Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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Salt
4April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Laurie Ember As a little girl, I poured salt on slugs. Summer fun. Thick, white mountains from blue …
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Timepiece
Leave a commentApril 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Gail Tyson “…with a timepiece, each part has its purpose and function and no watch can work properly …
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Wasted Kiss
1April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Pavle Radonic Another downpour, this one earlier than yesterday and though it did not look like it out …
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Outside Our Apartment in Germany, 1996 (after “Clean Slate” by Joanna McNaney)
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2016 by The Citron Review
by Cole Meyer We’re all squinting. The glare of the melting sidewalk snow too harsh. My sister’s bangs droop …
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Boxed In
1December 22, 2016 by The Citron Review
by Jennifer Lang “Hey, so have you bought a plot yet?” our friend Seth asks as we round the …
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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2016 by The Citron Review
Precision is one of many things that we look for in submissions at Citron. Precise, controlled language is important in …
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Consequences
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2016 by The Citron Review
by Fred Maus 1. On Fire Yesterday I roasted red peppers on my gas grill. I turned them over …
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Sardines
Leave a commentOctober 3, 2016 by The Citron Review
by Jennifer Fliss The sea is so small, it fits in my hand. With a turn of my wrist, …
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When Stars Killed
Leave a commentOctober 3, 2016 by The Citron Review
by Corrina Carter After the Titanic sustained her fatal injury but before she entered her stern-to-the-sky death throes, crew …
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