October 31, 2016
Why We Chose It
“When in Bangkok,” by Erika Krouse, appears in the Nov/Dec 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review Erika Krouse’s harrowing story “When in Bangkok” contains an honest-to-God villain, a chilling adversary […]
October 31, 2016
2017 Summer Writing Workshops!
Whether you’ve been writing for years, recently graduated from an MFA program, or have just now decided to take the leap out of your private notebooks and into a classroom, […]
October 3, 2016
Why We Chose It
“The Great Unknown,” by Ravi Mangla, appears in the Fall 2016 Poetics of Science issue of KROnline A third of the way through his elegant and compact essay “The Great […]
September 5, 2016
Why We Chose It
“On Not Eating the Marshmallow,” by Helen Betya Rubinstein, appears in the Sept/Oct 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review. Ah, temptation. The temptations of the flesh and of the will, […]
September 5, 2016
Save the Dates: 2017 Summer Writing Workshops
The Kenyon Review Writers Workshop is a marvelous opportunity for serious writing, mentoring, and for developing a community with other writers. Intensive morning workshops are held for three hours daily […]
August 1, 2016
Pictures in the Sky: Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop 2016
It’s Sunday morning in Gambier and the Resident Advisors are sipping coffee, standing in front of a blank, concrete wall, a bucket of sidewalk chalk at our feet. Brady writes welcome! in blue, block […]
August 1, 2016
Why We Chose It
“Auctioneering Selfhood,” Simon Chandler’s review of The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli, appears in the Summer 2016 edition of KROnline. In my first year as a Book Review […]
July 11, 2016
KR Writers Workshop: Eight Reasons I Keep Coming Back to Kenyon
2016 was my third time at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. We’ve all ruined things by trying to repeat them, so I keep trying to take a summer off—but the […]
July 11, 2016
Why We Chose It
“Walt Whitman and the Bohemians” by David S. Reynolds appears in the July/Aug 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review. Let me begin simply by saying that David S. Reynolds is […]
May 2, 2016
Why We Chose (to Do) It (Again): Nature’s Nature
Nature’s Nature, a special section featuring thirty-one poems and an essay pondering the natural world, appears in the May/June 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review. “Nature’s Nature” is not, of […]
April 4, 2016
Why We Chose It
Kevin Young’s poem “Homage to Phillis Wheatley” appears in the Mar/Apr 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review. One aphorism that has always struck me as particularly unfortunate is history is […]
February 29, 2016
Why We Chose It
Corinna Vallianatos’s story “Visitation” appears in the Mar/Apr 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review. Read an excerpt here. Quite often, here at the Kenyon Review, we turn away gracefully written […]