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The CR 13.2 Cento Contest!
José Angel Araguz: Time again for another cento contest celebrating the release of our latest issue! The cento is a collage form in which a poem is composed entirely of lines from other poems. It can be an homage to the originals, a subversive twist, or just a fun game. Contemporary examples of the form …
A Question for Kristen Iversen
Today on Cincinnati RevYouTube, we present our literary nonfiction editor, Kristen Iversen, talking about one of her current projects.
Some of us are Movie Stars (actually, just Michael)
In 2011, Ben Dudley—then a student in Michael Griffith’s writing workshop—climbed through the window that led to the tunnel that serpentined to the cavern that narrowed into a smaller cavern (more of a crawlspace, really) into which thrust the stalagmite that housed, about three-quarters of the way down (or up, depending on your spatial orientation), …
Pushcart Nominations
We here at The Cincinnati Review are pleased to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations. As always, it was difficult narrowing to just six pieces from the wonderful work in our 2016 issues. We continue to be impressed by the high quality of submissions, and feel honored for the opportunity to publish your work. Congratulations to …
A Musical Performance: David Clay Mettens and All of the Above
As a followup to Tuesday’s video of Mary Kaiser reading “He Dreams a Mother,” we present a performance of the score that was inspired by the poem. Written by composer David Clay Mettens, the piece—set for soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, and a range of percussion—was performed live by All of the Above at …
Making Memories and Making Art: Issue 13.2
What do we do with memory? As far as our writers are concerned, they certainly aren’t going to take contributor Todd Hearon’s comic advice: “Forget it.” Instead, these 13.2 contributors’ poems explore how memory connects us with the people we’ve lost and with former versions of ourselves, trapping us as well as giving us solace. …
Mary Kaiser reads “He Dreams a Mother”
Today on Cincinnati RevYouTube, we present Mary Kaiser reading “He Dreams a Mother.” In the words of poetry editor Don Bogen, this piece “is typical of the inventive and intimate ways Mary’s poems engage history. . . . In the summer 2007 issue we published four poems from a book she was doing on the …
Dudley . . . is ba-a-a-a-ck
Ben Dudley’s latest attempt to get on staff. (Spoiler: it’s a no go.)
A Question for Alissa Nutting
Today’s YouTube clip features author Alissa Nutting, who was a delightful panelist and reader at UC’s biannual Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Writers’ Festival in spring 2015 (along with Dean Bakopoulos, Ed Park, and Nelly Reifler). CR Associate Editor Don Peteroy snagged her during the, er, festivalities for a quick interview. The next Fiction Writers’ …