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What We’re Reading: Fossils in the Making by Kristin George Bagdanov

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Sep 5, 2019 | What We're Reading

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.”

miCRo: “Before the Fiat” by Sophia Stid

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Sep 4, 2019 | miCRo

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

Submissions Open September 1

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Aug 29, 2019 | Editors' Dispatches

It’s that wonderful time of year again! The Cincinnati Review will open our Submission Manager for all submissions on Sunday

Pas de Deux: Weiss & Pearson

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Aug 21, 2019 | Pas de Deux

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.

Pas de Deux: Pearson & Weiss

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Aug 20, 2019 | Pas de Deux

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

excerpt from “Invisible Man Asshole” by Jillian Weiss

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Aug 19, 2019 | Samples

Three months before my husband and I married, we moved to a house on the route of a ghost tour. It...

Why We Like It: “A Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th c.” by Jacques J. Rancourt

Posted by Cincinnati Review | Aug 8, 2019 | Why We Like It

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…