Book Review: The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams
By: Alanda Jackson Former Cream City Review contributor Christine Ma-Kellams' latest novel, The Band, is a satirical page-turner that explores K-Pop, cancel culture, and fandoms. In this novel, we meet Duri, one of five members of The Band, everyone’s latest K-pop...
read moreMourning for What the Western Wilderness has Become: A Review of Red Shuttleworth’s Straight Ahead
By Jacob Collins Boxer and poet Red Shuttleworth’s poetry collection, Straight Ahead, transports its readers to the dusty, forgotten landscape of the western wilderness. Shuttleworth captures this landscape on page in vivid detail and colorful words. This is a rocky...
read moreFriday Flashback: Ted Kooser – Fireflies
In the lead-up to our 50th Anniversary next year, Cream City Review is revisiting work in our Archives. Below is one from Ted Kooser, Pulitizer Prize winner, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and one of the great living writers of contemporary poetry. This poem would go on...
read moreIn Conversation with Coby-Dillon English
By Jacob Collins Have you ever wondered what your relationship with someone would be like if you had met them at a different time in your life? Coby-Dillon English explores this idea in their short story, “First Date, Last Night”, which appears in the latest issue of...
read moreSearching Beneath the Stars: An Interview with Bo Hee Moon
Cream City Review intern, Hazel Reese Ramos, recently connected with Bo Hee Moon to discuss her new poetry collection and themes of identity, hunger, and the connections that nourish us. Her poems “Generosity” and “Korean Little Girl” appear in our Fall 2022 issue,...
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