Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Leaving a Mark

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Miah Jeffra   (after Felix Gonzalez-Torres)   There is a billboard. A white bed in a white room, rumpled …
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  2. I Think

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Gwen Beatty   The first thing I ever did wrong was kiss a boy and the second was give …
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  3. The Tree of Hearts

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    December 1, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Ann Tinkham   I remember the day I froze myself. I had just started wearing bras and Kotex pads. …
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  4. The Way

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    December 1, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Chris J. Rice   Hot, even with the windows open. Gritty sand filled air blew into our hair and …
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  5. Missiles

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    December 1, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Leanne Simpson   We took a cab to the subway and told ourselves we were saving money. I would have …
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  6. Harborne High Street

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    December 1, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Nod Ghosh   My mother’s blood types as B positive, and she lives up to her group. I rub …
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  7. Abroad

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    September 15, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by N. West Moss   When I was fifteen, I spent the summer in the Loire Valley as an au …
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  8. Well Done

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    September 15, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Adam Gianforcaro   The morning gleam shot rays into my house, warming us with an intimate sincerity. My dad …
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  9. Syncing

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    September 15, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Natasha Akery   My husband and I spoon on the bed in the guest room, and I wear him …
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  10. The Next 32 Years

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    July 31, 2015 by The Citron Review

    by Steven Coughlin   Park your car by this pile of week old snow. It will always be a used …
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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