Category Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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Empty Enough
2March 15, 2015 by The Citron Review
by Katie Holiday My mother took me to her hometown in mid-July. As I was driving through the center …
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Regimen
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Melissa Grunow My bare legs are itchy, and I can feel the abrasive fibers leaving an impression in …
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Haunted
1December 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by AprilJo Murphy We believed in ghosts then. At night, huddled over Ouija boards, we’d try to speak with …
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Play Date
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Hillary Leftwich My son has a play date today with a boy named Abraham. This means Abraham’s parents, …
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Eliseo, This Isn’t About You
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Matt Jones An oversized blue suit jacket and black pleated pants. That is what I wore. And for …
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Pint Night at the Filmore
Leave a commentSeptember 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Michael Nagel It’s pint night at the Filmore and I am meeting Ezekiel and Tamar for drinks. On …
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Devoured
1September 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Donna Vorreyer We bait hooks with bloody hunks of beef and plunk them in the mighty Amazon, brown …
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Eating Grief
Leave a commentSeptember 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Mark Liebenow When my wife Evelyn unexpectedly died in her forties, food tasted like sawdust. I couldn’t smell …
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How to Sleep
3September 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by Vivian Witkind Davis Lie on your left side, fitting yourself to your sleeping husband’s back. Slip your right …
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The Sundowner’s Keys
2June 1, 2014 by The Citron Review
by J.D. Knight When my grandfather lost his keys, he insisted my cousin had hidden them in the attic. …
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