Kenyon Review, Nov/Dec 2017

The Nov/Dec issue of the Kenyon Review is full of discoveries. Of particular “Cowboys & Aliens,” by Kevin Young, an excerpt from his forthcoming book about the great American tradition of the hoax. This issue also includes a striking group of decidedly contemporary sonnets by Pulitzer Prize finalist Diane Seuss, as well as a mesmerizing story by Anna Hartford in which astronomy provides a metaphorical lens through which a rocky love affair unfolds. Other authors in this issue include Vanessa Cuti and Lauren Schenkman (fiction), along with Bruce Smith, Analicia Sotelo, William Logan, Bruce Beasley, Marie Etienne, Marilyn Hacker, James Hoch, Alex Lemon, Jim Moore, and Monika Sok (poetry) and Tyrese L. Coleman (nonfiction.