Absence and precision shape the lines while music carries the heart of the piece in "Kill Site: A Fugue" by Ellen Rogers. Read (and listen!) to it in our latest issue at the link below. kenyonreview.org/piece/kill-s...

A remarkable piece with excellent pacing—read and listen to "St. Monica and Her Son St. Augustine Enjoy a Meal at the Tombs of the Dead" by Luke Dunne in the Invisible Cities folio! kenyonreview.org/piece/st-mon...

This excerpt is from a new poem by Jill Jones in our latest issue. "Pressure" arrives at an ending so surprising and satisfying. Read it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/pressu...

What a poem! “When I voice-to-text...” by Julia Kolchinsky is full of surprise and ingenuity. The language gallops out the gate and does not stop. Find it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/when-i...

You can read "Two Thousand Miles Away" by Prince Bush in our latest issue. We highly recommend giving it a listen on our website, too! kenyonreview.org/piece/two-th...

"What can I say? I have known no greater comfort than the hum of an MRI machine." Two new poems by Meghan Plunkett in our latest issue! "Self-Portrait While being Tested for MS" is a devastating poem with beautiful language, intimacy, and so much evocative imagery. kenyonreview.org/piece/self-p...

We have two new gorgeous by Éireann Lorsung in our Invisible Cities folio. "Periodic table of the elements" uses citation and arrangement to bring us wisdom and such satisfying imagery. kenyonreview.org/piece/period...

A snippet from the striking poem, "Abacus; Chortkeh" by Flora Elmi Beagley. An intimacy that is both comforting and mystifying foregrounds the lyric. Catch it in the Invisible Cities folio in our latest issue. kenyonreview.org/piece/abacus...

“let it be night already / my advice? to sleep? when you have to sleep but can’t? / count our little comforts / pretend” Read “Spring Forward” by Christopher Matthews in our latest issue: kenyonreview.org/piece/spring...

Welcome Session Two of our Residential Adult Writers Workshop that has been underway for a couple of days now! We're so excited to have you here on Kenyon College's campus. We love seeing your pictures and memories, too, so keep posting and tagging us. Happy writing!

Our latest issue has four memorable new poems by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. The last movement in “Had We But World Enough” arrives with such precision and energy. Read it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/had-we...

Radiation haunts the pastoral in this in this vivid poem by Radha Marcum. Spend some time with “3 a.m.” in our latest issue: kenyonreview.org/piece/3-a-m/

"TruthFinder1982" is startling in its directness and command of language. Read this new poem by Kai Carlson-Wee in our latest at the link below! kenyonreview.org/piece/truthf...

A poem that makes our heart ache for some grass, sun, and fresh air. Read "Ecstatic Past" by Alicia Mountain in our latest issue and then touch some grass this weekend. kenyonreview.org/piece/ecstat...

Effuse with curiosity, "The Bear" by @victoriachang.bsky.social is an excellently paced and finally gutting poem. You can read and listen to it in its entirety in our latest issue at the link below: kenyonreview.org/piece/the-be...

Our latest issue has been out in the world for over a month now! We're so proud of this issue and our contributors. You can read the entire issue on our website. By the way, a digital subscription gives you access to our archive dating back to 1939. kenyonreview.org/journal/wint...

We're so excited to welcome writers from all over for session one of our Residential Writers Workshop! Gambier is all abuzz with your energy. Happy writing, and be sure to tag us in your memories! #krww

The new issue of The Kenyon Review is here! Follow the link to read: Jessie Cato’s remarkable piece on the nonlinearity of grief, “Through the Mirror,” the winning entry of the 2025 Kenyon Review Nonfiction Contest judged by Lucy Ives. This cover features Launch Pads (2021) by Ivan David Ng.

"These days my patience is skeletal and my rage lurid. You know Freud was wrong about the Gorgon." A deft & evocative piece, "Un caso clínico" by Daisy Elizeth Magallanes is from our latest: kenyonreview.org/piece/un-cas...

"Xinyue Huang’s poems demonstrate the talents of a writer whose subjects, diction, and formal range cohere into an evolved, dynamic body of work." —Diane Seuss, 2025 KR Poetry Contest Judge. Read Huang's winning poems in our latest: kenyonreview.org/piece/my-cow...

"This is writer who would not devastate us so if she did not have remarkable formal chops." —Cate Marvin, 2025 Patricia Grodd Judge. Read this year's winning poem in our latest issue here: kenyonreview.org/piece/tiger-...

"I love the narrative lurch [...] as it swings back and forth between its lines, leaning into the ways of the woman whose lessons are neglect. It’s smart and sad and so freaking wise. This is a writer who is endowed with an enviable capacity for intuition." —Cate Marvin, 2025 Patricia Grodd Judge

Cate Marvin, 2025 Patricia Grodd Judge, on “Prayers to the Buddha in My Costco Jar of Vaseline” by Ryan Li: It’s the moment of refusal that so delights me: the speaker’s defiance, their renouncing of God, that allows me as reader to walk right up a red velvet corridor into their heart.

Whether your application to KR's Summer Online Workshops has been stuck in draft mode or you're starting one today, complete and send it in by the deadline tomorrow Friday, April 17th, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST. kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

We're excited to welcome Richie Hofmann and Jon Pineda on campus tomorrow for a special reading! If you're in the area, we hope to see you there. Richie's latest collection of poems The Bronze Arms came out earlier this year: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797430...

We're very excited to have the inimitable ZZ Packer here at Kenyon College TODAY for a reading happening shortly. ZZ recently had a story appear in our Fall 2025 issue—“What's Done Is Done,” and you can read it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/whats-...

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to apply for our Summer Online Workshop. In this workshop, you'll work with three different faculty in one genre for an entire week in June. Today, we're shouting out three of our amazing Poetry Faculty: Lisa Low, Brad Richard, & Emily Jungmin Yoon!

With the rigor and excitement of a residential experience, our Summer Online Workshop is a week-long synchronous, generative workshop. Young Writers find community and explore new possibilities in their work. Apply by April 13: kenyonreview.org/event/young-...

Applications for our Summer Online Writers Workshop close this coming Friday! These workshops present a unique opportunity to work with three different faculty members in one genre. The workshop will meet every day from June 21–27, 2026. kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

Huge shoutout & welcome to Matt Weinkam & Michelle Smith from @literarycleveland.bsky.social who will join us today on Kenyon's campus to speak with the KR Associates. This is a great opportunity for the Associates to learn from two wonderful people doing great things for the lit community in CLE!