September 6, 2014
Why We Chose It
“All of Me” by Melissa Febos (Click here to read an excerpt of the essay.) “Tattoos,” writes Melissa Febos in her sharp, soulful essay on art, self-destruction, and salvation, “express […]
August 1, 2014
Why We Chose It
“On Being a Mother,” by Mara Naselli Essays that reveal their true nature as they progress have to strike a balance between misdirection and staying the course. The art lies […]
July 7, 2014
Why We Chose It
On “Forty Days in the Desert,” by R.T. Jamison (Click here to read an excerpt of the story.) “Why we chose it” is, perhaps, a disingenuous title for this essay […]
July 7, 2014
Kenyon Review Young Writers: An exercise in identity and growth
Not too long after successfully surviving your teens, those years can seem a lifetime away. Many who have crossed the threshold find it difficult to recall their teens, especially with […]
May 5, 2014
Why We Chose It
On the 2014 cover art for The Kenyon Review, by Ellen Priest What does 75 look like? This seemed an essential question as we searched for cover art to celebrate our […]
April 6, 2014
Why We Chose It
On “Beauty in the Age of Chaos and Savagery” by Michael Nye I think some writers suspect editors of taking a ghoulish pleasure in saying “no” to a submission, the […]
March 10, 2014
Why We Chose Them
How do we select two KR Fellows from the huge pool of terrific writers who sent us their work? Let’s face it, it’s an impossible task. A painful task, even, […]
February 9, 2014
Why We Chose It
In her engaging review, Maya Popa gives a detailed picture of the premise and plot of Traci Brimhall’s recent book of poems, Our Lady of the Ruins: it is the […]
February 9, 2014
Michaela Jenkins Wins Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
Michaela Jenkins, a junior at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, South Carolina, took first place in this year’s Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for […]
January 13, 2014
Why We Chose It
Listen to Jaquira Díaz read “Ghosts”. On “Ghosts” by Jaquira Díaz Love in a time of war—one of literature’s most ancient, most lasting, […]
November 1, 2013
Why We Chose It
Chris Drangle’s “Kink” Risk is important to me as a writer, reader, and editor. I love stories that take a premise or style that seems unlikely to succeed, whose first […]
October 7, 2013
Why We Chose It
“Sex Education” by Christa Romanosky I’ve heard that, for writers of fiction, crafting a successful short story in the second person is something of a rite of passage. It seems […]