by Matt McBride Though the work we receive here at Cincinnati Review is always eclectic, we do occasionally notice odd trends in what comes over the transom. Here are two that have cropped up lately. Poems, including a sestina, about Lady Gaga: This is, we suppose, not surprising. It’s just the way the world is …
Okay, blog-readers, get ready for our sixth pupil-dilating installment of “Why We Like It”—weekly reflections by our volunteers on why the good stuff in our pages is the good stuff in our pages. Little known fact: Our volunteers often act out the pieces they intend to write on, and the staff really enjoys these little …
Thanks to Richard Russo for giving a shout out to Cincinnati Review on this past weekend’s All Things Considered. Check out the interview, in which he discusses Brendan Mathews’s story “My Last Attempt to Explain to You What Happened with the Lion Tamer,” first published in our pages then reprinted in Best American Short Stories …
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According to our sources, the very large truck circling campus contains our new issue! Unfortunately, the driver is apparently unable to locate the mossy nook we call our office. But do not worry! Editor Matt McBride is in hot pursuit. After only three mile-long laps, the distance between Matt and the truck has barely widened. …
The proofs for our Winter 2011 issue have arrived in the office, and the artwork by Tobin Sprout looks terrific. To celebrate the new issue (which is a euphemism for “because we want you to subscribe”), we’ll be doling out some behind-the-scenes bonus material each week. We asked all of our contributors to comment on …
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Holly Goddard Jones, Nami Mun, and Kevin Wilson are on campus this week for the Emerging Fiction Writers Festival. Leigh Anne Couch is reading on Friday. Check out the schedule of panels and readings.
Michael Griffith on Theodore Wheeler’s Prize-Winning Story: In Theodore Wheeler’s “The Current State of the Universe,” a man working for a professional vengeance service discovers that the arithmetic of justice may turn out to be, on second thought, more like the hopelessly bewildering multivariable calculus of justice. The piece is a fantastic example of a …
We’re pleased to announce that Ashley Seitz Kramer’s poem “Winter Storyboard” and Theodore Wheeler’s short story “The Current State of the Universe” are the winners of this year’s Robert and Adele Schiff Prizes in Poetry and Prose, judged by Don Bogen and Michael Griffith. Both pieces will appear in the May 2011 issue of The …
Only two weeks left to submit your poetry, fiction, or nonfiction to the Robert and Adele Schiff Prizes in Poetry and Prose. Winners receive a cash prize as well as publication in The Cincinnati Review (all entries considered by editors for publication). See our website for more details.
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