s palsy, was the inaugural nonfiction winner in our annual Perkoff Prize competition for writing about health and medicine.… read more
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Mar 01 2022
“Cover Up” by Clare Needham
In Clare Needham’s memoir about her experience as a young woman living and working in Jerusalem, the author reflects on issues of women’s bodies, national identity, and physical safety. The… read more
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Feb 07 2022
“Kissing” by Ron Tanner
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we bring you Ron Tanner’s meditation on kissing, which originally appeared in TMR 32:3. Ron’s most recent book is his new story collection, Far… read more
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Dec 10 2021
Way Back, Well Before My Divorce
Equally comedic and poignant, Adam Prince’s story “Way Back, Well Before My Divorce,” winner of our 2021 William Peden Prize in fiction, examines the many faces of naivete, from hopeful… read more
Featured Prose
Nov 05 2021
“Manifold Northeast Life & Trust” by Cat Powell
Cat Powell’s “Manifold Northeast Life & Trust” appeared in TMR 42: 3 and was later selected by our guest judge, novelist and essayist May-lee Chai, as the winner of our… read more
Featured Prose
Oct 14 2021
“Heart-Scalded” by Daphne Kalotay
Daphne Kalotay’s sensitive depiction of a terminally ill woman bravely attending a party where she knows she’ll run into her ex is not your usual Halloween-party story, but within this… read more