Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Notes on the nominations

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    Bear with me; I’m new here. I should always lead with this, perhaps with a please in front. After all, …
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  2. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    Being in relationships is like riding a bicycle—you can’t stand still. Relationships are constantly moving, looking for homeostasis, working to …
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  3. Ashes

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Linda G. White   With shaking fingers, he reaches for the unfiltered Camels in his shirt pocket and strikes …
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  4. The Translator

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Victoria Buitron   My brother places his scrawny right hand over his stomach and uses his weight to tilt …
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  5. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    One of the characteristics that I find most exciting about the personal essay is its malleability. “Malleable,” coming from the …
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  6. A Sister Lyric: In the Finding of You – For my sister

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Chila Woychik   Once born, we decide and decide and decide, or in some cases, others decide for us, …
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  7. Professional Profile

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Shae Krispinsky   Shae Krispinsky More than 10 years of front office/customer service experience and hasn’t hated all of …
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  8. Of Fur Not Fowl (Or, How Not to Catch a Tiger)

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Jeanine Pfeiffer   Instructions: Commission a bird walk in Bardia National Park, home to the second-highest density of Panthera …
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  9. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    I really enjoy fall. I love the colors and the way they change to whole landscape. I love going back …
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  10. Notes on the CNF Selections

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    July 17, 2018 by The Citron Review

      As a student in a creative nonfiction track of an MFA program, I floundered, as many of us did, …
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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