Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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March 2, 2011

Robert Yune

Robert Yune was born in South Korea. He teaches at Chatham University’s MFA program (Pittsburgh campus and low-residency). His fiction has appeared in GreenMountains Review. In 2009 he received a […]

March 1, 2011

Theodore Wheeler

Theodore Wheeler’s fiction has appeared in Best New American Voices, Boulevard, and Flatmancrooked, among other journals. He recently served a residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts […]

February 1, 2011

Roger Rosenblatt

KR editor David Lynn and author Roger Rosenblatt in a delightful conversation about writing, teaching, writing programs, precision, and restraint.

November 25, 2010

W.S. Merwin

A Conversation with W.S. Merwin KR editor David Lynn and KR poetry editor David Baker spoke to Poet Laureate and recipient of the 2010 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Excellence, […]

October 29, 2009

Alice Notley

Evident Being: A Conversation with Alice Notley by KR poetry editor David Baker Transcript Alice Notley has been one of the most prolific and adventurous of American poets for the […]

September 29, 2009

Ouyang Jianghe and Austin Woerner

Interview with Ouyang Jianghe and Austin Woerner In September of 2009, I had the pleasure of meeting the Chinese poet Ouyang Jianghe (or O.J. as he’s often called by friends) […]

June 25, 2009

Fady Joudah

A Conversation With Fady Joudah by KR poetry editor David Baker Transcript Fady Joudah was born on New Year’s Day in 1971 in Austin, Texas, to Palestinian refugee parents. He […]

April 30, 2009

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

An Interview with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Grant, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of two novels, Purple Hibiscus (2003) and Half of a Yellow Sun […]