miCRo: “Murder City” by Kelle Groom
A flash essay that looks back on a friendship and is structured in a masterful way.
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Author: Cincinnati Review
miCRo: “Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Should’ve Interviewed Some Women” by Bibi B.
In a brilliant ekphrastic response to the controversial 2007 memoir Three Cups of Tea, Bibi B. challenges the silencing of women’s voices and lived experiences in literature and art.
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miCRo: “Curious and Entertaining Facts about Whales” by Daniel Uncapher
We can speculate about anything.
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miCRo: “The Maternal Instinct of Snakes” by Michelle Ross
In “The Maternal Instinct of Snakes,” Michelle Ross metes out just enough information, just in time, from an expertly chosen point-of-view, to complicate the reader’s allegiances.
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Hawks and Walkaways: How Nature Can Aid Revision
“Not everyone will walk away from a computer into the vast outdoors and find help from a hawk. But over time, these ‘focused walkaways,’ which were first unexpected distractions, have become a scheduled part of my practice, my discipline.”
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miCRo: “Stranger” by Chris Watkins
In this ghazal, Chris Watkins skillfully crafts a narrative about a religious family and a speaker who sees things differently.
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Interview with Douglas Kearney, the 2024 Elliston Poet
An interview with this year’s Elliston Poet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati
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miCRo: “Motherlode” by Therese Gleason
Gleason invites us inside the psyche of a young speaker grappling with their father’s absence.
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Special Feature: “Distilling Ephemera, Translating Observations,” by Michael Colbert
“I set out to photograph collections of objects in order to think about the bric-a-brac that populates my life.”
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miCRo: Two Pieces by Jeremy Paden
& zhe answered, yes, the certain are so very much like tractor trailers
barreling down a mountain speedway
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