January 1, 2009
I Met Loss the Other Day
I met Loss the other day. I took his measurements. My yellow tape looped around my arm, pins held tight between my pursed lips, I circled him. I measured his […]
January 1, 2009
Afterbirth
Like loons we travel underwater great distances, to surface next to each other …No matter where you are or who you’re near, we come up for air together. —Anne Michaels, […]
January 1, 2009
The Bearberry Elegies
Old lobster traps piled in the backyard near the bearberry. Mold had marked the wood blue-green, the color of bay tide at dusk. After a rainstorm I would lay with […]
January 1, 2009
Introduction: Short Fiction Contest
We are proud to present to you the winners of the Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. We created this contest last year for writers under thirty years of age and […]