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Book Review: Querida by Nathan Xavier Osorio

by LG Sebayan   Nathan Xavier Osorio’s award-winning debut poetry collection, Querida, looks at the lives of a family of immigrant origin in the San Fernando area of Los Angeles. Chosen by Shara McCallum as the winner...

Book Review: The Girl Who Became a Rabbit by Emilie Menzel

By: Allie Farrell (Note: lines are cited by section #, then page #. Example: [1.7] for section 1, page 7) Photo credit: Sean T. Bailey Emilie Menzel, a previous contributor to Cream City Review, debuted her first book...

Book Review: Wager by Adele Elise Williams

By: Annaliese Kunst Wager is former Cream City Review contributor Adele Elise Williams’ debut poetry book—as well as the finalist for the 2024 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, in which the judge Patricia Smith described...

Book Review: Softie by Megan Howell

By: Emily Barnard Softie, written by Washington, D.C. author Megan Howell (pictured), is a thought-provoking book featuring a collection of short stories. These stories, while including contrasting characters, worlds,...

Book Review: Brazos by Justin Carter

By: Emily Barnard Brazos is the first book written by former Cream City Review contributor Justin Carter. This poetry collection primarily focuses on Carter’s upbringing and childhood in a small Texas town. The poems...
Photo of cover of Cream City Review Issue 44.2

Our Latest Issue: 48.2

Featuring: Martha Silano, Oak Morse, Sarah Beth Childers, Anthony Thomas Lombardi, Ann Pedone, Sean Cho A, Puneet Dutt, J. Bailey Hutchinson, Christopher Brean Murray, Dara Yen Elerath & cover art by Tschiegg

Photo of cover of Cream City Review Issue 44.2

SPRING 2024 ISSUE: 48.1

Featuring: Kayleb Rae Candrilli, MICHAEL CHANG, Kiyanna Hill, Taara Khalilnaji, Maurya Simon, Dashka Slater, Jeffrey Utzinger & cover art by Amal Azzam