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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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Poetry

Dancing, Joyously Dancing

By James Merrill

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The Drowning Poet

By James Merrill

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Cloud Country

By James Merrill

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Entrance from Sleep

By James Merrill

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Tears

By Howard Moss

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September Song

By Howard Moss

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Fiction

The Gloves

By Colette Audry, translated by J. Robert Loy

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The Plan

By Sidney Sulkin

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Roses Are Red

By Walter Elder

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Nonfiction

Book Reviews

The Brilliant and Furtive Adams

By Daniel Aaron

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Philosophy Making a Bridge

By Virgil C. Aldrich

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Weltschmerz Refurbished

By R. W. Flint

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French Uncle

By Paul Goodman

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