Exposition Review Print Anthology

by Gray Davidson Carroll Poetry   I found him like that, tipped over on his side, body wide and redolent with age. The lawnmower looming above him at the edge of the green, his breath a seesaw’s scree...

Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Fiction by Lyss Buchthal, Isabela Caxarias, Natalie Goodwinn • Flash Fiction by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez, Quinn Forlini, Nolan Knight, Liam Whitworth  • Nonfiction by Jeffrey-Mi...

Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture investigates a trope proliferating throughout popular American media over the last half-century: that straight white me...

This past year, as Exposition Review celebrated its tenth anniversary, we looked for ways to honor the artists and comics creators who had shaped the journal over its first decade. One of those ideas ...

by Jeffrey-Michael Kane Nonfiction   When we took the clock down, the wall kept a secret. A pale square, softer than the rest, the color the kitchen had been before heat and hands and years browned it. The outline looked almost careful—like someone had taped a life and painted around it. My brother wrapped the… Continue reading Where the Clock Was →

Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Fiction by Lyss Buchthal, Isabela Caxarias, Natalie Goodwinn • Flash Fiction by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez, Quinn Forlini, Nolan Knight, Liam Whitworth  • Nonfiction by Jeffrey-Mi...

by Daniela Flores-Rodriguez Flash Fiction   The first day was by accident. The young woman strolled the museum galleries, avoiding the spreadsheets back at her desk. Looking, but not seeing. Not bored, but unattached. Most people found it easy to connect to other human beings. This woman didn’t really have it in her. Things were… Continue reading Tangled Up in Blue →

Exposition Review Print Anthology

Some emotions resist easy translation, and for our April 2026 Flash 405 contest, guest judge Ashley C. Lanuza invited writers to explore one of them: “saudade”. We received an incredible collection of...

Movies and memory intersect in this compelling and unconventional memoir from queer writer, film aficionado, and Jeopardy! contestant Charles Jensen. Splice of Life follows Jensen from his upbringing ...

by Lyss Buchthal Fiction   He called himself Pi, and his profile was darling. Your favorite cutie Pi! was his tagline. No NSFW pics either, just his rosy cheeks and too-big smile. It looked like the world had never hurt him. Never touched him. His color was pink: pink nails, pink lipstick, pink fishnet tights… Continue reading Cutie Pi →

The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...

Attacks on public libraries have been worsening in recent years, threatening freedoms that form the bedrock of American society.

Behind the Scenes and Concept Art for “Consolation Cakes”

The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...

by Mark Crimmins 2nd Place Winner – Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade” Nonfiction   As you await your Hangover Brunch on the Cathedral Café patio, you watch the two old men chatting on the bench beside ...

Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books released by CLMP members in August 2026.   Be Water by Grace Anvil Press | August 1, 2026 ISBN: ...

The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...

The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...

by Sofia Varino Nonfiction   “At the intersection of oppression and resistance lies the radical potential of queerness to challenge and bring together all those deemed marginal and all those committed...

by Jeffrey-Michael Kane Nonfiction   When we took the clock down, the wall kept a secret. A pale square, softer than the rest, the color the kitchen had been before heat and hands and years browned it...

Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” is the vulnerable examination of disconnected intimacy: the guilty glow left in a club bathroom, the salty taste of disappointment in a thousand layer cake. Stripped of the filt...

Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” is the vulnerable examination of disconnected intimacy: the guilty glow left in a club bathroom, the salty taste of disappointment in a thousand layer cake. Stripped of the filt...

by Natalie Goodwinn Fiction   Bones. Muscles. Vessels. Nerves. Rachel tried her best to think of the cadavers this way: a collection of body parts, not someone’s deceased loved one. Maybe it was insen...

by Isabela Caxarias Fiction   I left home without underwear, the eve of my twenty-eighth birthday, allowing my tampon string to swing freely between my legs. My sister declared a fancy dinner was the ...

by Lyss Buchthal Fiction   He called himself Pi, and his profile was darling. Your favorite cutie Pi! was his tagline. No NSFW pics either, just his rosy cheeks and too-big smile. It looked like the w...

Mere weeks into submission season for Exposition Review’s “PARA/SOCIAL” issue, Cambridge Dictionary named the term its Word of the Year. People are clearly hungry for something—intimate, perfectly tai...

Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Editors-in-Chief: Rebecca Luxton & Laura Rensing Section Editors: Fiction Editor: Dave Gregory Associate Fiction Editor: Yuya Hattori Flash Fiction Editor: Jessica June Rowe Non...