issue 50.1: on disunion
This issue begins in celebration and foreshadowing with the winners of our 2025 Summer Prizes in Fiction & Poetry: Mohammad Salah Sahragard’s short story “Morphine and the Knight,” chosen by Deesha Philyaw, and Susan Muth’s poem “Main Post Chapel,” chosen by MICHAEL...
read moreCCR’s 2026 Pushcart Prize Winner: Hannah Licht’s “Consanguinity”
We have just received news that Hannah Licht's fiction piece, "Consanguinity," featured in our 49.1 Spring/Summer issue, has won a Pushcart Prize! Congratulations to Hannah, a talented and devoted member of the writing community, that also serves as the fiction editor...
read moreOur 2025 Summer Contest Winners!
We are thrilled to announce Susan Muth and Mohammadsaleh Sahragard as our winners! Susan Muth's "Main Post Chapel" was selected by MICHAEL CHANG as the winner for our 2025 Summer Poetry contest! and Mohammadsaleh Sahragard's "Morphine and the Knight" was selected by...
read morecream city review turns 50: a reflection
There is a lot to be said about fifty years. In the scheme of a literary landscape, it is many, many generations, but cream city review’s ethos remains young, vibrant, and contemporary. In these pages is witnessed the tides of many passing eras, trends come and gone,...
read moreBook Review: Revolutionary Algorithms: A Tiktok Manifesto by Torey Akers
by Luise Noe On the surface, Torey Akers’ Revolutionary Algorithms: A TikTok Manifesto (Grand Central, 2025) explores the counter-hegemonic potential of TikTok and the (fabricated) political outrage against the app on the eve of its ban, which ultimately never was....
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