The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought is published by Pittsburg State University with the objective to discover and publish scholarly articles with a broad range of subjects of current interest. The newest issue (Fall 2025) features the articles “Place, Identity, and Resistance in the River Poetry of Emma Perez and Natalie Diaz” by Donna Castandeda; “Love Male Neurosis, and the Tale of two Women in Bram Stoker’s Dracula” by Michael Justine D.J. Sales; “Treasure Island Comes of Age: One Hundred Years of Prequels, Sequels, and Retellings” by Christine Schott; “Who Killed the Duke of Gloucester? History in Shakespeare’s Richard II” by Gary Grieve-Carlson; and “Unearthing the Patriarchy: Cancer, Trash, and Ugliness in Terry Tempest Williams’ Refuge and ‘The Open Space of Democracy'” by Marci Heatherly. The issue also includes essays by Michael Milburn, Thomas Fox Averill, Stephen Bunch, and John Daley, as well as poetry by Kevin Brown, Bradley Samore, Mark Neely, Lauro Palomba, J. R. Solonche, Elizabeth Rees, and Pierre Minar.
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