The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose
Volume 1, Issue 5 (2015)
Issue 5 would not have been possible without the hard work and skills of our editorial staff. Thank you to Sam J. Imperiale, Jacqueline McGarry, and all of the editorial assistants who discussed and voted on submissions for publication. This journal is a reflection of our MFA students' varied perspectives and wonderful talents, and we hope that you enjoy reading the essays, poems, and stories that moved us as readers and inspired us to keep writing and writing and writing.
Fiction
Mother Superior
Jennifer Robinette
A Bowl Full of Oranges
Carmelinda Blagg
Where’s Billy?
Lawrence F. Farrar
Essays
Our Mother: A Prequel
Betty Jo Buro
Fortune Tellers
Thomas N. Mannella III
The Dog-Eared Page
_ Kavanaugh
Postcard from Bodega Bay, 1963
Michael Boccardo
Night Light
George Bishop
We Passed Upon the Stair
Vallie Lynn Watson
Poems
Mystery
Daye Phillippo
Communion Season
Bianca Diaz
Goat
Cara Chamberlain
Dinner at Mom's
Michael Gould
Light and Dark During the Sermon
George Bishop
Copperhead, Ambler Gorge
Charles Laird Calia
Learning to Paddle a Canoe
Karen Hidebrand
Faith
Carl Auerbach
Old Loves
Carl Auerbach
Sanctuary
Michelle Askin
In the Rain: Lake Superior
Dick Bentley
Working Draft
Gwendolyn Jensen
Late Afternoon in the Shadows of the Fruit Trees
Kelly Talbot
Looking at Six Mile Creek
Robert Lee Kendrick
City of Bridges
Kirk Schlueter
Paper Birthday
Jennifer Jackson-Berry
Solvent Can
Robert Lee Kendrick
Zenith Singularity
Joddy Murray
Ventana
Alison Hicks
Killing Time
Jennifer Gray
Flash Fiction
The Someone on the Roof
GennaRose Nethercott
The Son of a Coal Miner
Nate Pillman
Chasing
Sarah Hausman
What She Showed Me
Bryce Emley
The Final Score
Ashley Cowger
A Promise
Maria Brandt
Disconnected
Ernesto Pavan
Still Auditioning
Eileen Malone
Editors
- Editor
- Beth Mead
- Poetry Editor
- Kelli Allen
- Assistant Editor
- Sam J. Imperiale
- Managing Editor
- Jacqueline McGarry
Editorial Assistants
Brooke Bartlett, Katie Rose Beck, Nicole Thom-Arens, Susan Sinclair Edele, Heather Evanson, Teressa Rose Ezell, Amanda D. Gaines, Wil Michael Wrenn, Janna L. Gyomlai, Taryn King-Smith, J. M. Landon, Jesse Maloney, Jess Ptak, Cassandra Ricard, Cynthia A. Roby, Leon Rybacki, Andi Dobek, Shane J. Tripp, Matt Turner, Emily J. Vieweg, Laura Widener, Jessica Goehring, Edward Yoho, Teresa Zemaitis
Cover Design & Journal Layout.
Christopher Mead
Cover Photograph
Terry St. Clair