Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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June 11, 2023

Nocturne

By Rachel Abramowitz

The Kenyon Review · Nocturne I have stayed as long as I could, as your little thief, as your garbage king, your bread slasher, that old evil. I have gathered […]

June 11, 2023

Naming the Supernatural

By Maggie Queeney

The Kenyon Review · Naming the Supernatural I prefer to communicate my truths through a table. O Medium, name me in candlelight, wood grain. I approach our distant childhood, eaten […]

June 2, 2023

Ode to Bones

By Lynne Thompson

The Kenyon Review · Ode to Bones My brothers gave child-me the nickname Bones presumably because, when they looked at me, they thought she is nothing but skin and _____. […]