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Fall 2025 Missouri Review interns Graham Medric George ’27 and Sofia Louise Ottolini ’27 interviewed Julia Ridley Smith about Sex Romp Gone Wrong, her recent short-story collection, when she visited…    read more

Anne Gimm interviewed Peter Mountford about his collection of short stories, Detonator, published by Four Way Books in September 2025. “Love of Her Life,” a story about a woman who…    read more

TMR intern Haley Schmid interviewed Tate Gieselmann about “Mouse,” a story about a drug addict hustling to pay a debt. First published in TMR issue 47.4 (Winter 2024), the story…    read more

TMR intern Rhéa Krumpelman interviewed Jennifer Anderson about “Rockdale,” an essay in which a young couple confronts the harsh realities of renovating an old Wisconsin farmhouse. First published in TMR…    read more

Recently, TMR intern Sterling Sewell interviewed Louise Marburg about “Semicolon People,” in which a woman finds a new lease on life after switching antidepressants during the COVID pandemic. First published…    read more

Recently, TMR intern Shayla Malone interviewed Robert Long Foreman about “Song Night,” which tells the story of a pot-smoking father who has to adapt to the fact that his teenage daughter…    read more

Recently, TMR intern Shayla Malone interviewed Genevieve Abravanel about “Wilderness Survival,” which tells the story of a recently widowed mom and her young daughter, who becomes an avid follower of a…    read more

Recently, TMR intern Michael Fegan interviewed Alexander Ramirez about his essay “On Defeat and Diego,” which was a runner-up for the 30th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. Ramirez’s personal…    read more

Recently, TMR interns Annalisa Geger and Kaitlyn Jensen interviewed Mona Susan Power about her story “Naming Ceremony,” which was a runner-up for the 2020 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. The…    read more

Recently, TMR interns Annalisa Geger and Kaitlyn Jensen interviewed Molly Wright Steenson about her fascinating and wide-ranging essay “A Series of Tubes,” detailing the author’s personal and professional curiosity about…    read more