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miCRo: “At night: maybe sleeping” by Sean Cho A.

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Mar 10, 2021 | miCRo

By the poem’s end, the concept of “home” is destabilized and precarious. What is to be done when one kind of homemaking destroys another?

On Writing During a Global Pandemic

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Mar 9, 2021 | Editors' Dispatches

We’ve talked before about reading during the pandemic , but writing during this real-life Groundhog Day has presented its own challenges.

Is Your Poem Ready for Submitting?

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Mar 4, 2021 | Submission Trends and Tips

In order to gather a wider range of perspectives on this question, I reached out to some Cincinnati Review contributors about when it’s time to gather your work and hit “submit.”

miCRo: “Caul” by Cristi Donoso Best

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Mar 3, 2021 | miCRo

Cristi Donoso Best’s “Caul” opens in medias res with the birthing of a calf. As the child-aged speaker observes the scene, the poem moves cinematically between the birth and the act of watching.

What We’re Reading: Finding Neurokin in Madeleine Ryan’s A Room Called Earth

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Feb 25, 2021 | What We're Reading

A Room Called Earth and other autistic narratives challenge the false pathological stories society tells about our neurotype.

miCRo: “What I Know about Space” by Melissa Bowers

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Feb 24, 2021 | miCRo

Melissa Bowers’s hybrid piece “What I Know About Space” uses descriptions of the cosmos as a distancing tactic, its vignettes functioning as satellites swirling around a deeper issue for the speaker.

Common Mistakes When Writing Dialogue (and how to avoid them)

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Feb 18, 2021 | Submission Trends and Tips

Strong dialogue forwards plot, it demonstrates the nature of relationships, and it also (paradoxically) highlights what characters can’t or won’t say to one another.

miCRo: “Haunting Season” by Cindy Juyoung Ok

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Feb 17, 2021 | miCRo

Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Haunting Season” opens with a declaration that “the hunt” has begun. What follows is a series of reflections on the concept of the self, especially the self under surveillance, the self as an Othered reflection.

Why We Like It: “The Experiment” by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Feb 11, 2021 | Why We Like It

Sarah Fawn Montgomery’s essay “The Experiment” shows how extensively the patriarchy has affected our education system and how these practices perpetuate sexual violence toward women.