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• Author Suzanne Cleary shares "Imagining the Shaker Meeting at Which the Founder Ann Lee Announces the Policy of Sexual Abstinence," and award- winning work that both fascinates and amuses readers.
• Regents' professor of English Alberto Alvaro Ríos explores the mind of an inspiring young man in "The Five Visits of Archbishop Oswaldo Calderón".
• Anne Milano Appel's translation of "The Seagull" from Italian by Elena Gianini Belotti gives the reader an intriguing story about an immigrant, an unlikely friend, and the relationship that develops between the two of them.
• James Magorian pants a vivid tale of anticipation and excitement in "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba".
• Patrick Hicks, Writer- In- Residence at Augustana College, shares "To the Woman Feeding Squirrels," "Halal Delicatessen," and "Piccadilly Circus at Night," poems that render feelings of nostalgia and familiarity that dulcify the reader's mind.
• Jim Daniels, Thomas Stockham Baker Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, gives the reader poems "Dogs Do It," and "Having a Little Talk with Capital P Poetry," which enchant the reader with memories of childhood and adolescence.
• WCSU professor Shouhua Qi 's "A Leaf Falls" is a riveting piece of flash fiction that will captivate the reader from start to finish.
• Helen Marie Casey amuses the reader while reminding them of life's little indulgences in "Those Hussy" and "October 4th".
• Terry Godbey, copy editor at the Orlando Sentinel, explores the intricacies of mundane life, giving insight and depth to happenings usually acted without thinking in "Produce Man".
• Author R.M. Kozlowski shares life experiences with readers in "On Turning 40," a piece that engages and provokes reflection.
• Winner of the New Letters Poetry Prize and Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award, Joan I. Siegel recounts the history of a loved one that while bittersweet, will please the reader in "Photo: My Grandmother from Minsk".
• Author Elisabeth Grey tells a tale about instincts and impressions in "Instincts" that will impress the reader with feelings of anxiousness, disappointment, and excitement.
• In an interview with painter, David Bowerman, CT Review starts in a 19th century factory (now Bowerman's studio) and journeys through time from his beginnings as a child following a "voice" to a man painting after being imparted with an artistic revelation.
• CT Review is privileged to have works like "de Conception," "Piradello Portrait K," and "Lady with Spots on Her Hat" in this edition.