by cherylrussell | Dec 3, 2020 | Rio Review Nonfiction Fall 2020
by Lorenzo Canseco I walked into the bar and was greeted with a new scent, something I hadn’t smelled in the eight years I’d been alive. Cigarette smoke drifted through the air, moved along by drunken laughs and vulgarities from the kitchen. Texas A&M memorabilia...
by cherylrussell | Dec 3, 2020 | Rio Review Nonfiction Fall 2020
by Merrilee Shopland “It’s a pandemic for god’s sake! There’s really plenty of time to write,” Natalie told me after grabbing another glass of wine. She closed the bedroom door, her hand lingering on the knob for just a moment. She turned, walking towards her reading...
by cherylrussell | Dec 3, 2020 | Rio Review Nonfiction Fall 2020
by Anthony Esperes-Russo This was my first-time meeting and the first memory I have of my cousin Brian: he is in my room by himself. I look into my room on the way into my mother’s room, and Brian is attempting to steal money out of my sock drawer. He is looking...
