miCRo: Two pieces by Ji Yun (1724-1805)
In these translations, readers must counter assumptions about who provides narrative resolution and begin new understandings of old symbols as meaning accumulates and distills through the language.
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miCRo: “Well Done, Middle School Administrators” by Julie Jones
This wicked sharp dreamscape begins with our tween-boy narrator and his father being chased through a middle school by a bear.
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The Orison Anthology and the Best of the Net Nominations
With the approach of fall, sweaters, apple cider, and pumpkin-spice everything comes the time for...
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What We’re Reading: Fossils in the Making by Kristin George Bagdanov
In Kristin George Bagdanov’s debut full-length poetry collection Fossils in the Making (Black Ocean, 2019) it is no coincidence that “gyre” rhymes with “lyre.”
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miCRo: “Before the Fiat” by Sophia Stid
This poem meditates on—and elevates—the word No in ways I haven’t seen before. I think, of course, of the issue of consent in intimate relationships, and the power that No needs to have in that context
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Submissions Open September 1
It’s that wonderful time of year again! The Cincinnati Review will open our Submission Manager for all submissions on Sunday
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Pas de Deux: Weiss & Pearson
Yesterday, we featured the first part of our pas de deux between authors Joanna Pearson and Jillian Weiss, whose story and essay have eerily similar content, with both references to the devil and to kids in care of the state/foster system.
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Pas de Deux: Pearson & Weiss
When we realized we’d be publishing both Joanna Pearson’s story “The Films of Roman Polanski” and Jillian Weiss’s essay “Invisible Man Asshole,” we knew we wanted the two pieces in conversation together
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excerpt from “Invisible Man Asshole” by Jillian Weiss
Three months before my husband and I married, we moved to a house on the route of a ghost tour. It...
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Why We Like It: “A Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th c.” by Jacques J. Rancourt
Jacques J. Rancourt’s fabulous poem “A Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th c.” moves beyond simple description, employing the tools of the best ekphrastic work…
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