Tag Archives: Creative Nonfiction
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Getting Clean
Leave a commentApril 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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The Bite I Still Wake For
Leave a commentApril 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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Notes on the Creative Nonfiction selections
Leave a commentDecember 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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My Father’s Bed
Leave a commentDecember 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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It Took Us Years to Hear Helicopters Again
Leave a commentDecember 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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Desperate, Bright
Leave a commentDecember 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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Shoulder Season
Leave a commentDecember 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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Blind Curves
1October 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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For a Limited Time Only
1October 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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Motel on the Edge of Everything
1October 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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