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

Read

Fall 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 4 • Luminous Gender Vessel |

Aubade Where Things Are Pretty Good Actually 

By Andrew Collard

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
Photo of Andrew Collard

Andrew Collard is the author of Sprawl (Ohio University Press, 2023), winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, AGNI, Best New Poets, and elsewhere. He currently lives with his son in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he teaches writing at Grand Valley State University.

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