Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Monsoon City

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    May 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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  2. Solve for X

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    May 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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  3. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    December 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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  4. Baton

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    December 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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  5. Collateral Beauty

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    December 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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  6. Speak to Me

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    December 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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  7. Filling the Gaps

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    December 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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  8. Chosen

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    October 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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  9. Smoke in the Water

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    October 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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  10. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    October 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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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