Our online submissions manager is temporarily down as of Friday, November 18, but we hope to have it up and running shortly. We’ve been informed that the website has been infected with a trojan horse, so please refrain from attempting to log in until we eliminate the threat of infection. We apologize for the inconvenience. …
Becky Adnot-Haynes: As a third-year doctoral student here at UC, I’m currently studying for exams, which means that my days are divided evenly between my work as an assistant editor at CR and reading lots and lots and lots of books. And then reading some more books. One of the books I’m enjoying right now …
Now for our third and tasty installment of “Irrelevant Questions for Relevant Writers,” in which Don Peteroy, Cincinnati Review staff member-extraordinaire, conducts one-question interviews with writers in an attempt to discover what makes them tick—or, rather, what they think about ticks: Alex M. Pruteanu is the author of the recently-released novella Short Lean Cuts …
Here at CR, we’re looking forward to the howling winds and dead-tree vistas of January. Okay, not really, but we ARE anticipating the new issue, which will hit the frozen or semifrozen (depending on the latitude) North American newsstands then. Either you can pull on your long underwear, lace up your boots, and brave the …
Thanks to all the funny bunnies who participated in our Game of the Month. Since we at the mag—as a matter of principle—refuse to rain on a funny bunny’s parade, EVERYONE’S A WINNER! [Conjure mental scene involving confetti, streamers, those obnoxious party horns, a goofy guy who can’t dance, etc.] Please email editors [at] cincinnatireview …
A hearty congratulations to two of our contributors who have been named 2011 National Book Award finalists! Frequent contributor Edith Pearlman is recognized for her short-story collection Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories (Lookout Books, 2011). Pearlman’s stories have appeared in Issues 2.2, 4.2, 6.1, and 7.1, and a new story, “Life Lessons” is forthcoming …
And now, what you’ve been waiting for: Statements from judges Don Bogen and Michael Griffith about the winners of the 2011 Schiff Prize in Prose and Poetry, as well as words from the winners themselves, Tresha Haefner and Elisabeth Cohen, on how their pieces came to be. Don Bogen: What impresses me most about “A …
We’re so excited about our new online submissions system that we can’t stop celebrating. Not with alcohol—that’s not our style—but with lots and lots of sugar. We’ve consumed rafts of Laffy Taffy, Bottle Caps, and those hard candies that resemble (sort of) strawberries, and we’ve taken to singing the Willy Wonka soundtrack and miming exaggerated …
And now, the second installment of Peteroy’s Irrelevant Questions for Relevant Writers, a little feature we here at CR are happy to host, where CR volunteer Don Peteroy asks the writers he admires patently absurd questions in an effort to move the literary conversation sideways (or maybe to force it to vibrate in place for …
Well, after a long summer of careful reading and discussion, we are excited to announce the winners of the 2011 Robert and Adele Schiff Prizes in Poetry and Prose! We had a goodly number of excellent submissions, so the winnowing process was tough. Many thanks to all who sent in poems, stories, and essays—and even …
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