October 7, 2019
A Micro-Conversation with Nikki Wallschlaeger
“I love going to thrift shops, flea markets, garage sales, the nature of these spaces resists hegemony even if many of the objects sold in them reinforce American officialdoms I […]
October 2, 2019
All New KROnline for October 2, 2019
October 2, 2019
Three Poems
Against Yellow
When I see the child’s sky, scrim of blue
crayon, the sun’s untidy scrawl, the last thing
I think of is heat & light. Instead, teeth
antiqued by cigarette smoke. Instead, the wash
of bile across the tongue. The honey scent
of ketosis piss, starved body’s brightest rebellion.
October 2, 2019
A Meditation on Grief: Things We Carry, Things We Remember
I remember this place where burdens wash away in the dark and mothers’ dresses float like blossoms, a boy drowns—his head turned toward home—body facing the farmer’s house, where the […]
October 2, 2019
Writing the Lives of “Common People”: Reflections on the Idea of Obscurity
“Everyday” lives, “lives of the obscure,” the lives of “common people”—all these phrases are tricky and make me slightly uneasy because they always conjure up the opposite categories, which come […]
October 1, 2019
October Newsletter
A Legacy of Transformation: David Lynn and the Kenyon Review, Why We Chose It by Editor at Large, Maggie Smith, and much more!
September 23, 2019
A Micro-Conversation with Naoko Fujimoto
“With my native cultural humor, I can laugh at situations almost twice or three times as much at situations compared to my peers.”