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Ahead of their reading in Cincinnati on April 23, we chatted with Kathryn Cowles and Donald Revell

Associate Editor Andy Sia: We noticed a number of writers in our upcoming issue who are in relatively early stages of their publishing career, and reached out to chat with them as a part of our emerging writers series. In a sense, writers are always “emerging,” given the constant self-discovery and self-transformation that happen throughout …

In her debut memoir-in-essays, Raised by Ferns, award-winning author Maya Jewell Zeller weaves rich stories of her nontraditional upbringing, the roots of her creativity, and the sources of her strength. The Cincinnati Review says Jewell Zeller’s voice, “both vulnerable and unflinching, carries a lyric precision attuned to the smallest details of time and place, yet …

Joyelle McSweeney on style, grief, and the necropastoral.

Danielle Dutton’s Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other is a collection of surreal stories full of haunted landscapes, literary experiments, and essays on the relationship between art and fiction. In this conversation, Mialise Carney and Danielle Dutton discuss the prairie as a site of dislocation, the process of collecting literary dresses, and how writing could be played …

After the tremendous buzz caused by the presence of Nick Lachey at last year’s CR booth, the Imagineers at The Cincinnati Review have been busy thinking up new ways to surprise and delight you at AWP Baltimore. To that end, we have some exciting events, attractions, and new swag planned:  An Evening of Flash Lit: …

Former CR editor and short story writer Christian Moody on his debut collection up for a PEN award

“Some writers are interested in character, some in place or plot, but I’m most interested in relationships.”

Alice McCormick, a writer and small animal veterinarian.

A book isn’t just words tossed into the ether. The choices made around how to contain those words matter, too. The artistic intent stretches beyond the ephemeral.

A flash story is the perfect size to enjoy with your morning cup of coffee—instead of, y’know, beginning the doomscroll that will carry you (read: me) through to lunchtime.

Contributor Natalie Villacorta teaches us how to use the act of letting go to make better writing.

Mialise Carney reviews Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou, a reimagining of Bluebeard stories

Do you find yourself, at the end of the year, feeling quite Janus-like? Simultaneously reviewing the past while looking forward to the future? I certainly do.

In this folio to accompany issue 22.2, five writers explore elements of horror.

Assistant Editor Blessing Christopher: V. Hansmann opened Prospect Street Writers House three years ago. The residency now occupies a spot that was once a derelict nursing home. In September, I traveled to North Bennington, Vermont, for my annual retreat at the center. Every night, while gathered around the dining table, I would talk to V …

Associate Editor Andy Sia on eerie and liminal spaces.

CR contributor Anya Groner interviews former editor Brian Trapp about his new novel, RANGE OF MOTION.

Director Mark Armstrong interviews CR contributors Dan O’Brien and christopher oscar peña about their published play trilogies

The three winners of the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards, plus words from the judges and winners, and a list of finalists

Three Nigerian writers share their experiences of the literary culture there and here.

Edgar Garcia on research, collaborative listening, and dreams.

In addition to the off-kilter aesthetics and the incredible roster of badass writers, I was struck by just how dedicated and lo-fi Kitty Snacks appeared to be. We know that literary journals often come from a deep place of admiration and love, and to see this piece of literary past is akin to napping under a handmade quilt, hearing an old 45 as it spins, taking a sip of localized, antiquated soda.

A craft essay on how writers can best depict rural America without resorting to “poverty porn.”

A book of nonfiction written like a novel, moving with and then past the genre of true crime

22.1 contributor Zoe Ballering discusses life spans and storytelling.

A complex essay by Debra Spark in which the story told is someone else’s, a woman who learns about her mother’s past

Former Assistant Editor Lily Davenport interviews author Lydi Conklin about writing for queer readers, drawing comics, and more.

Brenna Womer’s powerful visual erasures of her mother’s letters.