2021 SFCC Literary Review

SHARON M. CARTER

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SORTING MY PARENTS’ POSSESSIONS

Let’s be blunt. Less reminiscing, more dismembering. Gold photo albums— the happy pair sun-scalded in Ibiza; our history in second-hand cars. Her scarf, three blond hairs. Table lighters, cigarette case— their faint tobacco ache. Suitcased for decades, akin to sanctifying a silver-encased relic. This winnowing, a reluctant preamble to confronting my own gathered life, the whole steak and kidney taste of it. Unraveling memories— every Sunday lunch, broken bone, blind date.

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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)