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San Antonio Review (Volume 6 | 2022)
Issue
10.21428/9b43cd98.dde2bce7
e-ISSN: 2692-0611
Volume 6
Cover art by Fernanda Morales Tovar
Poetry
Nine Haikus
by
Rose Menyon Heflin
“Pencils down now, please,” / Armed men politely order. / "There shall be no press.”
The Grapefruit Tree
by
Katherine Hoerth
"This fall we'll offer nothing for the harvest"
Seventeen Years
by
Amanda Rosas
"What am I without the next cloth of you"
Modern Religion
by
Sarette Danae
"I put no faith in stilettos or glass ceilings"
Mourning Dove
by
Sarette Danae
"it doesn't seem to belong here"
The Bang
by
Therese Heinonen
"you will still spend your breath to complete your poem"
Same Page
by
Andi Myles
"you got Shakespeare in the divorce"
House Party
by
Tim Krcmarik
"Call them Truth and Beauty"
Dance this Sentence Now
by
Darren Black
"She's all verb leading"
Skin
by
Josiah Nelson
"as though the air knows it's time to pack itself together"
Exegesis
by
Eugene Stevenson
"inserted with a twist & hook into the matrix"
Wrinkle
by
Josiah Nelson
"nicking the crisp edge of your life against mine"
Christmas Pecans
by
Joyce Kelley
"naked and golden brown"
Giant Asteroid, or What Would I Do Today if the World Ended Tomorrow?
by
Donna Castaneda
"I'm grateful we're given a day's notice"
Peppered Moths Predict the Future
by
M E Silverman
"They love to peer in windows"
Meteor Game
by
M E Silverman
"If anyone rolls their eyes or acts out, they get sent to Pluto"
Commonplace Coffee on a Sunday in July, 2021
by
James Croal Jackson
"I touch the bristle of my beard"
Intolerance: The Second Flood
by
h. shupp salas
"watch the stars burst way before you can count them"
Indigo
by
David Estringel
"the kind of blue that bruises the sky"
Workshop of Wills
by
James B. Nicola
"but as graves might be arranged"
Black is a Most Beautiful Color
by
Kurt Lovelace
"the summer burnt blueberry skin of the Bahamian"
Three Strings
by
Abigael Leigh
“Want to cut them off?”
The Third Pomelo
by
Jason Warshof
“Diana said the days on the road would be cleansing.“
Beauty in Decay
by
Jennifer Weigel
and
William O. Pate II
A Q&A with conceptual artist Jennifer Weigel
Berard Reviews “Postwar Liberalism”
by
Peter Berard
Knowing the enemy?
FIORSCRIOBH
by
Julie O'Donnell
A virtual exhibition.
In Pursuit of Distance
by
Chance Muehleck
“All art cheats. The honest cheat will tell you she’s cheating and you’ll love her for it anyway.”
My Normal Heart
by
David Waters
“The medical record does not describe what happened next.”
ON THE SEA
by
Mark Burgh
"Saltwater jerks & spits"
Review: Never Forget Your Name
by
Ash Lange
The Children of Auschwitz
The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition
by
Ida B. Wells
,
Frederick Douglass
,
Irvine Garland Penn
, and
Ferdinand Lee Barnett
The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature
On Meeting Alexander Calder: An Essay
by
Cynthia Close
On the Border
by
Gayle J Greenlea
“hair trimmed in reeds instead of ribbons”
A Match Made in Private
by
Marie Bergström
The author of "The New Laws of Love" discusses the privatization of intimacy.
Quality of Life
by
Karen Paul
וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּחַיִּ֔ים
Archeologies of the Environment
by
Fernanda Morales Tovar
A series of oil paintings by Fernanda Morales Tovar
Fetch
by
Elise Glassman
“It’s as though he’s trying to soften the blow now that it’s landed.”
My Parents Go In Swimming
by
John Grey
“The lighthouse is a century old; / I only ask for half of that time.”
SAR 6: Quotes & Recommendations
by
William O. Pate II
Quotes from the readings of and recommendations from the SAR Editorial Collective.
Tenderness and Rot, or Why I Should Be Allowed to Burn Down the Peabody
by
Elaina Foley
Elaina Foley ponders the queer possibilities of rot in disrupting articulations of preservation as care.
Connections
Supplements (1):
Elaina Foley
What We're Reading
by
William O. Pate II
and
Ash Lange
'Cause everyone loves (book review) lists.
The Real Sickness in America
by
John Willingham
The most tragic irony of all: the religious right professes brotherly love but looks to a prophet of hate and instruments of death for its salvation.
