Here at the University of Cincinnati it’s time for one of our favorite traditions: the biennial Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival! Four wonderful emerging writers—Catherine Lacey, Elizabeth McKenzie, Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, and Jung Yun—are coming to the UC campus this week to read and discuss their work. We hope to see you there: Fiction Reading: …
Someone stops over unannounced like the old days,so I pop open that bottle of Sancerre I’ve been saving.Talk turns to carp that reached the roadwayafter Thursday’s three inches of rain, how some saidInvasive, let them die, others said Naturalized,let them live, someone asked for a net and others saidthey’d catch them with their hands. I …
Assistant Editor James Ellenberger: The Trump submissions have arrived. Droves of flaxen-haired poems and stories bask in the submission queue like flaccid porcupines, bristling at the cool, liberal wind that whistles atop our heads here at the CR office. Things to keep in mind: Trump is, yes, a total goon, an irregular Cheeto that shouldn’t have …
I’d heard plenty about how a mother’s devotion to her kids is primal. I got it—I could imagine that sort of wild, beyond-the-brain love, the kind of protectiveness that can sprout claws and incisors. I expected having a child to change my priorities, my routines, my capacity for tenderness and rage. I didn’t expect it …
Given President Trump’s proposed budget and its implications for (or, rather, complete slashing of) the National Endowment for the Arts, we here at The Cincinnati Review are joining others in the writing community to state officially that we stand in solidarity with the NEA. We would also like to acknowledge our own ventures made possible by …
musings by José Angel Araguz Episode 7: Introversion/Extraversion In this episode I explore ways that the terms introversion and extraversion can be used as a lens with which to read poems. The Introvert/Extravert Lens The terms introversion and extraversion were first significantly put into use by Carl Jung and later popularized by personality tests such …
One of our more ambitious projects these days is making use of the wonderful Elliston archives. For decades, readings in the storied Elliston Room have been recorded, and many of these readers are contributors to CR. Our goal is not just to present the distinctive voices of these poets reading their own works but to …
Search
You don't have credit card details available. You will be redirected to update payment method page. Click OK to continue.