Over 1000 submissions were received for the inaugural issue of The Lindenwood Review. Students in Lindenwood’s MFA in Writing Program read and discussed each piece, fought for their favorites, and finally selected three stories, three essays, and fourteen poems that they were incredibly proud to publish. Issue 1 includes work by both established authors and talented emerging writers.

Editor: Beth Mead - From the Editor Managing Editor: Patricia Feeney Assistant Editor: Charlene Engleking
Editorial Assistants: Nickolas Alexander Cindy Allen Carol Arnett John Cunningham Cynthia A. DuBois Patricia Feeney Anthony Clinton Green		Thomas Horan Megan Ingram DeAnna Jarrell Massie Michelle Kehder Tricia Sankey Terry St. Clair
Logo Design • Cover Design • Journal Layout Ad Design for Eve Jones, Catherine Rankovic, LU MFA and TLR Christopher Mead Cover & Interior Photographs: Terry St. Clair

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			Fiction: Christopher Linforth — Moonbow Jenna Devine — Naked* Ryan Stone — Tying Up the Replacement * indicates available excerpt

			Poetry: Kristine Ong Muslim — What the Boatman Sees Kelli Allen — Evolving* Ronald Wallace — Mumbo Jumbo Erin Elizabeth Smith — Index of the Midwest, The Way the Cold Attaches Jenn Monroe — I Feel In Your Absence All Rain* William Stratton — Face Down Days* Christopher Tozier — Dry Tortugas Greg Billingham — A Play on Existence, The Impossibilities of Words Jamie Thomas — Song of Saturday Mornings Paul David Adkins — Epipen Timothy Kercher — The Chat Ruth Foley — Resolutions * indicates available excerpt

			Essays: Angie Chuang — On the Other Side of the Wall Lisa Vaas — The Saddest Tootsie Pop Ever Iréne Mathieu — The Most Beautiful Woman I’ve Ever Seen* * indicates available excerpt