Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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Notes on the Micros
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2020 by The Citron Review
Everything’s too big. If the number is written down, the writer stops writing, starts crying. Again. The deaths multiply in …
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Opera Dad
1March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Claire T. Lawrence 1. Of the few things I know about you the most important is this: you …
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Opera Mom
2March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Claire T. Lawrence Mothers in opera are notoriously, theatrically bad. Azucena throws a baby, which turns out to …
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Taste: A Brief Memoir with French Toast and Popcorn
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Cal Freeman My father made French toast by dipping Wonder Bread in milk and egg yolk then browning …
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What We Can’t Do: A Father and Daughter’s List
1March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Anita Gill Me Hindi The moment we touched down and the prickly Delhi heat grazed our skin, you …
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The Topography of Tears
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Denton Loving As a boy, I cried despite my father’s warnings—I was too old, boys don’t cry, crying …
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The Farrier
1December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Lisa Tuininga George is his name, and he’s Mexican, he tells me as I’m writing his check for …
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i want to start a podcast but
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Savannah Slone Today I meant to go to the post office, to reapply for state insurance for my …
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Kids in the Hall
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Will McMillan On its feet after the first half of the meeting, the congregation in question had only …
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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
No doubt you’ve heard of Newgrange in Ireland: for about 17 minutes, and only on the sunrise of the shortest …
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