by Nicola Mason I started out in journal work twenty years ago—as a grad assistant at Southern Review—so needless to say I’ve seen a lot of cover letters. When I’m asked about them, my line is, “A cover letter can’t help you.” People react as though I’ve said something ominous (I sort of enjoy this), …
According to our sources, the very large truck circling campus contains our new issue! Unfortunately, the driver is apparently unable to locate the mossy nook we call our office. But do not worry! Editor Matt McBride is in hot pursuit. After only three mile-long laps, the distance between Matt and the truck has barely widened. …
We’re already up to a month’s worth of “Why We Like It,” a weekly blog feature that highlights work from recent issues and provides a glimpse into the minds of the interesting volunteers who open your submission envelopes. This anonymous blogger’s mind resembles an overfed hamster on a rusty, cobweb-draped wheel, but thankfully poet and …
Congrats to Jane! Obviously we’re big fans—we’ve published her poems in two issues of The Cincinnati Review. Don is preparing to interview Jane, and we hope to run that conversation here on our blog in the weeks to come. Stay tuned!
The proofs for our Winter 2011 issue have arrived in the office, and the artwork by Tobin Sprout looks terrific. To celebrate the new issue (which is a euphemism for “because we want you to subscribe”), we’ll be doling out some behind-the-scenes bonus material each week. We asked all of our contributors to comment on …
Enjoy our third weekly installment of “Why We Like It.” Our first and second posts explain what it’s all about, so scroll down and check those out. This week, we ran into fiction writer and PhD student Leah McCormack at the Cincinnati Zoo, wearing a hi-tech headband, talking excitedly to the simians. We asked the …
Here’s the second installment in the weekly blog post we’re calling “Why we Like it.” The first post, by Jason Nemec, explains what it’s all about. This week, poet and UC PhD student Les Kay perched on top of our swaying, manuscript-stuffed filing cabinets to sing the praises of Hailey Leithauser’s “Schadenfreude” from our summer …
Just for kicks, here is a list of trends that we’ve been noticing in our submission stacks lately: Stories set in the 50s and 60s: It’s fun to insist that this is due to the popularity of Madmen, even if it’s not true. Stories about ghosts: And we published one of these—Micah Riecker’s “The Drowned …
Here in our dusty corner of McMicken Hall, our ragtag group of editors, faculty, and graduate-student volunteers spend a lot of time passing around and discussing the work writers send us. Sometimes one of us stands on a rickety chair and effuses ebulliently about a manuscript he or she likes. Those are fun times, and …
As you already know, if you’ve been following, we’ve been posting bonus material all month, to hold our readers over until the winter 2011 issue arrives (any day now!). We asked all the writers in our summer issue to tell us about the ideas that lead to their poems, stories, and essays. Below are the …
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