The Citron Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
The Citron Review on XA journal of brief literature since 2009. We publish: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Flash, Micros, and Zest. Short forms that shimmer.

The Human Engine at Dawn: Poems
Jim DanielsIn our Winter Issue, we've some excellent poems and fantastic poets. Jim Daniels gets us started with "Sitting Outside Her Door." https://t.co/OHq1Nj439o https://t.co/FkZytR2rLl
Paperback, 2022
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Train Ride to Bucharest: Poems
Lucia Cherciu"Immigrant Verbs" by @CherciuLucia invokes the wisdom of life experience and where it takes us. https://t.co/qKVnQweC8k Dr. Lucia Cherciu is the author of five books of poetry, including Train Ride to Bucharest (Sheep Meadow Press, 2017) & 2021-22 Dutchess County Poet Laureate. https://t.co/u9m4VsgPng
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Moratorium
Gary PercesepeOur Winter Issue has some major micro gems. Gary Percesepe's "Cathedral" is here for you! https://t.co/8pq5pkrrBz @GaryPercesepe has 3 new books including Moratorium: Collected Stories 1995-2020 (@atmospherepress). An excerpt from his memoir is forthcoming in @TheSunMagazine. https://t.co/AICCEywILu
Paperback, 2021
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Somebody Who Knows Somebody
Charles RaffertyCharles Rafferty has a new collection at @boaeditions, A Cluster of Noisy Planets. His latest story collection is Somebody Who Knows Somebody (@GoldWakePress). His novel, Moscodelphia, was published by @WoodhallPress. He co-directs the MFA program at @AlbertusSocial.
Paperback, 2021
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism
Stephen BatchelorOur 2021 Most-Read (so far) list is here. #4 - Flash fiction by Gordon W. Mennenga - "Alone with Others." https://t.co/RoRjfzCOc5 #amreading #MostReadIn2021 https://t.co/GnQqhTCsPx
Paperback, 1994
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Cluster of Noisy Planets
Charles RaffertyCharles Rafferty has a new collection at @boaeditions, A Cluster of Noisy Planets. His latest story collection is Somebody Who Knows Somebody (@GoldWakePress). His novel, Moscodelphia, was published by @WoodhallPress. He co-directs the MFA program at @AlbertusSocial.
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Endless Building
Marvin ShackelfordMarvin Shackelford is the author of Tall Tales from the Ladies’ Auxiliary (stories, 2022), Endless Building (poems), and a volume of flash forthcoming from Red Bird Chapbooks. His work is in @kenyonreview, @WestBranchMag, @PermafrostMag, @NewOhioReview + more.
Paperback, 2015
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moscodelphia
Charles RaffertyCharles Rafferty has a new collection at @boaeditions, A Cluster of Noisy Planets. His latest story collection is Somebody Who Knows Somebody (@GoldWakePress). His novel, Moscodelphia, was published by @WoodhallPress. He co-directs the MFA program at @AlbertusSocial.
Paperback, 2021
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Knowing Is a Branching Trail
Alison HicksOur first poem of the new year is by Alison Hicks, the winner of the 2021 Birdy Poetry Prize from @MeadowlarkPress for Knowing Is a Branching Trail. Her work has appeared in @sienaeclipse, Gargoyle, @PermafrostMag, and @PoetLoreMag, and @GHLL_Truman. https://t.co/aBONIpcUuE
Paperback, 2021
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fire Eater: Poems Volume 10
Jose Hernandez DiazJose Hernandez Diaz is author of The Fire Eater (@txreviewpress). His work appears in @AmPoetryReview, @BoulevardLitMag, @CrazyhorseLitJo, @GeorgiaReview, Huizache, @IowaReview, @LAReview, @Missouri_Review, @poetrymagazine, @southernrev, @WitnessMagazine edits @FrontierPoetry.
Paperback, 2020
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book