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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

Nonfiction

Poetry

Caracara

By Brewster Ghiselin

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At Bedtime

By William Dickey

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Last Hour of the Sentry Reptiles

By Sam Bradley

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Master’s in the Garden Again

By John Crowe Ransom

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Pictures in a Hotel Room

By F. D. Reeve

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Carmen Saeculare

By John Taylor

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Book Reviews

The Revolution in Translation

By J. P. Sullivan

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Haphazard Collection

By Richard C. Kostelanetz

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Man in Charge

By Andrew Wright

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Involved Humanity

By Thomas MacIntyre

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Shorter Reviews: Writers on the Left

By Zoïlus

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Department KR: A Section of Briefer Comment

A Month in Summer

By Carolyn Kizer

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Happy Ending, Nice and Tidy

By George Salomon

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