Category Archives: 2023

  1. Deep

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    December 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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  2. Baptism

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    December 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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  3. Family Tree

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    December 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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  4. Neighborhood watch

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    December 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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  5. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    December 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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  6. The House Across the Street

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    December 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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  7. Bound

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    December 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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  8. Underbelly

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    December 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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  9. Earworm

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    December 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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  10. The Prodigal Nothing

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Ronan Fenton   I’m back home after a year away and counting the differences. My dad has hearing aids …
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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