Category Archives: 2012

  1. Close Reading

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Al Bray    Every morning, if he watches with one eye over the upper edge of the book, a …
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  2. My Muse is in remission

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Laura E. Davis   She’s gone ice fishing, I guess. Or maybe she’s taken a lover. That’s ok. I …
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  3. In Concert

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Susan Hodara   I am sitting in the seat, in the row, in the theater. My husband is beside …
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  4. Instructions for Cooking Asparagus

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Ashley Seitz Kramer   Your lover has requested palm hearts, which is the loveliest vegetable you’ve ever imagined (a …
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  5. Black Friday

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Terry Lucas   At six a.m. I turn into the mall parking lot, steer around speed bumps, nose the …
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  6. What Tall Man Says

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Grant Clauser   Banshee Coming Down the Road  Corn snake belly-up on a dirt road. We step over it. …
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  7. Beautiful Again

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Lalanii R. Grant   The moment I met Evan I knew we would fuck. We took Astrology together; he …
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  8. Banded

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Meghan MacNamara   The night I first met Betty I was stunned at how well she looked, what little …
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  9. Floodwaters

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Lucy James   We were back to country living. My mom couldn’t drive. My dad was a truck driver …
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  10. American Dogwood, ’96

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Joseph Alan Hasinger   In Roanoke, Virginia, on my street and throughout the neighborhoods that branch from it, dogwood …
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IMAGE: Painted scroll: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu)
IMAGE: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu) (Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷) , 1985.791,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2025