Cincinnati Review

On a single block beneath the thundering J train, Bed Stuy residents “seek connection, resist displacement.”

Using the best tools of flash, this story reveals the complicated experience of grieving for a former spouse who’s passed away.

This flash essay tells its story through what’s left off the page, the absences we feel but cannot bridge.

We are pleased to share this review by Jenny Molberg of Lucia LoTempio’s Hot with the Bad Things (Alice James, 2020), which appeared in Issue 19.1 as part of a special multigenre review and essay feature on the ethics and craft of crime writing (read the entire feature here). (To use the PDF embedder to …

We are pleased to share this craft essay by Aimée Baker on writing crime-inspired poetry and nonfiction, which appeared in Issue 19.1 as part of a special multigenre review and essay feature on the ethics and craft of crime writing (read the entire feature here): The winding two-lane road rises steadily ahead of me as …

We are pleased to share this craft essay by Frankie Y. Bailey on writing crime fiction, which appeared in Issue 19.1 as part of a special multigenre review and essay feature on the ethics and craft of crime writing (read the entire feature here): As a PhD in criminal justice, I do qualitative research focusing …

We are pleased to share this review by Tod Goldberg about Elmore Leonard’s rules for writing fiction, as evident in his novel Out of Sight (Delacorte, 1996). The essay appeared in Issue 19.1 as part of a special multigenre review and essay feature on the ethics and craft of crime writing (read the entire feature …