Category Archives: Micros

  1. Death by Fours

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Kath Wu Four is pronounced like death. From fourth to eighth grade is the death of an elementary school …
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  2. Workshop

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Lesley Warren It wasn’t much good, the thing that was you. No wonder you’re screwed up now. No wonder …
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  3. Roly-poly

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Sarah Seidel Between the small stones of the patio I find you curled, drawing your armor around you. A …
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  4. Longview

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Aaron Sandberg The summer you would not stop spinning the Dookie CD, the rest of us tried to escape. …
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  5. Notes on the Micros

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    June 29, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Art is never an indulgence. Particularly when it represents the creative instincts of people unwittingly left out, forgotten, actively erased, …
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  6. Notes on the Micros

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    April 26, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Just curious: Why did you click on this? Is it a peek behind the curtain that you desire? An accident, …
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  7. Long Distance Call

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    April 26, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Lia Tjokro How is the weather?” Father asked as we began our weekly video call. ”It is beautiful today!” …
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  8. It was Just a Piece of Bad Luck

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    April 26, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Zebulon Huset And the frostbite, and the numbness. Snow and shivering. And the rock-hard dirt and the white capped …
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  9. Olivia

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    April 26, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Zoé Mahfouz Olivia was my best friend. She told me her name came from Kalamata olives. When I first …
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  10. Chewing Gum

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    April 26, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Piper Pugh This morning, she wrote my name on a napkin in Lanna, folded it in my palm and …
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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