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I love squirrels. When I hear people call them rats with bushy tails, I say, “What, are you kidding?” and tell them that squirrels have been around for more than…    read more

The editors of The Missouri Review would like to congratulate our authors for their recent awards and reprints. These are features that have been honored over the past year or…    read more

[By Bern Mulvey] I’ve always wondered about people who give detailed advice on how to win writing contests. First, a lot of the advice is contradictory; one famous writer, for…    read more

I want Botox. The deep grooves that run like EKG flat lines across my forehead are one reason, but the fact that my face has always given me away is…    read more

[By Anthony Varallo] Lately, I’ve been noticing the phrase “fiercely unsentimental” on more and more book jacket blurbs. “___________ has a sharp, unflinching eye for the way we live now,”…    read more

[By Amy Wilkinson] Some stories come to me in the exact order I want to write them, so writing them is like rolling out carpet. Heavy carpet. A roll of…    read more

[By Nathan Oates] A month ago I had a good day writing. One of those days when the writing just seems to come rolling out, laying itself across the page…    read more

Roses are red Violets are blue Oh my, lump in the bed How I’ve missed you. Roses are redder Bluer am I Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy.…    read more

[By Charlie Green] I was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, grew up around Little Rock, and didn’t move out-of-state until I was twenty-two. In spite of these facts, my friend…    read more