Category Archives: 2021

  1. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    One of my sincerest hopes for my children is that they will be comfortable as life-long learners. Because of who …
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  2. Poetry Review: Praise the Unburied by Clara Burghelea

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    Praise the Unburied Clara Burghelea (Chaffinch Press, 2021) “Grief cannot keep the world from spinning” from “The hues of April …
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  3. Notes on the Micros

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    Out here in our beloved Western city, it was a hard year to grow anything. Our apartment’s patio was hopeful …
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  4. Q & A with Jennifer Fliss by Ronit Plank

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    The Predatory Animal BallJennifer Fliss(Okay Donkey, 2021)   Jennifer Fliss’s new short story collection The Predatory Animal Ball in pre-order …
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  5. Origins

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Sara Cappell Thomason   She’d always thought New Year’s Eve signaled a false changing of the guard. She believed …
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  6. Taxonomy of Shields

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Erin Murphy   Plastic eyepatch after cataract surgery. Burglar alarms, pepper spray, air bags. Antibacterial wipes, vitamins, a seat …
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  7. A Stream of Prayer

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar   When my family in India sleeps, I recite Aayat-e-Karima, a verse from the Quran, counting …
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  8. Barefoot Diptych

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Rachel Laverdiere   Click here to read the poem in the original formatting. Rachel Laverdiere writes, pots and teaches …
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  9. Left to their own devices, they became them

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Michelle Morouse   Jinny blamed herself at first. She’d skipped Junior’s basketball games to go to spin class and …
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  10. My girlfriend asks if I watch porn

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer A. Howard   My girlfriend asks if I watch porn and I tell her how sometimes a wide …
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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