Misha Rai’s “Lessons in Loss” echoes emotions what many of us might be feeling during this time, amid isolation, loss, tragedy. She, however, explores a different type of pandemic, one that’s ongoing, with no cure or saving in sight.
When The Cincinnati Review printed its first issue sixteen years ago, we included a list of prominent poets and writers who graciously agreed to be part of our advisory board. Among them: Eavan Boland, whom we join the rest of the literary world in remembering now, at the news of her death.
In this snapshot, an unrhymed sonnet, Pauletta Hansel shows us a walk near the river in springtime (an acceptable activity during social distancing), even as she ably calls up other time frames: a flood that’s receded, a potential eruption.
When I learned that I could donate my time as a volunteer reader for The Cincinnati Review, I jumped at the opportunity. But how was I going to bridge the two worlds and succeed in my new role? Would my love of reading be enough?
The limerick on which “Young Lady of Riga” is based recounts a seemingly simple adventure—a girl rides out on the outside of a tiger and returns inside it.
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