The Cuivre River Anthology takes its name from a river that originates in northeastern Missouri and flows through farmlands, forests, and rock formations to its confluence with the Mississippi River. The anthology is a collection of short stories, poems, and essays from a diverse group of talented writers with unique and memorable voices. Works included in the collection come from: a novelist who has won multiple Spur awards, a poet who was named finalist in the Missouri Writers' Exchange Contest sponsored by Poets and Writers Magazine, a Catholic Press Association winner, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and other award-winning writers. Like the Cuivre River, which makes its journey across the plains and gentle slopes of eastern Missouri to the mighty Mississippi, these stories, essays, and poems lead us to places where memory and imagination converge.