May 4, 2015
Why I Chose It: Nature’s Nature
On the May/June 2015 Special Poetry Feature: Nature’s Nature I’m writing here not about my editorial choice of a single poem but rather a gathering of poems, in fact in […]
April 1, 2015
Why We Chose It
Rolf Yngve’s “A Prerogative” I try not to make sweeping pronouncements about what does and doesn’t work in short stories, because I’ll always turn out to be wrong. But I’ve […]
April 1, 2015
Join KR at AWP 2015!
Visit us April 8-11 at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center & Hilton Minneapolis Hotel. On Saturday, April 11th, the book fair, with […]
February 27, 2015
Why We Chose It
Vanessa Blakeslee on Pamela Erens’s The Understory When I’ve answered the “Why We Chose It” imperative about reviews on KROnline in the past I’ve focused on the books we’ve chosen […]
February 3, 2015
Why We Chose It
“Dead Dresses” by Rachel Cantor Rachel Cantor’s story “Dead Dresses,” which appears in the Jan/Feb 2015 print issue, begins like this: “It being an odd day, they meet on Emmilloni’s […]
January 31, 2015
Caitlin Chan Wins Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
Caitlin Chan, a sophomore at Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, New Jersey, took first place in this year’s Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, presented by the Kenyon Review. […]
January 11, 2015
Take A New Look at KR!
This month, we are delighted to present the first issue of a new volume year and with it the boldest revisions of design and frequency in the 75-year trajectory of […]
January 11, 2015
Why We Chose It
“Monocot” by Noy Holland Sometimes a magazine digs for its fortune; sometimes you have to get yourself out under that window and serenade. I wrote to Noy Holland a winter […]
November 4, 2014
Why We Chose It
“The Siege at Whale Cay” by Megan Mayhew Bergman I am often asked whether we ever work with an author to revise a submission that isn’t quite ready, in its […]
November 4, 2014
Knox Reads Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder
Readers joined the celebration of The Kenyon Review’s 75th anniversary as the annual Kenyon Review Literary Festival took place in Gambier from October 23rd to the 25th. It might have […]
November 4, 2014
Plus Ça Change!
A letter to our subscribers: Dear Reader, Something new is on the way. With a fresh look and feel—and more frequent arrival—the soon-to-be-seen redesign of the magazine is the most […]
October 6, 2014
Why We Chose It
Two poems by besmilr brigham I’ve written for KRO before on the subject of neglectorinos and outsiders (see my 2013 review of Marosa di Giorgio, Alfred Starr Hamilton, and Joseph […]