Why We Like It: “Confetti” by Marilyn Abildskov
Instead of focusing on how, Marilyn Abildskov’s essay “Confetti” delves into that which often goes unnamed in workshops: What do we write about?
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Why Should This Be Beautiful
In Issue 16.1, our literary nonfiction offerings include Emily Block’s essay “Fog Studies,” which meditatively explores many different aspects and meanings of “fog.”
What We’re Reading: To Float in the Space Between by Terrance Hayes
Making a case for what he terms “liquid poetics,” Hayes suggests that great art comes from the ability to stay loose, to change tacks, to shape shift in response to these shifting, mysterious factors. Hayes’ sustained emphasis on personal poetics as both liquid and descendant creates a way for his readers (colleagues, family, fans) to find themselves within the fluctuating matrix he proposes.
Contest Submissions Now Open!
Spring might be coming to an end, but the summer contest season is just heating up!
Why We Like It: Newtown, by Dan O’Brien
Alison Carey: The opening act of Dan O’Brien’s latest play, Newtown, is heartbreaking and nauseating: Nancy Lanza is speaking to her son, Adam, the night before he kills her and then twenty-six children and staff at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School…
Firecracker Finalist!
We’re exploding with excitement: The Cincinnati Review is a finalist for the CLMP Firecracker Award for general excellence in a magazine!
Why We Like It: “The Goddamn Sorcerer of Love” by Adam Latham
Editorial Assistant Jason Namey: I always love when authors use language in unexpected ways, but I especially love when authors—such as Adam Latham, in his story “The Goddamn Sorcerer of Love” from issue 16.1 (read an excerpt here)—do this right from the opening sentence.
Robert and Adele Schiff Awards
Submissions to our annual contest are open.
Issue 16.1 is here!
We received seventeen boxes of literary greatness this week! Copies have been mailed out to contributors, and our mailing service will be sending them to subscribers soon. In the meantime, check out samples from the issue here on our site, and buy single issues (including $5 digital copies) in our online store.
Bonus Track: Unpack Your Adjectives
In her review of Elizabeth McCracken’s Thunderstruck & Other Stories (Dial, 2014) in issue 16.1, Sherrie Flick introduces us to “Unpack Your Adjectives” by Schoolhouse Rock! Here, as accompaniment to the review, is said adjective-loving song: And for those not already familiar with it, here’s its well-known colleague, “Conjunction Junction,” which Flick also mentions: While …