Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Getting Clean

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Maggie Levantovskaya   I squeeze out a dollop of shampoo and spread it on my grandma’s head. She sits …
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  2. The Bite I Still Wake For

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Angela Edward   Every morning, before anything else, I hear him crossing the tiles. Soft at first. A slow …
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  3. 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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  4. Blind Curves

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Erin Wood The highway curves around pink granite cliffs of Maine coastline, and around we go, my husband and …
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  5. For a Limited Time Only

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Sharon Goldberg I don’t believe in soulmates but if you think I’m yours, great. I clench my teeth when …
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  6. Motel on the Edge of Everything

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Dawn Miller I remember the motel on the outskirts of town—brown-bricked and unexceptional, the neon sign by the highway …
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  7. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Brooke Middlebrook The best part about living in the Anthropocene is not being sure what will come next, epoch-wise. …
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  8. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction selections

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of creative nonfiction is the invitation this genre offers to explore forgotten parts of …
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  9. We Fed the Birds

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Donna Obeid We did it every morning and every night. We did it in honor of the god of …
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  10. Barbie’s Blue Leather Case

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Tamara MC   Twenty hours stretch between Tucson and Mazatlán, Mexico on a highway that never ends.  Hour one, …
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