Is Your Poem Ready for Submitting?
In order to gather a wider range of perspectives on this question, I reached out to some Cincinnati Review contributors about when it’s time to gather your work and hit “submit.”
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What We’re Reading: Finding Neurokin in Madeleine Ryan’s A Room Called Earth
A Room Called Earth and other autistic narratives challenge the false pathological stories society tells about our neurotype.
Common Mistakes When Writing Dialogue (and how to avoid them)
Strong dialogue forwards plot, it demonstrates the nature of relationships, and it also (paradoxically) highlights what characters can’t or won’t say to one another.
Why We Like It: “The Experiment” by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Sarah Fawn Montgomery’s essay “The Experiment” shows how extensively the patriarchy has affected our education system and how these practices perpetuate sexual violence toward women.
On Titling Poems
Titling is sometimes the easiest, sometimes the hardest part of crafting a poem—a process that seems shrouded in both mystery and luck. Five poets share their perspectives.
Kaveh Bassiri’s Reflections on Elementary English and “Conversation Practice”
Contributor Kaveh Bassiri describes his process writing the poems in his chapbook Elementary English, two of which appeared in our fall issue.
From Our Contributors: “Red O” by Barbara Tran
In this video essay, Barbara Tran describes the inspiration behind her poem “Red O” (published in Issue 17.2) against the visual backdrop of two circling hawks.
On Fascination and Return: Subject in Nonfiction
Contributor Kailyn McCord on the experiences behind her essay in our pages and on crafting subjects in nonfiction.
Why We Like It: “Earth Shovel” by Dan Albergotti
Dan Albergotti’s poem “Earth Shovel” asks us to think deeply about the way we inhabit Earth in a time when oil is money, and drilling becomes commonplace despite its environmental costs.
Microreview and Interview: Danielle Evans’s The Office of Historical Corrections
Editorial Assistant Haley Crigger interviews Danielle Evans about Evans about the project of The Office of Historical Corrections, the role of risk and humor in fiction, and affirming Blackness in narrative.