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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

A Death in Souvála

By Paul Smyth

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The Convict

By James Lee Burke

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Nonfiction

A Poem

Against the Meanwhile

By Mark Irwin

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1985 Ohio Shakespeare Conference

A Gathering of Poems

First Kingdom

By Michael Miller

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Recalling a Conversation with My Daughter

By Richard Behm

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The Horses of Morning

By Richard Behm

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A Yard near Elizabethton, Tennessee

By Marita Garin

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A Wingbeat of Hope

By Robert S. King

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If God Permits

By Robert S. King

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Editorial

Of Narrative Ways and Means

By Galbraith M. Crump

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Book Reviews