Tag: flash essay
miCRo: “Murder City” by Kelle Groom
by Cincinnati Review | May 1, 2024 | miCRo | 0
A flash essay that looks back on a friendship and is structured in a masterful way.
Read More“IF I DIE, IT’S FROM A LAG” by JJ Peña
by Cincinnati Review | Dec 7, 2022 | Samples | 0
you & your little red kia are missing you’re not answering calls or texts & you’re not at...
Read MoremiCRo: “Porcelain Spoons” by Amanda Galvan Huynh
by Cincinnati Review | Sep 28, 2022 | miCRo | 0
This flash essay tells its story through what’s left off the page, the absences we feel but cannot bridge.
Read MoremiCRo: “Porcelain Spoons” by Amanda Galvan Huynh
by Cincinnati Review | Sep 7, 2022 | miCRo | 0
This flash essay tells its story through what’s left off the page, the absences we feel but cannot bridge.
Read MoreSpecial Feature: “Interviewing with a Creative-Writing Program about How I Can Increase Their Profit Margins” by Heather Lanier
by Cincinnati Review | Jul 7, 2022 | Special Features | 0
In this masterful microessay that blends experience and surrealism (as well as a Q & A), Heather Lanier explores the experience of an applicant on the academic job market.
Read MoremiCRo: “boysenberry marmalade” by JJ Peña
by Cincinnati Review | Nov 11, 2020 | miCRo | 0
At the beginning of “boysenberry marmalade,” the nine-year-old narrator tells us about his Tía Nora’s new “atomic guts.”
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