Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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Monsoon City
Leave a commentMay 2, 2018 by The Citron Review
by Dani Redd The rains are late this year. The city, in the throes of an extended summer, throbs …
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Solve for X
Leave a commentMay 2, 2018 by The Citron Review
by Jackie Sizemore The train spits us out into Normandy. We’ve arrived safely despite having the wrong ticket, and …
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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2017 by The Citron Review
Last quarter, my co-editor, Zach Jacobs, introduced our selections with his reflections on worldwide natural disasters, starting with the view …
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Baton
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Ben Greenlee Ben Greenlee’s piece, “Baton,” includes a graphic and text, so we have linked to a PDF …
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Collateral Beauty
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Jennifer Lang When a fellow passenger offers to play musical seats so that a father can sit in …
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Speak to Me
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Christopher Rabley “She’s dead. … Mum’s dead.” My brother and I sat on either side of my father, …
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Filling the Gaps
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Jessica Clements When you ask if I took a gap year, we are in the cafe, cradling mugs of …
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Chosen
Leave a commentOctober 2, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Jennifer Battisti Outside, the rain against the playground is heavy and decisive. Small rivers are forming in the …
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Smoke in the Water
1October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Mandy Shunnarah The lazy river curves in its oval trajectory—curves expected, built into its form. Nothing like my …
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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections
Leave a commentOctober 2, 2017 by The Citron Review
As I write this, I look out my window on the downtown Houston skyline. I see the George R. Brown …
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