Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Ricochet

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer Lang   Gee, what a nice surprise! my 83-year-old father says when he sees me and asks when …
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  2. How to Become a Thinker: a Chinese Room

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Wenxin Tang   Part I First, you don’t get to see surroundings as they are. The grass is a …
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  3. 1996

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Tom McAllister   In eighth grade, we read Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice and Men; I spent …
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  4. Ugh, Uub.

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Shakirah Peterson   Where the Black people at? I ask the Black man next to me. He’s playing DragonBall …
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  5. Long Before They Declared It An Epidemic

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Michelle Site   (1) Anxiety or tension associated with the stress of everyday life usually does not require treatment …
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  6. Guide to Taking Care of My Dog Who Has Cancer and a Herniated Disc, But Whom I Brought to Paris Anyway

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    December 22, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Katie Roseau   Here is a guide to taking care of Milou this week while I’m gone. THANK YOU, …
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  7. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    December 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    A few years ago for nine uncanny weeks I dated a man who worked nights and each morning while the …
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  8. Notes on the Micros

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    December 20, 2020 by The Citron Review

    Crack the classroom windows, even though the air is freezing. Prop the door to get that science-approved cross ventilation. Gasp …
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  9. The Archeologist

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    December 15, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Carlo Rey Lacsamana   When I passed by the train station today and was greeted by emptiness and the …
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  10. 10 Tips for Walking Alone at Night

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    December 15, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Ronit Plank   1) Tie up your hair so you don’t look as much like a girl.  2) Walk …
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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