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“Everyone’s a bunch of fossils, but they keep plowing the fields, waiting for berries, and I don’t want to wait for berries anymore.” The tone and language in “Dear/Deer” by Harrison Hamm are easy to delight in. Read and listen to the piece at the link below. kenyonreview.org/piece/dear-d...
“I’d love to know forgetfulness.” Read & listen to “Post-Pandemic” by @rosswhite.com from our latest issue at the link below. kenyonreview.org/piece/post-p...
Absence and precision shape the lines while music carries the heart of the piece in "Kill Site: A Fugue" by Ellen Rogers. Read (and listen!) to it in our latest issue at the link below. kenyonreview.org/piece/kill-s...
A remarkable piece with excellent pacing—read and listen to "St. Monica and Her Son St. Augustine Enjoy a Meal at the Tombs of the Dead" by Luke Dunne in the Invisible Cities folio! kenyonreview.org/piece/st-mon...
Some karaoke and meeting photos from the second session of our Young Writers Workshop. You can just feel the energy and excitement buzzing from these. There's a bright future ahead of these students, and we're excited to see what's next for them!
This excerpt is from a new poem by Jill Jones in our latest issue. "Pressure" arrives at an ending so surprising and satisfying. Read it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/pressu...
What a poem! “When I voice-to-text...” by Julia Kolchinsky is full of surprise and ingenuity. The language gallops out the gate and does not stop. Find it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/when-i...
You can read "Two Thousand Miles Away" by Prince Bush in our latest issue. We highly recommend giving it a listen on our website, too! kenyonreview.org/piece/two-th...
This poem was written almost exactly a year ago at @kenyonreview.bsky.social's Writers Workshop under their ancient beech with poets Juan Camillo Garza and Maya Salameh (checkout MERMAID THEORY). You can find it in my new book BEAUTY TALK which comes out in October with @noemipress.bsky.social💜
The Offing@theoffingmag.bsky.social · 3w agoRead “Gentleness is Something New I Can Afford,” a poem by Asa Drake Visit our bio to read the full piece. #BeechTree #Nature #Ecology
"What can I say? I have known no greater comfort than the hum of an MRI machine." Two new poems by Meghan Plunkett in our latest issue! "Self-Portrait While being Tested for MS" is a devastating poem with beautiful language, intimacy, and so much evocative imagery. kenyonreview.org/piece/self-p...
We have two new gorgeous by Éireann Lorsung in our Invisible Cities folio. "Periodic table of the elements" uses citation and arrangement to bring us wisdom and such satisfying imagery. kenyonreview.org/piece/period...
A snippet from the striking poem, "Abacus; Chortkeh" by Flora Elmi Beagley. An intimacy that is both comforting and mystifying foregrounds the lyric. Catch it in the Invisible Cities folio in our latest issue. kenyonreview.org/piece/abacus...
“I met my wife in Dyrrachium while smoking a cigarette under a gas vent engaged in various other niche activities like for a while taking pictures of people with their heads out of windows” —From “Zillow listings in an oil town” by Arman Salem kenyonreview.org/piece/zillow...
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“let it be night already / my advice? to sleep? when you have to sleep but can’t? / count our little comforts / pretend” Read “Spring Forward” by Christopher Matthews in our latest issue: kenyonreview.org/piece/spring...
Welcome Session Two of our Residential Adult Writers Workshop that has been underway for a couple of days now! We're so excited to have you here on Kenyon College's campus. We love seeing your pictures and memories, too, so keep posting and tagging us. Happy writing!
Our latest issue has four memorable new poems by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. The last movement in “Had We But World Enough” arrives with such precision and energy. Read it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/had-we...
That's a wrap on the first session of our Residential Young Writers Workshop! We welcomed 150 high school students across the country to work with incredible faculty and visiting writers. We're so excited for what lies ahead for these talented and curious writers.
Radiation haunts the pastoral in this in this vivid poem by Radha Marcum. Spend some time with “3 a.m.” in our latest issue: kenyonreview.org/piece/3-a-m/
"TruthFinder1982" is startling in its directness and command of language. Read this new poem by Kai Carlson-Wee in our latest at the link below! kenyonreview.org/piece/truthf...
A poem that makes our heart ache for some grass, sun, and fresh air. Read "Ecstatic Past" by Alicia Mountain in our latest issue and then touch some grass this weekend. kenyonreview.org/piece/ecstat...
Effuse with curiosity, "The Bear" by @victoriachang.bsky.social is an excellently paced and finally gutting poem. You can read and listen to it in its entirety in our latest issue at the link below: kenyonreview.org/piece/the-be...
Our latest issue has been out in the world for over a month now! We're so proud of this issue and our contributors. You can read the entire issue on our website. By the way, a digital subscription gives you access to our archive dating back to 1939. kenyonreview.org/journal/wint...
I wrote this poem in @kenyonreview.bsky.social about learning how to read animal tracks like stories in the snow. I found a lynx-hare kill site, and the red stayed with me, reminding me that the birch is hare, the hare is lynx, the cedar is deer, the deer is wolf. kenyonreview.org/piece/kill-s...
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Had a great week at the @kenyonreview.bsky.social writing workshops with Lesley Nneka Arimah's group. Thanks to all the support staff and writers for bringing their whole selves to this experience! #writing, #Kenyonreview
We're so excited to welcome writers from all over for session one of our Residential Writers Workshop! Gambier is all abuzz with your energy. Happy writing, and be sure to tag us in your memories! #krww
Today's Feature: "San Joaquin Train" by C. S. Giscombe from @kenyonreview.bsky.social, Fall 2025 Read here: poems.com/poem/san-joa...
San Joaquin Train
Trivial Amtrak. Knock down the signal. Hate thinking about the dictum.
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All verklempt to have a story in this issue of @kenyonreview.bsky.social alongside so many tremendous writers
Kenyon Review@kenyonreview.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe new issue of The Kenyon Review is here! Follow the link to read: Jessie Cato’s remarkable piece on the nonlinearity of grief, “Through the Mirror,” the winning entry of the 2025 Kenyon Review Nonfiction Contest judged by Lucy Ives. This cover features Launch Pads (2021) by Ivan David Ng.
