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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

Old Wildwood

By William Goyen

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Tradition

By Howard Nemerov

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Nonfiction

Poetry

Norwottock

By David R. Clark

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The Mantis (To a Vegetarian, Pacifist, Mystic)

By David R. Clark

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The Circular Track

By David R. Clark

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Asylum

By David R. Clark

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To S. R.

By Ruth Herschberger

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My Dear He Dress in Scarlet

By Ruth Herschberger

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I Am an Old Town-Square

By Peter Viereck

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Looking up Again and Again while Walking

By Peter Viereck

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Of Asphodel

By William Carlos Williams

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Using the Meditative Means

By Richard Eberhart

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A Communication

The Music of Charles Ives

By Gilbert Chase

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Book Reviews

Religious Meditation and Religious Poetry

By Austin Warren

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Historical Fiction

By Lawrence Leighton

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A Wild Civility

By Howard Nemerov

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Walking Naked

By Robert Phelps

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Proud of His Scientific Attitude

By Edwin Honig

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The Consequence of Fame

By Frederick J. Hoffman

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