May 19, 2026
The Enemy
Near the end of the war, my father had a week’s vacation from his job as head usher at the Paramount Theater, and he drove us from Arlington, Massachusetts, to […]
May 19, 2026
In Penal Colony ×
The Kenyon Review · "In Penal Colony x" by Tae rang Kim At my home in Seoul, in the middle of the night, long after dinnertime, though not because I […]
May 19, 2026
What the Photos Didn’t Reveal
After the fact, after the sheriff’s department wrapped up its investigation and people had begun to move on, the photos on the wife’s phone came into my possession. How this […]
May 19, 2026
Body Scan
The Kenyon Review · “Body Scan” written by Carly Berwick and read by Tina Nacrelli I passed through the body scanner in a Midwestern American airport and emerged to find […]
May 19, 2026
The Golden Apples of Little River, Alabama
The Kenyon Review · “The Golden Apples of Little River, Alabama” by Kate Tooley Sharks are older than the North Star and gingko trees are the last of their kind […]
December 15, 2025
What’s Done Is Done
Old Fort Lancaster, 1867 Will Cathay remembered all the times in Louisville when he’d passed the colored schoolhouse and wondered if he should stop the kindly-looking girl who turned out […]
November 7, 2025
Amagansett
The Kenyon Review · “Amagansett” by Joshua Henkin Stewart and Nessie were on the Jitney to Amagansett, where they would be spending the weekend with Phyllida and Bryce. Nessie was […]
November 6, 2025
Un caso clínico
La histérica Para Guadalupe “Pita” Dueñas y tod@s l@s loc@s Me llaman la histérica como si fuera parte de su juego de lotería, Doctor. No creas que se me pasa […]
November 6, 2025
A Tale in Ruins
The Kenyon Review · “A Tale in Ruins” by Aboutorab Khosravi, translated and read by Nayereh Doosti For Reza Ameri One must demolish everything, every moment, even you, looking out […]
November 6, 2025
The Cinderblock Man
The man appeared as a vision — a cinderblock between his hands and a tail of dead hydrangeas scraping the dirt behind him. He lumbered uphill with dust rising from the ground […]
November 5, 2025
Our Lady Gravity
The Kenyon Review · “Our Lady Gravity” by Anna Zaranko, translated and read by Julia Fiedorczuk They were planting potatoes when the blackthorn flowered. Starting with the big field by […]
November 4, 2025
This Is Your Life
The Kenyon Review · “This Is Your Life” by Lily Felsenthal After Andrew Wyeth’s Helga paintings As she approaches the painter’s house on the day of his wake, it occurs […]