Category Archives: 2026

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Rina Palumbo   Cream cheese and strawberry jelly, cut the crusts off, white bread into triangles, snap the lid, …
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  2. My Hands

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Diana Anaya   Witch hands, as I liketo call them, littered withtorn skin around bony claws,white spots on nail …
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  3. When Rust is Under Us, We Curse the Sky

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Tiffany Promise   In the front yard, horse placenta dissolvesin a mud puddle. The trough is riddled with algae …
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  4. God is Sleeping in the Attic

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    April 26, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by B.C. Brock   “We have to be quiet today,” Mama used to say on Sundays. “That’s when God takes …
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  5. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction selections

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Welcome to our creative nonfiction for winter, a tapestry woven with longing that evokes the tenderest places within us. These …
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  6. Notes on the Micros

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Seems significant that on the day of the least daylight, my lamp should go dark. Today on the Winter Solstice, …
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  7. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Be kind to me, or treat me meanI’ll make the most of it, I’m an extraordinary machine– Fiona Apple, “Extraordinary …
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  8. Pick Me

    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

  9. Carson McCullers was not married when she died, but she did tell Tennessee Williams that she had sex with Gypsy Rose Lee

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Kristen Field   She married Reeves McCullers twice.Divorced him twice. Which decisioncarries more weight? He told her on their …
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  10. Matchbooks

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by JoAnna Scandiffio   we miss those little souvenirsof where we ate when we were oncein love and kept the …
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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