Thanks to those who played our 1961 National Book Award mix-and-match game! Three people—Jodi Hader, Chelsie Bryant, and Laura S.—correctly matched each excerpt with its author. When we put their names into the randomizer, it chose Chelsie as the winner, so she will have her pick of prizes (thermos, slingpack, or issue). Everyone else gets …
For this month’s contest, we’re excited to present a matching game for our National Book Award feature. As you may have read, our upcoming issue will contain a reassessment of the 1961 fiction prize. Contemporary authors Leah Stewart, Alexander Chee, Keith Lee Morris, John McNally, and Justin Tussing serve as the judges, documenting in essay …
Last week, while taking breaks from proofreading, we tore out our vaguely brown office-grade carpeting in order to prepare the floor for the Italian marble we’re hoping to get sometime in the next month (which, we’d like to say, will look fantastic with the gold-plated light fixtures and doorknobs we’ve ordered, but that’s another story). …
We’re done proofreading! We learned a few new style rules. iPods, for example, have earned their own special rule in the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style: “Brand names that begin with a lowercase letter followed by a capital letter now retain the lowercase letter even at the beginning of a sentence or …
Our policy is that we don’t eat, drink, or sleep until we finish proofreading the forthcoming issue. However, when Assistant Editor Matt McBride learned of the following, recent change to The Chicago Manual of Style he stiffened, stopped blinking in response to stimuli, and developed an impressive head of mouth-foam: “In a return to the …
We’re still proofreading our forthcoming issue. Our blue pencils are worn to nubs. We’re pinching them between pennies to make our marks. Our last geeky proofreading factoid caused a riot on the quad of our campus, with pro-hyphenation factions dance-fighting anti-hyphenation factions, so we thought we’d fuel the revolution by pointing out another change to …
We’re busy proofreading our next issue (8.1), and we can hardly wait until it’s ready—keep an eye out for it in May. Click on “issues” in the pull-down menu above to see the cover and a list of contributors. Here’s a geeky proofreading factoid: Did you know that the Chicago Manual of Style changed the …
The Cincinnati Review is pleased to announce that Chris Bachelder, author of Bear vs. Shark (Scribner, 2002), U.S.! (Bloomsbury, 2006), and Abbott Awaits (Yellow Shoe Fiction, 2011) will be joining the University of Cincinnati’s faculty next year. Chris has been a regular contributor to CR, with stories in issues 3.1 and 6.1. Welcome, Chris!
This week’s “Why We Like It” feature is a double whammy. It’s written by Becky Adnot, a long-time volunteer who is soon to join our staff (fall 2011); so this is also a “Why We Like Her” feature. For one thing, Becky has read submissions going on three years now—purely for the love of it. …
For this month’s game, we’re going to test the fiction wonks among you. Correctly match the CR contributors below to the excerpts that follow—and choose your prize (slingpack, thermos, or issue of your choice). May the best wonk win! 1. Steve Almond 2. Aimee Bender 3. Judy Budnitz 4. George Singleton 5. Kevin Wilson a. Our mothers saw that …
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