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May 6, 2019

Why We Chose It

By David Lynn

“Blue Hills,” by Ali Hosseini appears in the May/June 2019 issue of the Kenyon Review. The opening of Ali Hosseini’s story “Blue Hills” is marvelously economical. Roy Montgomery, the story’s […]

April 8, 2019

Why We Chose It

By Katherine M. Hedeen

“Four Poems from Frayer,” by Marie-Andrée Gill and translated from French by Kristen Renee Miller, appears in the Mar/Apr 2019 issue of the Kenyon Review. Why did we choose it? […]

March 4, 2019

Why We Chose It

By Misha Rai

“Snow Line,” by Elizabeth Brinsfield, appears in the Mar/Apr 2019 issue of the Kenyon Review. Elizabeth Brinsfield’s “Snow Line” is a quiet storm of a story. Exquisitely written, it opens […]

March 4, 2019

Join KR at AWP 2019!

By Admin

Visit us March 28-30, at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. KR will be at booth #8072. Please stop by to […]

March 4, 2019

Associate Spotlight: Mollie Greenberg ’19

By Tyler Raso

Mollie Greenberg ’19 is a drama and modern languages and literatures double major from Yellow Springs, Ohio. She’s a student employee, an actress, and a longtime KR Associate. She’s held […]

February 4, 2019

The Rigorous Fluidity of Keith S. Wilson

By Daniel Laskin

Maybe the best way to talk about Keith S. Wilson’s multi-faceted inventiveness would be to create an alternative-reality game in which a poet-hero propels himself through galaxies that he spins […]

February 4, 2019

Why We Chose It

By Katharine Weber

“You Are Here,” by Lia Greenwell, appears in the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of KROnline. “Once, I didn’t know what it was like to feel safe. That is, I had generally […]

February 4, 2019

Associate Spotlight: Taylor Hazan ’19

By Tyler Raso

Taylor Hazan ’19 is an English and anthropology double major from Charlotte, North Carolina. An athlete and a long-time student employee of the Kenyon College Library, Taylor has a lot […]

February 4, 2019

Jay Martin Wins Young Poet’s Prize

By Admin

Congratulations to Jay Martin, a junior at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, in Greenville, South Carolina, who took first place in KR’s Patricia Grodd Poetry […]

January 7, 2019

Why We Chose It

By Geeta Kothari

“Governing Bodies,” by Sangamithra Iyer, appears in the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of the Kenyon Review. The stories of the formerly colonized are the stories of lives disrupted and fragmented, invisible […]