gravel.
POETRY
Shalise S. Ayromloo declares red is the remedy

Cristi Donoso Best ​on a heart beating wild

Rachel Caruso-Bryant reflects on a good Catholic girl

Ryan Clinesmith writes about the minutiae of life and dead bugs

​Doug Van Hooser waxes sentimental on laundry

​Daniel Edward Moore sells one-of-a-kind tickets

Marie Landau wanders in the wilds

Zachary Lundgren writes on names and flames

Ted Mc Carthy speaks of mended nets and sliced fingers

Tala Abu Rahmeh shares passion and fear

Anda Totoreanu scours through childhood memories

Bhikshuni Weisbrot ​narrates the fall of timber

Anne Whitehouse examines the anatomy of a ride

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Salena Casha tosses stones smooth

Elliot Gavin Keenan speaks of beautiful thinking

Marlene Olin on matters of life and death​

Robert Russell explores an isle chronologically

Theodore Smith writes a powerful essay about raising his son

Shirley Vernick reveals that at the end only gratitude matters

Chila Woychik invites us in from the cold
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FLASH/HYBRID

Paul Beckman ​goes viral

Allen X. Davis presents an intriguing triple play

Christopher DeWan walks through a murder

Mercedes Lawry ponders yellow
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FICTION
Nick Bertelson tells the raw truth

Jacqueline Masumian dispels the notion of magical words to express regret

Arjoyita Roy falls for a tail

Time flies with Santiago Sanchez Cordero

MULTIMEDIA 
Ephraim C. Brown creates a metal mythological menagerie 

John Chavers entertains in black and white 

Robert Tokley paints surrealist scenes

BOOK REVIEW
Amie Whittemore introduces the wondrous and sad world of Rajiv Mohabir




You are presently reading the 
February 2017 issue of Gravel. 

This magazine is produced by the MFA program
 in creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello editorial staff.

Cover image by Robert Tokley




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