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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

Essays

Interview

Isn’t Reality Magic? An Interview with Rita Dove

By William Walsh and Rita Dove

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Poetry

Laughter

By Jay Rogoff

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On the Plight of Us in the Caravaggio

By Herbert Morris

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Recoveries

By Rachel Hadas

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Elegy

By Jeffrey Betcher

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Blood Test

By Richard Tayson

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Fever

By Richard Tayson

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Glads

By Carl Phillips

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Dream for Pilate

By Carl Phillips

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Cotillion

By Carl Phillips

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Our Lady

By Carl Phillips

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Outtakes

By Clayton Eshleman

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Quotidian Spectres

By Clayton Eshleman

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The Hour of Blue

By Carolyn Beard Whitlow

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Watching the Sea

By Lisa Bernstein

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Insulin Shock

By Lisa Bernstein

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The Old Contract

By Lisa Bernstein

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Cancer

By Mariève Rugo

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Entropy

By Mariève Rugo

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Borrowed Gods

By Judith Kroll

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Our Breast

By Judith Kroll

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Monsoon in the West

By Indran Amirthanayagam

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Drop Out

By Indran Amirthanayagam

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Birdlime

By Ruth Padel

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Britain’s First Banana

By Ruth Padel

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Movement in Copper

By Ruth Padel

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In Conclusion

By Arthur Gregor

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Geraniums

By Arthur Gregor

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Father and Son at Saint Benoit

By Arthur Gregor

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Standing Torso

By May Swenson

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