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

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Steven O. Young Jr.   What sort of fantasy would it beif I didn’t see myself               strewn across your lap,left …
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  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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