The First C of Good Copyediting: Conformity
Nicola Mason continues her YouTube series on the five Cs of good copyediting. If you missed the intro, check it out before moving on to the first C: CONFORMITY.
Cincinnati Review
New Managing Editor
Nicola Mason: An announcement on the heels of a week of change (on the heels of a week of change, on the heels of a week of change). After time in the trenches and a great deal of self-searching, Becky Adnot-Haynes has decided to step down as managing editor. She loved many things about the …
microreview & interview: Leah Poole Osowski’s Hover Over Her
Leah Osowski’s poem “Vs. Field” is forthcoming Issue 13.2. In today’s blog post, Associate Editor José Angel Araguz reviews Osowski’s collection, Hover Over Her. by José Angel Araguz While reading Leah Poole Osowski’s Hover Over Her, I found myself coming back to the phrase “the poetics of suddenness.” Throughout the collection, moments are built up into a spark …
From Forests to Factories: Writers and the Landscape
Writers don’t just describe the settings they inhabit, they make them their own. Twain’s Mississippi River, the Brontës’ haunted moors, Langston Hughes’ Harlem—even as these places change, they are forever defined by the writers who loved them and preserved them in language. In Issue 13.2, our poets explore the emotional complexities of setting, drawing on …
Meet and Greet
A video marking the changing of the CR guard. Becky Adnot-Haynes speaks about submissions, grip strength, and pizza. (Cameo by Nicola Mason’s boots.) https://youtu.be/tylarET0p78
On My First Week as Managing Editor
One week ago today I began my new role as managing editor of The Cincinnati Review. In addition to wresting The Chicago Manual of Style from former managing editor Nicola Mason, who is small but mighty, I’ve learned that this gig requires wearing many hats (metaphorical hats, not actual ones. Hats look weird on me, …