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

Read

Spring 2010 • Vol. XXXII No. 2 • Poetry |

Family Math

By Alan Michael Parker

Already have an account? Log in

Join KR for even more to read.

Sign up for a free account and read any five pieces a month.
Sign Up and Read for Free



Or become a subscriber today and get complete, immediate access to our digital archives at every subscription level.
Explore Subscriptions
Alan Michael Parker's most recent book is The Ladder, his eighth collection of poems; a coedited volume, The Manifesto Project, appeared in January 2017, and his fourth novel, Christmas In July, will be published in 2018. Douglas C. Houchens Professor of English at Davidson College, he also teaches in the University of Tampa low-residency MFA program. His honors include three Pushcart Prizes, two inclusions in Best American Poetry, the Fineline Prize, the Medwick Award, and the North Carolina Book Award.

Read More

Upcoming
Workshops

Subscribe

Your free registration with The Kenyon Review includes access to exclusive content, early access to program registration, and more.

Subscription Options

Donate

With your support, we’ll continue 
to cultivate talent and publish extraordinary literature from diverse voices around the world.

Donate to KR
Back to top