Tag Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction selections

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Welcome to our creative nonfiction for winter, a tapestry woven with longing that evokes the tenderest places within us. These …
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  2. My Father’s Bed

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Chris Pellizzari   I visited my grandparents last night in Chicago Heights. They needed me to come over and …
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  3. It Took Us Years to Hear Helicopters Again

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Justine Sweeney   Their distant clap was whipped into our infant milk and fed to us during the night. …
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  4. Desperate, Bright

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Kate Michaelson   Fall is our favorite, my mom and I, both of us born into it. We celebrate …
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  5. Shoulder Season

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Meredith Seung Mee Buse   We stop at the bottom of the boardwalk steps to prepare: sneakers and socks …
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  6. Blind Curves

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Erin Wood The highway curves around pink granite cliffs of Maine coastline, and around we go, my husband and …
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  7. For a Limited Time Only

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Sharon Goldberg I don’t believe in soulmates but if you think I’m yours, great. I clench my teeth when …
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  8. Motel on the Edge of Everything

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Dawn Miller I remember the motel on the outskirts of town—brown-bricked and unexceptional, the neon sign by the highway …
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  9. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Brooke Middlebrook The best part about living in the Anthropocene is not being sure what will come next, epoch-wise. …
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  10. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction selections

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of creative nonfiction is the invitation this genre offers to explore forgotten parts of …
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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