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A white quote shape over a red background. The Cincinnati Review logo is in white on the bottom left, and on the bottom right is a circular picture of Kathryn Cowles, a white woman with light-brown hair to her shoulders and a dark shirt. The text in the white quote shape says: Featured Interview. I think everyone should write poems and make art. Art can't be hurt by people doing it, so there's no risk, and so much benefit.

A white quote shape over a red background. The Cincinnati Review logo is in white on the bottom left, and on the bottom right is a circular picture of Donald Revell, a white man with gray hair parted down the middle and reaching to his ears and a gray mustache. He's wearing a light blue shirt and red tie and standing in front of greenery. The text in the white quote shape says: Featured Interview. For me, a poem begins as a state of mind, a change in the weathers of my thinking

Next week, @kathryncowles.bsky.social and Donald Revell read in University of Cincinnati's Elliston Room. Ahead of that, hear their advice for newer writers, craft suggestions, and more. Link in thread.

Polypsest - The Cincinnati Review Assistant Editor Blessing Christopher: This week's miCRo offers a convergence of form and content. Anastasia Nikolis's figure poem, sculpted into the

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A close-up photo of Anastasia Nikolis. She is wearing a black blouse with her long hair framing her face, and her head is resting on her closed fist.

"We call this pipe cleaning in my household, any time we ingest whole-grain-this or dark-leafy-green-that, to inject some levity into this public health crisis . . ."

In this week's miCRo, Anastasia Nikolis investigates a public health crisis.

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Cover of Amit Majmudar's "Things My Grandmother Said." Imagery of a Hindu god.

Cover of Chrissy Martin's "Whole Holy Hot." Vintage black-and-white photo of hands on a chest releasing gems alongside purple lavender in a B&W bottle.

Cover of Sara Elkamel's "Garden City." Painting of blue-headed figures in white robes on a blue ground.

Cover of Matthew Buckley Smith's "The Soft Black Stars." Image of a red-and-white swirl.

Congratulations to all of our contributors who have new books out this week! Celebrating work by @amitmajmudar.bsky.social , Chrissy Martin, Sara Elkamel, and Matthew Buckley Smith.

from The Cave - The Cincinnati Review “The old will die, and the young will forget.” CHARACTERS: BONNIE: Mom. American woman. JAMIL: Dad. Middle Eastern man. DEMA: Daughter. Half. Thirteen

“(We see a house filled with moving boxes and one naked light bulb on the ceiling. We hear the last moments of rain. A small shadow moves...”

Read an excerpt from Sadieh Rifai's play THE CAVE in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social! #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
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2026 Guggenheim fellow graphic from the Guggenheim Foundation.

Kristen Iversen, a white woman with wavy shoulder-length blond hair, sits at the end of a leather couch with her arms crossed over the arm.

We couldn't be prouder of our own literary non-fiction editor @kristeniver.bsky.social -- a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow! @guggfellows.bsky.social

Closing soon! Send us your cnf manuscripts! 📚🖊️

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A graphic for the Emerging Writer series featuring Siobhan Jean-Charles, a poet and contributor to the upcoming spring issue.

Our latest in our Emerging Writers interview series features Siobhan Jean-Charles, whose poems "Ode to Freeze Spell" and "Springfield Ghazal" appear in our upcoming spring issue.

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Flame - The Cincinnati Review Associate Editor Kate Jayroe: Marei's stunningly vivid poem captures the raw enormity of grief through a proliferation of ephemeral images, each

“Ballooning into a sky that now forgets
To be anything but gray. All the red that wants to be
the dark. Give me another
Screen. Give me another lens…”

—“Flame” by Anaya Marei in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
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"Martha / organizes last death. / Better left untranslated."

This week in miCRo, Aaliyah Anderson explores strange communions with the dead in a poem after Martha the last passenger pigeon.

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Cloudwatcher by Michael Bazzett (paperback), The Stern Prize Winner, 2025 PRE-ORDER -- OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL 7, 2026 Winner of the inaugural 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review, Michael Bazzett's astonishing Cloudwatcher is laced with wit and buoyed…

Congratulations to contributor @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social on today's release of "Cloudwatcher" from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social !

Where is Home & Who Can I Count On? An Interview with Maya Jewell Zeller - The Cincinnati Review In her debut memoir-in-essays, Raised by Ferns, award-winning author Maya Jewell Zeller weaves rich stories of her nontraditional upbringing, the roots of

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"I followed memoir the way that a poet would do it, which is to offer another lensing or another redefinition of what the genre is doing."

Today on the site, Erica Reid interviews contributor Maya Jewell Zeller about her new memoir, "Raised by Ferns." Link in thread.

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"We apprenticed together / until morning touched our slouched / shoulders. Continued even when ants / punctuated the table in summer."

In this week's miCRo, Hana Widerman offers a searing, colorful meditation on the past. Link in thread.

CR book release graphic with the cover of Gaylord Brewer's "Goodbye, Baby."

CR book release graphic with the cover of Tracy Zeman's "Interglacial."

CR book release graphic with the cover of Catherine Pierce's "Dear Beast."

CR book release graphic with the cover of Rose McLarney's "Rubble Masonry."

Celebrating a host of new publications from our contributors Gaylord Brewer, Tracy Zeman, @catherinepierce.bsky.social, and Rose McLarney.

A Reading List for Women’s History Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses For Women’s History Month, observed annually during the month of March, we asked our members—independent presses, literary journals, and others—to share with us some of the books and magazines they…

As we near the end of Women's History Month, why not check out the work of our contributors A.A. Balaskovits, Bella Gibb and Shikhandin in the @clmporg.bsky.social Women's History Month reading list?

Ma’s Soul - The Cincinnati Review Associate Editor Andy Sia: Shikhandin's haunting story pays mind to possession: what we own, what we do not own, and what we feel owed to. Clothing—a

Shikhandin’s story “Ma’s Soul” begins, “One of these days, my soul is going to walk out on me. I’m sure of it. That damn soul is going to go someplace else.”

Read the story from our #WomensHistoryMonth list in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social: www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/mas-s...

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A graphic with a quote from Joyelle McSweeney: "This is why I truly love to perform these poems: (...) to take to wild, startled flight, and to arrive out of breath at some unlikely, glamorous precinct. Afterworld or nightclub: each of those low arrivals gets me high. Sublime!"

"Afterworld or nightclub: each of those low arrivals gets me high. Sublime!"

On the site today, Joyelle McSweeney discusses ecstatic dismay and survival, style, writing influences, and more.

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Crescent moon and stars. Post reads, "submissions are closed."

To all the writers: thank you for your overwhelming response to our call for submissions. We've reached our cap! Stay tuned for further calls and our Robert and Adele Schiff Prize!

Congratulations to miCRo contributor B. Do for the inclusion of "Revision" in BOTN!

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Selfie of Kelle Groom in the woods. She is wearing a jacket with the collar sitting under her curly hair, and there's a carpet of snow on the ground.

In today's miCRo, Kelle Groom highlights the emotional journeys associated with grief.

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Danielle Dutton, a white woman in a black dress and red shoes, sits on a garden deck next to a goose statue.

"I’m drawn to art that is formally or stylistically responsive to changes in history and culture . . . But I’m more interested in asking the question—what do we need now?—than in answering it." Today on the site, Mialise Carney interviews Danielle Dutton. Link in thread.

The Cincinnati Review Submission Manager General guidelines (see open calls for specific guidelines)When: We generally accept submissions for the print journal during three time periods: September, December, and May. Those reading periods…

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