Q&A with Brianna Keeper
by
Brianna Keeper
and
William O. Pate II
On the water with Texas painter and boatwright Brianna Keeper.
Revived
by
Jorge Losoya
and
William O. Pate II
A Q&A with Texas artist Jorge Losoya.
Write for Me
by
Arvilla Fee
A poem for the people.
My Father, the Florist
by
Julián David Bañuelos
"you felt hibiscus tall"
Her Hair was Colored Burgundy
by
Marc Janssen
"hides its true age like a fan dance"
Cosmic Trip
by
Trae Stewart
"Stop in on Pluto, since no one ever calls anymore"
The News
by
Katherine Hoerth
"the world today's a dangerous place"
Lost in Obscurity and Other Stories: Review
by
Arvilla Fee
"As each thread is woven into another, we begin to see the whole tapestry of people and their relationships."
Pinning Hercules
by
Tahlia Kade
“God. I know a lot of people probably don’t bargain for a beetle, but here I am."
The Curse
by
David Santiago
"Soon after my mother gave birth, the nature of the curse became apparent"
Little Death Livestock
by
Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Of course there was no bull
Pleasure Principle
by
Lucas Jorgensen
"an umbrella warning of a wrung-out sky"
This is Your Poem, Rabbit
by
Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes
"I never thought the wildness in you would ever let me hold you"
Obsidian Fields
by
Patricia Contaxis
"We walked through a lava field where no trees grew, nothing green"
Opposites Attract
by
E. Martin Pedersen
'is it solid like a bug"
To Cristal Two
by
Stephen Praytor
"The whole world was just a picture now"
(True) Love in an Elevator
by
Matthew Byrne
"could deny our love no more than a bird its song"
Faith Journeys
by
Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri
"Passion would soon be replaced by the smell of something burning"
To My Father, Who Once Said, You're So Open Your Brains are Going to Fall Out
by
Michelle Miller
"I left him after twenty years"
Zoom Healing
by
Sigrid Wilson
"When it was his turn, he suddenly didn’t know what to say"
Cure Redux
by
Cathryn Shea
"Who among us does not crave a cure?"
BBQ
by
Mary Croy
"even a burnt b is good"
Trash Burning
by
Alison Hicks
'The match would catch a corner"
After Shocks
by
Ryan Nightingale
A digital painting created to bring awareness to the struggles survivors face after escaping from their abusers.
Essays
FIORSCRIOBH
by
Julie O'Donnell
A virtual exhibition.
Tenderness and Rot, or Why I Should Be Allowed to Burn Down the Peabody
by
Elaina Foley
Elaina Foley ponders the queer possibilities of rot in disrupting articulations of preservation as care.
Connections
Supplements (1):
Elaina Foley
In Pursuit of Distance
by
Chance Muehleck
“All art cheats. The honest cheat will tell you she’s cheating and you’ll love her for it anyway.”
A Match Made in Private
by
Marie Bergström
The author of "The New Laws of Love" discusses the privatization of intimacy.
The Real Sickness in America
by
John Willingham
The most tragic irony of all: the religious right professes brotherly love but looks to a prophet of hate and instruments of death for its salvation.
Quality of Life
by
Karen Paul
וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּחַיִּ֔ים
Art
Beauty in Decay
by
Jennifer Weigel
and
William O. Pate II
A Q&A with conceptual artist Jennifer Weigel
Archeologies of the Environment
by
Fernanda Morales Tovar
A series of oil paintings by Fernanda Morales Tovar
Q&A with Brianna Keeper
by
Brianna Keeper
and
William O. Pate II
On the water with Texas painter and boatwright Brianna Keeper.
Fiction
My Normal Heart
by
David Waters
“The medical record does not describe what happened next.”
Three Strings
by
Abigael Leigh
“Want to cut them off?”
The Third Pomelo
by
Jason Warshof
“Diana said the days on the road would be cleansing.“
Fetch
by
Elise Glassman
“It’s as though he’s trying to soften the blow now that it’s landed.”
Reviews
Review: Never Forget Your Name
by
Ash Lange
The Children of Auschwitz
Berard Reviews “Postwar Liberalism”
by
Peter Berard
Knowing the enemy?
What We're Reading
by
William O. Pate II
and
Ash Lange
'Cause everyone loves (book review) lists.
Alternative History Lesson
All Good Things
SAR 6: Quotes & Recommendations
by
William O. Pate II
Quotes from the readings of and recommendations from the SAR Editorial Collective.
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