Debunking miCRo Myths
I came across many well-meaning flash fiction “Do and Don’t” lists all of which managed, without fail, to piss me off.
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“Cubby Safe” by Julianna Baggott
Frequent CR contributor Julianna Baggott has constructed a dark and all-too-believable morality tale about gun violence in schools. The light tone of the young narrator belies the eerie circumstances the schoolchildren experience in the name of safety.
Translations: How to Get Started
Translations play an integral role in our reading experience, but we don’t get many translation submissions. In this piece, I explore how a beginner might get started in translation, with help from Lily Meyer.
Announcing Our Contest Winners!
Winners of the Eleventh Annual Robert and Adele Schiff Awards in Poetry and Prose:
Bernard Ferguson for his poem “you’re welcome” and Julie Marie Wade for her essay “Perfect Hands”
Trends and Tips: Writing Disability
To learn more about the problems underlying disability tropes and metaphors, I turned to Emily Rose Cole, previous Cincinnati Review editorial assistant and current PhD candidate in English and Disability Studies at University of Cincinnati.
Feasting on Proofs
Proofreading reveals patterns between pieces, resonances that emerge from the collection of distinct voices. For me, it was food.
The Orison Anthology and the Best of the Net Nominations
With the approach of fall, sweaters, apple cider, and pumpkin-spice everything comes the time for literary nominations! We’re excited to share the news that we’ve nominated the following pieces by CR contributors for The Orison Anthology: Karen An-hwei Lee, “Dear Millennium, on the Extinction of Migrant Doves” (poem, 16.1) Brenda Miller, “Chorus” (essay, 16.2) C.T. …
What We’re Reading: Fossils in the Making by Kristin George Bagdanov
In Kristin George Bagdanov’s debut full-length poetry collection Fossils in the Making (Black Ocean, 2019) it is no coincidence that “gyre” rhymes with “lyre.”
Submissions Open September 1
It’s that wonderful time of year again! The Cincinnati Review will open our Submission Manager for all submissions on Sunday
Pas de Deux: Weiss & Pearson
Yesterday, we featured the first part of our pas de deux between authors Joanna Pearson and Jillian Weiss, whose story and essay have eerily similar content, with both references to the devil and to kids in care of the state/foster system.