October 1, 2019
A Legacy of Transformation: David Lynn and the Kenyon Review
David Lynn is fond of saying that we live in a golden age of letters, with more diverse voices and more superb literature, finding audiences through more outlets, than ever […]
October 1, 2019
In Praise of David Lynn
We asked a number of writers, editors, colleagues, and Kenyon Review trustees to reflect on David Lynn’s accomplishments and personal qualities, and offer some memories, as Lynn prepares to retire. […]
April 11, 2019
“This thing I use to stay alive” – An Interview with Poet Husnaa Hashim
Husnaa Hashim is the author of Honey Sequence published by The Head & The Hand, a nonprofit, independent publishing company and writers’ workshop based in Philadelphia. She was the 2017-2018 Youth […]
October 12, 2017
Book Tourist
You don’t have to travel to exotic locations to be a proper book tourist. Take my recent visit to a used bookstore in Sherman, New York, or the rack of […]
April 10, 2017
Writing Nature, Writing Science
Join us at Kenyon College on April 12-14 for a fascinating symposium on science and nature writing. Our guests will include Andrea Wulf, winner of the James Wright Award for […]
March 10, 2017
Uniting for Writing
At its Feb. 7 meeting in New York, the Kenyon Review Board of Trustees approved a proposal from Kenyon College to incorporate management of the Kenyon Institute and its programs […]
March 1, 2017
“They Leave Everything”: A Meditation on Robert Lowell’s 100th Birthday
This year marks the centennial of Robert Lowell’s birth, and not for that reason alone the time seems right to look again at one of his poems. While much of […]
November 15, 2016
A Statement of Principles: On Inclusivity in Literature
To the Community at Large: Both as an individual and as editor of a literary magazine, I have been rocked by the explosion of violence and intolerance in the world […]
October 31, 2016
Shayla Love: “On Writing Science”
Read the previous post by Jesse De Angelis When I was little, I would hold books from my father’s bookshelf in my lap, and pretend I knew how to read. […]
October 28, 2016
Jesse De Angelis: “Science and Poetics”
Read the previous post by Alice Major Read the next post by Shayla Love I think that while science writing and literary writing have many things in common and can […]
October 26, 2016
Alice Major: “Science and Poetics”
Read the previous post by Hilda Johnston Read the next post by Jesse De Angelis Notes or not? When you’re a poet who writes about science, you’re in a constant […]
October 25, 2016
Hilda Johnston: “A Bard for the Gene: On The Gene: An Intimate History“
Read the previous post by Sara Talpos Read the next post by Alice Major On The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. New York, NY: Scribner, 2016. 608 pages. […]