PRECIOUS THINGS
Winner of the 2024 Cleaver Emerging Artist Award
“Precious Things” by A.L. Gordon was one of those submissions that wowed me by how unafraid and emotionally raw it is in its subject, while still being beautifully crafted in form. Gordon’s extended metaphor of the octopus is spot on, and it’s carried through the entire piece, woven in and out of the details of a parent’s love for a lost child: “no matter how many arms tried to keep you close you would have slipped away.” —Kathryn Kulpa, Flash Editor, Cleaver
Publications
Circles - The Rappahannock Review
Waiting in the Grass - ellipsis zine (ellipsis seems to be offline, this link goes to a pdf version of the writing).
Echoes- Please See Me
Precious Things - Cleaver Magazine, Winner of Cleaver Magazine's 2024 Emerging Artist Award
Moments of Change - The Awakenings Review (No online version available. Appears in FALL 2022 VOL. 9, NO. 2)
Get in touch at gordon.tony@gmail.com