Best New Poets Nominations
After a series of agonizing decisions, we’re pleased to announce our two nominations for Best New Poets this year.
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Author: Cincinnati Review
miCRo: Standing Water on the Playground by Rebecca Morton
In less than three hundred words, Rebecca Morton beautifully delves into what it means to be a mother and subverts traditional ideas of motherhood.
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miCRo: “Young Lady of Riga” by Catharina Coenen
The limerick on which “Young Lady of Riga” is based recounts a seemingly simple adventure—a girl rides out on the outside of a tiger and returns inside it.
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What We’re Reading . . . During These Times
As we work remotely, we wanted to share some reading for quarantine, to delve deep into the idea of pandemics, escape that topic, or just find something good to cook.
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Online Store Closed
We’re temporarily suspending our online store; with much of our staff working remotely and the University of Cincinnati recommending its personnel do the same, we want to make sure we don’t take orders we can’t fulfill.
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Nominations upon Nominations
Additional Pushcart nominations from their Board of Contributing Editors, and our New Stories from the Midwest nominations
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miCRo: “This Creature” by Marlon Hacla
Through the use of both warm and cold imagery as well as the exploration of nature, this piece builds and collapses two beings (human and beast) and two states of being (alive and dead) to explore what it means to actually live.
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Event Recap: The Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival
At the Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival, readings from Gwen Kirby, Liv Stratman, Bess Winter, and Brenda Peynado left us breathless.
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AWP Conference & Bookfair Round-Up!
We’ll be at AWP. Check out our deals–including those for people not going to the conference.
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Tips: AWP and Conference Accessibility
For many writers the week before AWP is marked by a feeling of buzzy anticipation mixed with mild dread; for disabled writers, this pre-AWP anxiety is more complex.
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