Spring Break is at an end, and it’s great to be back in the office. The staff at CR is so devoted, so focused, so . . . fused to the rewarding work of bringing you lit that buzzes your bulbs, we tend to feel a bit lost when we don’t have submissions to read, …
We’re spending most of the day with Issue 10.1, as we review our exhaustive proofreading process and produce one master proofread copy that we can send to our typesetter for changes. Before we let it go, though, we’d like to give you a taste of Issue 9.2— in particular, a number of poems that are …
As you will discover in her appreciation below, editorial assistant Jessica Brown is an intrepid and fearless traveler. She name-drops countries like rappers mention name brands. Argentina? Boom. J. Brown has been there. You want to know about Ghana? Hold those horses. J. Brown can tell you all about it. Based on our extensive Facebook-stalking …
Tonight: We have a full lineup of talented readers for our Monster Mags from the Midwest reading! We’ve partnered once again with Mid-American Review and Ninth Letter for this offsite reading at the Back Bay Social Club, 867 Boylston Street, right across the street from the convention center. The event starts at 6 p.m., and the readings will …
The Cincinnati Review was named one of the 100 Essential Sites for Voracious Readers by MastersinEnglish.org. We are number nine and proud of it. They list as a must read our blog entry: Irrelevant Questions for Relevant Writers: Solipsistic Collapse Edition. If you’re considering a master’s degree or you’re an educator looking for a resource, …
Like a human harpoon, Don Peteroy drives into the capacious, frenzied, sophistical, groping, transient, contentious, flameproof, satiate, igneous, whale-loving heart of Michael Czyzniejewski with this latest edition of Peteroy’s Irrelevant Questions. Michael Czyzniejewski is the author of the story collections Elephants in Our Bedroom (Dzanc Books, 2009) and Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions (Curbside Splendor, …
We’re a little more than a week away from the AWP Conference, and we’re crossing not only our fingers and toes but also some internal organs to wish away wicked-bad winter hijinks on behalf of the thousands of creative-writing folks about to descend on Boston. (Begone, potential younger relative of Winter Storm Nemo—would that be …
While awaiting proofs for our Summer 2013 issue, due out in May, we CR editors decided to write a little something about our favorite pieces. Here’s Assistant Editor Brian Trapp: As soon as I read Michael Reid Busk’s faux-encyclopedia entries from “The Eighties: A Brief Primer,” I forwarded them to Managing Editor Nicola Mason with …
Congratulations to our contributors who’ve gotten good news lately! Book News: John A. Nieves (8.2) won the Elixir Press Annual Poetry Award Judge’s Prize for his first book, Curio, which will be published in early 2014. Jon Pineda (9.2) won the 2013 Milkweed National Fiction Prize for his first novel, Apology, which will be published …
Thanks to our contest participants, who made February—the last couple of days of it, anyway—feel a little bit less like a canoe trip with Charon. And yes, you win. All of you. Please contact us at editors(at)cincinnati review(dot)com to claim the prize of your choice. In other news, MastersinEnglish.org has nominated our website for inclusion …
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