Category Archives: 2023
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After the Breakup
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Ariel M. Goldenthal I need your help to bury the mourning dove. It died and I put it …
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Deep
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Chloe Yelena Miller She looks for him, even under seat cushions, pushing away the gum wrappers and pennies. …
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Baptism
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by DW McKinney I dream about rain in March. About standing in air thick as cotton. About craning my …
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Family Tree
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Ariel M. Goldenthal When Grandpa got a job after years of bread lines and praying, Grandma changed the …
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Neighborhood watch
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by DW McKinney I’m neither holding Skittles like Trayvon nor a phone like Stephon. I’m not driving like Philando …
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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
As I’m writing this in the midst of the holiday season, I’m thinking about families and the many different iterations …
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The House Across the Street
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Sacha Bissonnette My wife thinks that bad things happen in the house across the street. She’s told me …
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Bound
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Jen Soong My great-grandmother’s feet were no bigger than a sliver of cake. Beginning in the late 13th …
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Underbelly
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Emily Lowe It is called “Underbelly” Inspired by Aaron Wilcox’s Sculpture “Underbelly” 1. It is a coiled …
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Earworm
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Mikki Aronoff She’d sung “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” one too many times, even though she varied …
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