2012 - St. Ambrose University

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Quercus a journal of literary and visual art Volume 21 2012 (kwurkus) Latin. n. The oak genus: a deciduous hardwood tree of shrub. Editor: Jonathan Smith Art Editor: Veronica Swanson Literary Editors: Melisa Jackson Breanna Neubauer Literature: Amy Falvey Melisa Jackson Colin Long Breanna Neubauer Lizzy Oberhoffer Rachel Pasker Kelsey Rentfro Lindsay Schaefer Art: Jessica Barr Calista Heckman Katherine Moneysmith Jonathan Smith Veronica Swanson Advisor: Carl Herzig
Quercus publishes creative writing and artwork by St. Ambrose University students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Address orders, contributions, and submissions to Quercus, St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, Iowa 52803 or HerzigCarl@sau.edu words cover image: Leslie Bell ’72 Sky, Light, Flowers 2011, oil on canvas, 48 inches x 55 inches first image: Leah Richter Suadade 2012, india ink on bristol, 14 inches x 11 inches first center bleed image: Suzanne Michele Chouteau Black Water Horizon 2012, reduction woodcut, 48 inches x 60 inches second center bleed image: Calista Heckman Strange Fruit 2011, oil on canvas, 24 inches x 30 inches inside back cover image: Grant Legan ’10 Beautiful Isolation 2 2011, digital photography Fall Hard Batiquitos, Defender Whatever, Whichever Breaking Bread: Three Movements Yellow-Breasted Robin Backyard Warrior My Best Friend Rag Doll A Keepsake En Tijuana Falling in Love While Dancing Filter Tranquil Night Thoughts Karussel or The Carousel Beginnings Driver-Assist A Trinity of Adams and Eves Maria DeSio Chuck Blair ’76 Amy Falvey ’05 Sarah Wurst ’11 Eda Hoffman ’81 Carrie Chesney ’02 Holly Norton Kyla Hadenfeldt Liu Xeuyan Zach Honert ’11 Maria DeSio Nancy Hayes Zach Honert ’11 Joseph Burrows Fr. Bud Grant ’80 7 8 10 12 18 19 57 58 59 60 63 64 66 68 69 71 78 This edition is offered with love and gratitude to Leslie Bell— retiring this year—whose energy, spirit, wisdom, artwork, and critical acumen have since Quercus’s founding twenty-one years ago helped define the journal’s identity and enrich its heart and soul. Copyright © 2012 by Quercus All rights retained by the authors and artists
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