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Book Review News
A decade or so ago, when we read a good book review, it left us both hungry and restless. “Surely,” we’d say too loudly with finger raised, “there must be a different take on this, some other astute...
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Emerging Poets Festival
Along with unicorns, cephalopods, and whiskers on kittens, our list of favorite things includes promoting amazing new writers. Last week we hosted four such talents at our Emerging Poets Festival,...
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New Issue + Art Song
The Bad: Paper cuts. Unwieldy tape guns. Sitting on the floor criss-cross applesauce for hours on end. Rapid-onset carpal tunnel. The Good: Subscribers can look for CR 10.2 to magically appear via the...
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CR’s Graphic Play: Moth by Declan Greene
Photo by Jeff Busby Maybe it’s our age, but as our tenth-anniversary year creeps ever closer, we’re getting worse at keeping secrets. So here it is: The Cincinnati Review is proud to announce that we...
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Readin’ Around the Christmas Tree
There’s a reason we can’t stop hyping our anniversary year: We’re super excited about it! Get in on the celebration by purchasing a subscription for a loved one this holiday. For just $15, you can...
View ArticleCall for Illustrators
Hey, everybody, spread the word: We are actively seeking a talented illustrator for our graphic-play initiative. As followers of our blog already know, we are adapting Australian playwright Declan...
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Saddle Up for Seattle
Join us at Unicorn, everyone, for this oh-so-special AWP Thursday. Our lineup thus far: in poetry Chelsea Wagenaar, Mark Wagenaar, and Jehanne Dubrow; in fiction, Ian Stansel and Colin Winnette. Listen...
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Five (well, technically ten) Golden Tickets
Yep, it’s our tenth. And if you’ve been reading our blog posts and status updates, you know celebratory mailings and events are spilling like silk scarves out of the CR tophat. But there’s one we...
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Tentacular Redux; or, Call for Peglegs
Near and dear friends, pull out your calendars and draw a heart in the square for April 5. Make that a heart and an exclamation point. No—a heart and an exclamation point with a smiley face where the...
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Meet Gabe Ostley, Our New Graphic Play Illustator
The long search is over. After over one hundred applications, many from hugely talented and qualified artists, we’ve selected Gabe Ostley to adapt Declan Greene’s play Moth into a graphic novella. Gabe...
View ArticleMOTH—bonus material for the bonus material
Graphic designer extraordinaire Gabe Ostley is putting together the story of Moth: The Graphic Play—an anniversary-year project of ours. All subscribers will receive this 56-page, full-color bonus book...
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The Making of MOTH, Part 2
Comic artiste Gabe Ostley is back with another behind-the-panels look at our upcoming graphic play, Moth. Remember—if you’re a subscriber, we’re simply going to mail it to you with our winter issue. No...
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Long Forms: Time Limit
Long forms, we have come to appreciate anew your grand-scale grace, your unhurried pace, the way you are willing, like a guest at an Indian wedding, to dance in the street for days. Our overstuffed...
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