Kelsey Review 42

FALL 2023

Please look below for the extraordinary art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction created by the talented artists and writers of the Mercer County area!

From the President…

From the Editor…

Art:

Lauren Fedorko, “Cypress Tunnel” (cover art, above) and “Steep Ravine”
Stephanie Cuddahy, “Crossing the Delaware”
The-O, “dnr__Borderland”
Julia Cuddahy, “Anthurium”

Poetry:

Patrick Walsh, “All True, From the Life”
Elane Gutterman, “Inheriting My Grandmother’s Foot”
Lavinia Kumar, “Two Immigrants Meet in a Chemistry Lab” and “Marriage License in ‘60s Boston”
Lauren Fedorko, “half-light”
Leonora Rita V. Obed, “Bienvenido Belfast”
Carolyn Phillips, “Mouse”
Jo Sutera, “are you there, mom?”
Michael Griffith, “The Professor Is Still Talking”
Wanda Praisner, “Dirge Under the Stars”
Vida Chu, “An Unexpected Guest”

Fiction:

Arlene Gralla Feldman, “Gibberish”
Barbara Krasner, “Stones Tell No Lies”
Ilene Dube, “Metamorphosis”
J.G. Alderburke, “Lost in Hell’s Kitchen”
Emma Colby, “A Tale of the Ordinary”
Nico Bailey, “Pas de Deux”

Nonfiction:

Paul Levine, “Even Leif Erikson Made it to Greenland”
Elliott O. Smith, “Looking Up: A Lifetime’s Love of Aviation”
D.E. Steward, “A Right Smart Piece to Go”
Peter Brav, “One Fine Evening”
John Boccanfuso, “Requiem Avus”