Fresh-Cut Lit & More
ISSUE NO. 41
SPRING 2023
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POETRY
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.
Mesenteric Panniculitis at Nine Months
by Robin Kinzer*
Pisser Clam
by Yujia Li*
The shape of a fog
by Kevin Eguizabal*
Two Poems
by Nathan Lipps
Creation Myth with Chorus of Worms In My Brain
by Jordan Ranft*
hummingbird sketches
by Evan Anders***
FICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
The Phantom Baby
by A. C.
The Best Thing You Remember
by Kelly Pedro*
Random Precision
by Caleb Murray
FLASH
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.
Bully Boys
by Gay Degani
Magic Window (Nonfiction)
by Anne Panning
Meditating in Hell (Nonfiction)
by Megan E. O’Laughlin*
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
To My Once and Future Body
by Shabrayle Setliff*
Witness to the Aria
by Meg LeDuc*
The Secret Annex (Hybrid)
by Rita Mendes-Flohr
ART
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published art gathered from each quarterly issue.
Art That Speaks
Digital Images by David Sheskin
Cover Design by Karen Rile
*Cleaver Emerging Artist
**Artist of Philadelphia
***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist