Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. If By Cadillac You Meant a Pinto

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by A. Grifa Ismaili (for Lilsbw & Urmi)   The first time I heard this kat read it was the …
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  2. The Snake

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Emanuele Pettener Translated from Italian by Thomas De Angelis   In the middle of a golden summer during my …
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  3. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    Recently, I was talking to someone in a mental health treatment program who felt afraid to share her truth because …
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  4. The Reluctant Secret Sharer

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Maria Terrone   If this were a novel, I’d be sitting by the steam pipe in our living room, …
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  5. I Can See Her

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Christopher Rabley   Ahead of my children, who laughed and whipped their paddles to stream water at my back, …
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  6. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    At the end of a long winter, we often understandably long for spring. But in our lust for relief from …
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  7. One Week

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Amye Archer   Sunday As part of a book I’ve been working on for the past year, I spend …
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  8. Bestiary

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Geoff Martin   I. Sparrow They slept with their bird feet gripping the thinnest of branches as we took …
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  9. Real People

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Susan Eve Haar   This is how we meet: In the eye doctor’s waiting room, she stands in front …
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  10. He Is

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Kerry Graham   It’s time to call his grandma. I haven’t seen him in I-don’t-want-to-count-how-many days, and I know …
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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