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“I used to think my poetics was chalked up to being radically tender, but I consider that to be under the wider umbrella of a kind of poetics of disbelief.”

On the site, Assistant Editor Prince Bush interviews @mangoeswithjericsmith on his interests and poetics. Link in bio. A graphic that reads: "Featured Interview: 'I used to think my poetics was chalked up to being radically tender, but I consider that to be under the wider umbrella of a kind of poetics of disbelief.' - Jeric Smith" by @cincinnatireview

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"murmurings of promised honey weather / echo through the roofless chapel’s mass."

In today's miCRo, A. J. Worley (@alizabethworley)'s luminous sonnet "May Storm" turns a careful eye onto the quiet divinity that exists in our daily lives.

Link in bio. Centered minimalist typographic poster with a short poem in pale serif on dark gray — "murmurings of promised honey weather / echo through the roofless chapel's mass." — a thin divider and the attribution A. J. Worley, "May Storm" sit below. by @cincinnatireview

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"Like a sacked || tomb the oven / yawns— || even girded / with steel || it fails to keep / the dead in or || living out."

Today on the site, Quinn Franzen's (@quinnfranzen) "The Kiln" renders a familiar act of making into lines of suggestion and vividness.

Link in bio. Excerpt from "The Kiln" by Quinn Franzen that reads, "Like a sacked || tomb the oven / yawns— || even girded / with steel || it fails to keep /
the dead in or || living out" by @cincinnatireview

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12 days ago

We're delighted to announce the winners of this year's Robert and Adele Schiff Awards. Please join us in celebrating David Joez Villaverde (poetry), Alice Hatcher (nonfiction), and Anna Story (fiction)! Many thanks to all of this year's entrants. Read the full list of finalists on our site! Link in bio. Light text on a dark background reads: "2026 Robert and Adele Schiff Winners," above circular cropped photos of each of the three winners. by @cincinnatireview

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"Children are rarely spared from the messes we create, and so it was not hard to imagine child characters imperiled by their circumstances . . ."

On the site, Associate Editor Blessing Christopher interviews Uche Okonkwo, author of A Kind of Madness. Link in bio. Dark text on a light background reading: "Featured Interview: 'Children are rarely spared from the messes we create, and so it was not hard to imagine child characters imperiled by their circumstances...' --Uche Okonkwo" by @cincinnatireview

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17 days ago

Congratulations to contributor Avia Tadmor on the publication of "Song in Tammuz" with @tupelopress! CR book release graphic with cover of Avia Tadmor's "Song in Tammuz": pink paper cutouts in an abstract shape laid on top of black paper. by @cincinnatireview

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18 days ago

"Sustenance is safer entombed in glass jars or in tins shaped like the artillery shell that tore through her twenty-four-year-old son’s pelvis in Indiana while he was serving in the National Guard."

In today's miCRo, dustin_m_hoffman explores a child's unusual inheritance.

Link in bio. by @cincinnatireview

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19 days ago

"In the process of gathering photos for Beauty Talk I started to distinguish between two kinds of relationships within my family archive: those linked to a version of my identity others easily accepted, and those that reflected an identity I frequently had to prove."

Today on the site, contributor @asaldrake walks us through the photos she keeps on her mantel. Link in bio. Asa Drake, an Asian-American woman with long dark hair wearing a red checked top, rests her head on her hand in front of a window. by @cincinnatireview

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24 days ago

"They sat across from each other at a long craft table, their fingers still numbed from the cold."

In today's miCRo by Wanying Zhang (@w.zhang_writer), small moments stand in for something larger. Link in bio. Centered typographic quote: "They sat across from each other at a long craft table, their fingers still numbed from the cold." — credited to Wanying Zhang, "The Broken Leaf"; white text on a dark gray background. by @cincinnatireview

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Congratulations to contributor Shara McCallum on the publication of "Behold" with @alicejamesbooks! CR contributor book release graphic featuring the cover of Shara McCallum's "Behold": a painting of a grassy expanse with what appears to be a hole dug into the ground at bottom. by @cincinnatireview

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"Editing is a solitary job in many ways (in that it’s generally done by one person at a time, reading one Word document at a time), but it’s also fundamentally an act of community."

A (re)introduction from Managing Editor Lily Davenport. Link in bio. White text on a gray background, reading "Editors' Dispatches: 'Editing is a solitary job in many ways (in that it's generally done by one person at a time, reading one Word document at a time), but it's also fundamentally an act of community.'" by @cincinnatireview

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a month ago

"My granddaughter is
nine months old today.

In the world
for as long as she was
in the womb."

In today's miCRo by Michael Eyre, a series of dualities and pauses evoke a meditation on infancy and its fragility. Link in bio. A typographic quote reading, "My granddaughter is / nine months old today. // In the world / for as long as she was / in the womb." — Michael Eyre, "Birth Equinox". by @cincinnatireview

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