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Mary Kaiser reads “He Dreams a Mother”

Mary Kaiser reads “He Dreams a Mother”

Today on Cincinnati RevYouTube, we present Mary Kaiser reading “He Dreams a Mother.” In the words of poetry editor Don Bogen, this piece “is typical of the inventive and intimate ways Mary’s poems engage history. . . . In the summer 2007 issue we published four poems from a book she was doing on the …

A Question for Alissa Nutting

A Question for Alissa Nutting

Today’s YouTube clip features author Alissa Nutting, who was a delightful panelist and reader at UC’s biannual Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Writers’ Festival in spring 2015 (along with Dean Bakopoulos, Ed Park, and Nelly Reifler). CR Associate Editor Don Peteroy snagged her during the, er, festivalities for a quick interview. The next Fiction Writers’ …

Why We Like It: Andrea Cohen’s “Tip”

James Ellenberger: Short poems are like potato chips: I often really enjoy the work, but am left wanting more. The best short poems seem to be able to circumvent the desire for more by engaging or evoking a world well outside of the page. In the case of haiku, the poem’s brevity isolates different cairns …

The Life of a Submission #2

The Life of a Submission #2

Want to know what happens to the poems or story you send our way? Another episode of the Life of a Submission! (If you like our content, subscribe to our YouTube channel! New videos every Tuesday and Friday . . .)  

Our First Video Poem!

Today on Cincinnati RevYouTube, we present our video version of one of many delightful poems by contributor Jeannine Hall Gailey—read, of course, by JHG herself!

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