“The Three Deaths” by Ada Limón
At the sentencing, a snake of painroiled inside her veins. She did not faint or scream, or sink to...
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At the sentencing, a snake of painroiled inside her veins. She did not faint or scream, or sink to...
Read MorePosted by Cincinnati Review | Dec 3, 2020 | Samples
in the South, a body might do that, orit makes a body feel some type of way.Here rounding at the...
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My parents have lived in the same house for most of my life. Father selected the house because of...
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When I was a child, everything was perfect all the time. I was long planned for and executed with...
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from section Four: No One Who Played with the Rolling Stones Ever Lived on Norris Crescent Even...
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Her name is Miranda, and she’s an Engler on her father’s side, raised to be proud of the good her...
Read MorePosted by Cincinnati Review | Dec 2, 2020 | miCRo
The uniquely bright-blue sky, the grass, butterflies, and turtles in the poem are all part of a world that reimagines the typical relationship between lovers, but also between nature and the body.
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We here at The Cincinnati Review are thrilled to showcase an exciting new collaboration with Reading and Drinking: A Cocktail Blog!
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I was feeling nostalgic the other day while talking to my wife about the malls of New Jersey. I...
Read MorePosted by Cincinnati Review | Nov 25, 2020 | miCRo
At each level of poetic craft, Washington draws a stark contrast between the speaker’s deliberate reflections on home-making, on love, and other children’s frantic consumption in a fast food restaurant.
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