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The Kenyon Review

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

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Fiction

Openings

By Gerald Shapiro

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Places on the Water

By Ted Pejovich

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Advanced Beginners

By Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

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Nonfiction

Poetry

Generation

By David Baker

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Volunteers

By David Baker

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Full Cry

By Michael Pettit

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Pavlov’s Dog

By Michael Pettit

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Oxford, 1975

By Ron Smith

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Morning: Two Dogs on a Winter Field

By Ron Smith

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Perennial Garden

By Marianne Boruch

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The Flood Plain

By Marianne Boruch

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Pastoral with Horses

By Lisa Lewis

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Measure of Control

By Lisa Lewis

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Election Day’s Eve

By Lisa Lewis

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Vienna in the Rain

By Jay Meek

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Reflections

By Aaron Kramer

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Passengers

By Aaron Kramer

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Blizzard

By Aaron Kramer

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Nsangweni Cave Paintings

By Michael Mott

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Y’iebo

By Michael Mott

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Excerpts from: Mayhem and Romance in a Cropduster Fuselage

By Laurence Lieberman

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Book Reviews