Tag Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. In Script

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Gina Ferrara   Mrs. Vujn, was gigantic. She towered over the rows of desks, each desk hitting just above …
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  2. The Giants

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Rosalind Aparicio-Ramírez   Should the world’s imminent end be brought on by human consequence, and not divine judgment, I …
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  3. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    As I’m writing this in the midst of the holiday season, I’m thinking about families and the many different iterations …
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  4. Bound

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jen Soong   My great-grandmother’s feet were no bigger than a sliver of cake. Beginning in the late 13th …
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  5. Underbelly

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Emily Lowe   It is called “Underbelly” Inspired by Aaron Wilcox’s Sculpture “Underbelly”   1. It is a coiled …
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  6. The Prodigal Nothing

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Ronan Fenton   I’m back home after a year away and counting the differences. My dad has hearing aids …
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  7. When a House Is Not a Home

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer Todhunter   The house was a dilapidated rancher, built in the 1960s or 1970s, I have never been …
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  8. Longing is Not Regret

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Billie Hinton   What I wanted to be when I grew up: Marine biologist. Veterinarian. Primatologist. Psychiatrist. Professor. Writer. …
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  9. A Passed-Down Story

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jenna Devany Waters   My daughter comes home from school with an assignment. “Ask your parents to tell you …
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  10. Benediction

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    September 23, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Nancy Huggett   What can I tell you about John, the third and oft-forgotten child? As a baby, he …
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