Tag Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction selections

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    The Spring issue brings us intimately close to the lived experience of an array of writers fighting for family and …
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  2. Clouds, Above

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by LJ Sedgwick   Cirrocumulus. Cumulonimbus. Altocumulus. Up the Dell Road, through St Fintan’s estate. Past the gallery in the …
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  3. Surfing

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Anne Giordano   Just after sunrise, I slink from our Huntington Beach hotel room while my seventeen-year-old daughter is …
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  4. When a Body Dies

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Kiana Govoni   To grow my father a new leg I shall call on the dead masters. I am …
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  5. Getting Clean

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Maggie Levantovskaya   I squeeze out a dollop of shampoo and spread it on my grandma’s head. She sits …
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  6. The Bite I Still Wake For

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Angela Edward   Every morning, before anything else, I hear him crossing the tiles. Soft at first. A slow …
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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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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