Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Salt

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    April 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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  2. Timepiece

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    April 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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  3. Wasted Kiss

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    April 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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  4. Outside Our Apartment in Germany, 1996 (after “Clean Slate” by Joanna McNaney)

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    December 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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  5. Boxed In

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    December 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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  6. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    December 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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  7. Falling and Flying: Rediscovering Language

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    December 22, 2016 by The Citron Review

    By Maxima Kahn   I go out into the dark and the deep, I go out in the deep night. …
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  8. Consequences

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    December 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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  9. Sardines

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    October 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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  10. When Stars Killed

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    October 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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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