Tag Archives: The Citron Review

  1. My Grandmother’s Eyes

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jak Emerson Kurdi   She whispered to me, Stargardt’s, (rare, genetic) across the porch one morning, saying it faded …
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  2. Earworm

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Mikki Aronoff   She’d sung “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” one too many times, even though she varied …
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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Sitting Outside Her Door

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jim Daniels   night breeze— pure near-silence of haunted single- digit hours the curb gentle in its slope like …
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  6. Bad luck

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Réka Nyitrai   A woodpecker moves in next door. My wife gets pregnant and gives birth to a descent …
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  7. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    My boys and I are currently reading Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier. The series centers on the end …
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  8. Mirror Face

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Kim Magowan   Josie disinvites Cora to Thanksgiving—that’s how Cora finds out Amy is visiting San Francisco. “Sorry, Mom,” …
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  9. 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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  10. 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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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