Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine, Winter 2022
Welcome to the pioneer digital-only issue of Qua! It's the Winter 2022 edition, but it's beginning to feel like spring in Michigan, and we think these pieces show it.
Welcome to the pioneer digital-only issue of Qua! It's the Winter 2022 edition, but it's beginning to feel like spring in Michigan, and we think these pieces show it.
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Folding
Socks
Interview,
Safe Passage
JACOB BLUMNER
folding socks
all that remain
are mine
ELIZABETH KERLIKOWSKE
I don’t normally dress this way, but I had only a few moments
to pack though I have been ready for days, all my life, really.
We never trusted them. It seems silly to wear a fur coat, but it
was my mothers. I needed her arms around me. I wear many
layers and all my pockets stuffed with handkerchiefs and socks
for the hundreds of little emergencies, mine and others, on this
journey. I’m glad I have these heavy shoes. My husband made
fun of me. He stayed behind, to fight. These shoes. Not
glamorous but practical. Put that on my headstone, eh?
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