Tag Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Block

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    July 1, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Emma Burcart   I had a first sentence yesterday. But I didn’t sit down and write it, so it’s …
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  2. The Pine Effect

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    July 1, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Andrea Spofford   We drove the five toward Hollywood because you were bored and visiting and wanted tourism. You …
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  3. Bologna

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    July 1, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Sheila Meltzer   I still hate bologna. Bologna schlongs hanging from the rafters at Katz’s, pre-sliced plastic supermarket bologna, …
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  4. Brokenness

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    March 5, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by James Ferry   There are several “tracks” in LA where the whores congregate. Shopping for them was like surfing …
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  5. Ordinary Life

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    March 5, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Jay Duret   The two men were standing by the big mirror in the locker room. The older one …
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  6. Shave

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    March 5, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Gwendolyn Edward   You ask me why I don’t stop shaving for a few days so that scab on …
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  7. Pretty in the Right Light

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    December 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by A.D. Carswell   Mine is the face of a villain, a gross misshaping of a normal visage. I like …
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  8. Crowning

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    December 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Robin Silbergleid   My daughter has a big head. When the baby was small and mostly bald, a friend …
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  9. Girl on Fire

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    December 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Michelle Brooks   The year I became a Catholic, a student of mine named Kelly gave me two cardboard …
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  10. Another Weekend for the Whiplashed

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    December 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Matthew Dexter   The rattlesnake belt swung from dirty jeans as Bill told me to leave the room so …
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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