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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 4d

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miCRo: "Reconnaissance" by Ellen K. Fee

The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 4d

Playwrights (and CR contribs!) @bydanobrien.bsky.social and christopher oscar peña in conversation with director and producer @markarmstrong4.bsky.social about the two's recently published play trilogies and more. Link in first comment:

A white quote shape on a red background. Black text on it: "Featured Interview, 'The plays I like, like chris's plays, and the kind of plays I try to write, make people feel contradictory things." Below is a picture of Dan O"Brien, a white man with dark hair, a beard, and blue eyes, wearing a blue shirt.

A white quote shape on a red background. Black text on it says "Featured Interview, 'Part of me misses the whimsical theatricality of my earlier plays. But I just want to be more honest now, you know?'" Below is a picture of christopher oscar peña, a Latinx man wearing a red jacket over dark button-down shirt and resting his hand on his forehead as he leans over and smiles.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 6d

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In a fascinating miCRo essay, Fee takes us on a tour of the microwave's unexpected origin story.

Three Metamorphoses: Novellas in Verse & Prose by Amit Majmudar | Orison Books

The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 6d

"I won't call it a detonator. But after pressing the button, I scamper around the refrigerator, taking cover behind layers of sheet metal and white plastic finish from the machine's invisible munitions."

In a miCRo essay, @ellenkfee.bsky.social takes us on a tour of the microwave's origin.

Caption: "I won't call it a detonator. But after pressing the button, I scamper around the refrigerator, taking cover behind layers of sheet metal and white plastic finish from the machine's invisible munitions."

Ellen K. Fee stands smiling in front of a window. She has long brown hair and is wearing earrings, a button-down polo style shirt.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to contributor @amitmajmudar.bsky.social -- his new book, THREE METAMORPHOSES: NOVELLAS IN VERSE AND PROSE was released last week by Orison Books!

Three Metamorphoses: Novellas in Verse & Proseby Amit Majmudar Orison Bookspaper / 274 pp. / $20.00ISBN: 978-1-949039-62-7Distributed to the trade by Itasca Books952-223-8373 / …

The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 12d

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A Reading List for National Translation Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 12d

The 2025 winners of the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards are:

Robert Sorrell Bynum (fiction) for "Like a Star"
@jessicacuello.bsky.social (literary nonfiction) for "Your Life for Another"
A. D. Lauren-Abunassar (poetry) for "Three Bombardments"

See our site for more! Link in first comment.

Photos of the winners of the Schiff Awards under the heading "2025 Robert and Adele Schiff Award Winners." Each photo gets its own post page, to follow.

White text on a brick-red background: "Robert Sorrell Bynum, fiction, Robert and Adele Schiff Award winner." Photo is A white man with brown hair to his shoulders and tortoiseshell-frame glasses. He's wearing a black jean jacket over a puffer jacket and shirt, and he's standing on a beach in front of a body of water.

White text on a brick-red blackground: "Jessica Cuello, nonfiction, Robert and Adele Schiff Award winner." Photo is a black-and-white photo of a white woman with curly hair. she is wearing a dark sweater and light-colored shirt and sitting oustide.

White text on a black background: "A.D. Lauren-Abunassar, poetry, Robert and Adele Schiff Award winner." Photo is A Palestinian American woman with brown hair and hazel eyes. She's wearing a dark shirt, dangling earrings, and a necklace chain, and standing in front of a white window shade.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 15d

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For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation. Poetry…

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 15d

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A Reading List for Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed annually from September 15 to October 15, we asked our members to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in celebration. (Learn…

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 15d

As September draws to a close, we celebrate the inclusion of CR contributors (and a former editor!) in lists from @clmporg.bsky.social. Check out work by @cdonosowriter.bsky.social , @memi-writes.bsky.social , Inger Christensen, and José Angel Araguz!

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 18d

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 18d

Now on our site, three writers from Nigeria share their experiences of the literary culture there and in the US. Thanks to Frances Ogamba, Hussain Ahmed, and KÁNYIN Olorunnisola! Link in thread.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 19d

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The Art of Editing with The Cincinnati Review

The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 19d

"...even if the task is to leap across the aporia or the big vacuous gap, if that is the task that sits before you, then that is your task."

Today on the site, Edgar Garcia discusses research, collaborative listening, and dreams.

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Wendy BooydeGraaff @onlybooyskies.bsky.social · 20d

Excellent interview with @cincinnatireview.bsky.social

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Podcast Episode · Page Count · 09/09/2025 · 51m

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 20d

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 20d

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Level Watch — June Road Press

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 20d

"...sometimes I dream about her thigh tattoo: 'Call your mother,' inked in curling script above a dolphin with an M16 clutched in its tiny, perfect flippers."

This week's miCRo by Sarah Chin navigates the sticky terrain of grief.

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Sarah Chin, pictured in front of a flight of a stairs. Chin is wearing gold hoop earrings and a black and white graphic dress.

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to contributor @mardery.bsky.social ! Her collection LEVEL WATCH is released today from @juneroadpress.bsky.social .

A poetry collection by Mary Ardery

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 26d

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miCRo: "The Visible Woman" by Alexandra Teague

The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 26d

This evening at 5:30 pm in the Elliston Room we have the privilege of hosting three very successful UC creative writing alumni: @mariannelchan.bsky.social , @litmagreject.bsky.social , and Emma Hudelson. Assistant Editor Blessing Christopher asked each of them about legacy.

Marianne Chan, an Asian-American woman, stands in front of a white background. She has long dark hair draped over her left shoulder and wears dangly earrings and a black secretary blouse with large pink flowers on it. She glances away from the viewer. Quote from Chan: "This is what I hope for--that when I look back at the work at the end of my life, I will find a speaker--a writer--striving, humbly, to understand this great mystery of what it means to be human on Earth."

Maggie Su, an Asian-American woman, smiles up at the camera. Her long, dark hair has streaks of green and she wears a black blouse. She stands next to a tree in a wooded setting. Quote from Su: "I do hope that perhaps my novel can spark a feeling of recognition in a reader or, maybe, make them feel less alone."

Emma Hudelson, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair with bangs, stands in front of a black background holding the reins of a black horse with a white star on its nose. It peers over her shoulder right at us. Hudelson wears a denim jacket. She smiles at us. Quote from Hudelson: "Every horse girl knows that horses need to be turned loose sometimes, and I guess I try to apply that principle to my writing, too."

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 27d

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Clear. Nuclear. Like the Visible Woman in her plexiglass-clear skin once lied to me I wouldn’t grow to be. One button for her heart to light up red. One for the nervy, branching rivers in her head.