2021 SFCC Literary Review

KELSEY HENNEGEN

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I SHRUG INTO YOU LIKE A WINTER I shrug into you like a winter coat fished from its bin under my bed when the flush of summer fades lonely winds soon to lash my arms thread the sleeves shoulders edge as I settle into you familiar like you remember my body I zip clear up to my chin I could love you though I’m not sure I buy into all that it’s more that I’ve frozen before your care drapes over me snug and sure how could I go it alone you’re right here and ready— heavy bones a nervous heart kind hands and your belief in me I knit my limbs through yours make a knot of us against the storms let’s leave the questions for spring

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2021 SFCC Literary Review

Articles inside

Joe Navarro, "Word Murals" (poem)

Susana Gonzales, "My Hand Are Getting Softer" (poem)

Beth Paulson, "Les Carrottes Sont Cuites" (poem)

Kelsey Hennegen, "I Shrug Into You Like a Winter" (poem, Pushcart Prize Nominee 2021)

Tim Maxwell: An Artist's Statement and Recent Work

Gail McCormick, "Truth Telling" (creative non-fiction)

Elizabeth Rees, "Tuned In" (poem)

Melanie Lamb Faithful, "Circles of Days" (Art)

Roxanne Seagraves, "To Touch Their Hearts of Gold" (Fiction, Pushcart Prize Nominee 2021)

Oliver Agustin Kautter: Art and Recent Works

Brandon Kilbourne, "Frau Kahnt" (poem)

JesseBob: An Artist's Statement and Work

Sena Chang: An Artist's Statement and Work

Yeva Chisholm, "La Loba" (poem)

Zanzia Eklund, "Winter Sun" (fiction)

Sheena Chakeres: An Artist's Statement

SFLR Interviews Author Kirstin Valdez Quade

Robert Kostuck, "A Brief Guide to September 1980" (creative non-fiction, Pushcart Prize nominee 2021)

Morgan Liphart, "In your brownstone on Mill Street" (poem)

Andreana Thompson, "Mother/Land" (Poem)

Aaron Lelito: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

Reshmi Hebbar, "Why Deny the Obvious" (fiction)

Thomas Barth: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

Amira Alsareinye: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

Fergus McAlister, "Ghost Story" (poem)

Kate Pashby, "victor" (poem)

Marissa Fae Myers, "Fire Burns in the Heart of a Woman" (fiction)

Jennifer Furner, "Female Stamina" (creative non-fiction)

Sharon M. Carter, "Sorting My Parents’ Possessions" (poem)

Bri Neumann, "Nose" (creative non-fiction)

Ollie Rollins: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

Pi Luna: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

Adele Oliveira, "Ouija" (fiction) (Pushcart Prize Nominee 2021)

Tick: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

Yusef Salaam, "Somewhere Nowhere" (poem)

Belinda Edwards, "Grief Bundle" (fiction)

Bethany Carson, "Underwater Explorer" (poem)