Issue No. 15
A quarterly magazine of original works
by artists & writers
Art!
Jacqueline Unanue, Color Out Loud
Paintings
Dennis Potter, A Pilgrim’s Fugue
Fiber Works
Poetry!
Lyn Lifshin, I think of my grandfather
Mohineet Kaur Boparai, Waiting for the Festival of Lights
Saddiq Dzukogi, Parenthesis
*David Ishaya Osu, What Was Told
Jennifer E. Brown, My Shining Demon
Anita Olivia Koester, Top Hats and Puppets
*Meggie Royer, Testimony
Matthew Gellman, Cause
John Manuel Arias, ¡Than Call Brad for Help!
Nick Kolakowski, Illuminati Dance
Roy Bentley, The Color Yellow, Love, the Fall of Leaves in Autumn
*Cady Vishniac, Panhandle, Gulf
Constance Campana, Two Deaths
Short Stories!
Nick Kolakowski, Alone With Your Own Disaster
*Crystel Sundberg-Yannell, Dancing Doe and the Go-Go-Go
*Alec Hill, Persimmons
*Connor Fieweger, A Family
Jay Duret, Angel
Ken O’Steen, A Few Quirks of Surrender
Flash!
Doug Ramspeck, The Old Worlds
*Kaitlyn Burd, * fictitious forces
Kris Willcox, In God’s Mailroom
C.B. Auder, The Iceberg in Future Retrospect
*Daniel Aristi, Benthic
Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois, Hard Drizzle Falling
Allison Hall, Viscosity
Hannah Lee Jones, In Eden
Creative Nonfiction!
Lisa Rowan, Election Night
Melissa Wiley, The Lions’ Murder Ballad
David Wolf, Unsteady On
Laurie Blauner, Diary of a House
Shelley Blanton-Stroud, Who’s in Charge
Bruce Bromley, What Betsy Was
Features
Ask June
Cleaver’s in-house advice columnist
Book Reviews
Publications by small and indie presses
Craft Essays
Writer-to-writer
Interviews
With writers, editors, and more
Life As Activism
Poetry and Prose on Social Justice
Radio Plays
Original plays performed by professional actors
Travel Essays
On the road with Cleaver
Editors’ Blog
What makes us thwack!
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***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist
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Cover art: Jacqueline Unanue, “My Ancient Land, Symphonic Prelude II”
Inspired by Chilean composer René Amengual