Tag Archives: Creative Nonfiction

  1. Lessons Learned

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Katy Goforth   The sound of waves sends uneasiness throughout my body, settling in my nerve endings and flicking …
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  2. How I Lose Him Before I Lose Him

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Lisa K. Buchanan   After an absence of twenty-nine years, my mother walks into my father’s living room without …
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  3. Spice

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Barbara Phillips   Boarding an airplane bound for the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta – decades after the iconic poster …
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  4. Instructions

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Meg Thompson   If I am ever in a car accident, I tell my husband, it will be during fall …
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  5. Notes on the Creative Nonfiction Selections

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    I will always choose Fall as my favorite season. Growing up mostly in the New York area I thrilled to …
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  6. Window Seats

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Navneet Bhullar   Train calling out in the night. Inside, mild chatter hums in the orange bulb’s glow. Dad reads …
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  7. Surface Tension

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    June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer Maxon   Too early for the fog to lift and crowds to wake, walk alone on the beach …
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  8. Settling the Score

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    June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Carolyn Pledge-Amaral   The house on Cottage Road came with its own soundtrack—a full LP, not a forty-five, or …
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  9. Never Marry a Wounded Bird

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    June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Marie Manilla   It was surrounded by beachgoers, the maimed gull. An elderly couple beneath a beach umbrella eating …
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  10. Bath Receipts 

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    June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Bria Winfree   When I first got to the foster house, bathing was hard. I could usually bathe my …
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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