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

Read

Sept/Oct 2015 • Vol. XXXVII No. 5 • Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize |

Story for the Salt

By Emily Zhang

Runner-up
2015 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers

Stooped over the sink like the arm
of a salt-marsh tree, suds meditating

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
Kenyon Review logo
Emily Zhang is a student at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland. Her writing appears in Word Riot and is forthcoming in Columbia Review.

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