Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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Here nor There
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by Kay Ugwuede The year opened like a whirlwind romance. One month, I was sitting at meetings trying to …
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The Garden
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by Whitney Lee Today, I spent three hours digging a bed for lilies––my muscles depleted and sore. On my …
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I carry my weight in groceries
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Sophie Nau I carry my weight in groceries. In a brown paper bag without handles I carry what …
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Ouroboros
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eat the tail to start again by Kaidi Stroud What I am about to tell you may sound like …
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On Location: A Valentine
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Gary Fincke At Griffith Park a few weeks ago, while I tried to convince my granddaughter that hitting …
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Notes on the Micros
Leave a commentSeptember 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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A Stream of Prayer
2June 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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Barefoot Diptych
Leave a commentJune 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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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections
Leave a commentJune 20, 2021 by The Citron Review
In her autobiography All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Maya Angelou says, “The ache for home lives in all of …
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Companion
Leave a commentJune 20, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Jennifer Ronsman It was 2:30 am in the summer of pandemic nightmares when I saw you from the …
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