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Protected: Why We Chose It: “My Terminator” by Elaine Bleakney
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Winter 2025
Why We Chose It: Excerpt From “I Would Know You Anywhere” by Elisabeth Plumlee-Watson
Excerpt From I Would Know You Anywhere appears in the Winter 2025 issue of The Kenyon Review. I’m no gardener. Even living in the UK, where they’ve raised gardening to […]
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Winter 2025
Why We Chose It: “I Do Not Know Lucy Ives”
I Do Not Know Lucy Ives appears in the Winter 2025 issue of The Kenyon Review. Sam Bodrojan’s review of Lucy Ives’s essay collection An Image of My Name Enters […]
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Summer 2024
Why We Chose It: “Grief Lessons” by Sabrina Helen Li
“Grief Lessons” by Sabrina Helen Li appears in the Summer 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. Most people shy away from the topic of death—I have noticed that when I […]
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Spring 2024
Why We Chose It: “月” by Chengru He
Chengru He’s “月” appears in the Spring 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. The contemplative, spacious, and deliberative trajectory of Chengru He’s poem “月” captures the reader’s attention from the very […]
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Spring 2024
Why We Chose It: “Investigation” Series by Kimberly Grey
Kimberly Grey’s “Investigation 46,” “Investigation 17,” “Investigation 15,” “Investigation 12,” “Investigation 9,” and “Investigation 3” appear in the Spring 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. It’s a touching moment in […]
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Spring 2024
Why We Chose It: “The Picture Pines” by Christine Imperial
An excerpt from “The Picture Pines” by Christine Imperial appears in the Spring 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. Colonialism is not possible without image, without the vision to remake […]
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Winter 2024
Why We Chose It: “Where Are the Littles?” by Kathlene Postma
“Where Are the Littles?” by Kathlene Postma appears in the Winter 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. What do we imagine when we imagine the end of the world? What […]
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Winter 2024
Why We Chose It: “Prolonged Exposure” by Lacey Jones
“Prolonged Exposure” by Lacey Jones appears in the Winter 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review. Lacey Jones’s “Prolonged Exposure”begins with a descent into hell. Samantha commutes downhill for twenty minutes, […]
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Fall 2023
Why We Chose It: “Thunderhead” by Gregory Spatz
“Thunderhead” by Gregory Spatz appears in the Fall 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Set on a dairy farm in the height of summer, “Thunderhead” by Gregory Spatz begins ominously, […]
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Fall 2023
Why We Chose It: “Our House”
“Our House” by Elvis Bego appears in the Fall 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Some stories feel inevitable. Others shatter the way you see the world. It’s a rare […]
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Summer 2023
Why We Chose It: “All’s Well”
“All’s Well” by Margaret LaFleur appears in the Summer 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Short stories are not, on the whole, a particularly cheerful genre. I have participated in […]
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Summer 2023
Why We Chose It: “Shelter, in Place”
“Shelter, in Place” by Sydney Tammarine appears in the Summer 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Why did we choose Sydney Tammarine’s essay “Shelter, in Place”? Because when all else […]
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Spring 2023
Why We Chose It: “Two House Cats, Bearing News”
“Two House Cats, Bearing News” by Michael Tod Powers appears in the Spring 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Moving between the voices of three family members, “Two House Cats […]
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Sept/Oct 2022
Why We Chose It: “Make and Model” by Sophia Emmons-Bell
“Make and Model,” by Sophia Emmons-Bell, appears in the Sept/Oct 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. “This station always surprises me,” Nora tells us. “I love the escalator up from […]
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July/Aug 2022
Why We Chose It: “Understory” by Genta Nishku
“Understory” by Genta Nishku appears in the July/Aug 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. What do you do when the ground suddenly shifts beneath your feet? Another way to put […]
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July/Aug 2022
Why We Chose It: “Angry Mamas” by Genevieve Guenther
It is a universally respected truth that a mama bear may rip you apart if you step between her and her cubs. This folio takes the climate crisis as its […]
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May/June 2022
Why We Chose It: “Burned Location” by Calvin Gimpelevich
The other night, I dreamed about sex with my friend. The opening sentence of Calvin Gimpelevich’s haunting story “Burned Location” is, like everything else in the story, both a confession […]
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Mar/Apr 2022
Why We Chose It: “Human Resources” by Ryann Stevenson
“Human Resources,” by Ryann Stevenson, appears in the Mar/Apr 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. In her poems, Ryann Stevenson has expanded the lyric to include the world of tech […]
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Mar/Apr 2022
Why We Chose It: “Bebo” by Jared Jackson
“Bebo,” by Jared Jackson, appears in the Mar/Apr 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. There’s a character in Jared Jackson’s story “Bebo” that I can’t get out of my mind. […]
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Jan/Feb 2022
Why We Chose It: “A Naked Horse” by Drew Johnson
“A Naked Horse,” by Drew Johnson, appears in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of the Kenyon Review. Here’s a description of a student in a high school literature class from the […]
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