Thanks to Richard Russo for giving a shout out to Cincinnati Review on this past weekend’s All Things Considered. Check out the interview, in which he discusses Brendan Mathews’s story “My Last Attempt to Explain to You What Happened with the Lion Tamer,” first published in our pages then reprinted in Best American Short Stories …
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It’s here! It’s here! The new issue has arrived, and because this puts us in a jubilant mood, we’re going to offer fabulous awards and prizes to FIVE of our readers. But, um, first you have to earn them. In short, the first five people to find a genuine, bona fide typo in volume 7, …
This is how we do it. I don’t know what else to say. Tell you what, I’ll send the writer of the best caption for this photo a free back issue of your choice. Leave your caption as a blog comment (You have to click on the post title above, then you’ll see the comment …
As promised last Monday, here’s our most recent installment of “Why We Like it.” It was almost a full month ago that graduate student and fiction writer Ian Wissman break-danced into our office because he was excited about a story. There’s nothing unusual about this. It’s a tradition in our office. Except this time Ian’s …
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 …
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