September 2024
Cover Artist: Lynne Yun at Space TypeMei-mei BerssenbruggeI did not know how
beautiful we are!
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Christian J. Collier
- Nicolás Guillén
- Elizabeth Willis
From this Issue
Poem
By Justin Danzy
No wrought iron bars like the door at my Aunt Cherry’s house
on the East Side, her husband Ben always working on a car
in the thin driveway, his mother who lives next door, cell-like
den adjacent to the dining room, whose wooden table
is always polished, place mats always set, napkins folded,
Cherry domineering through the kitchen…
on the East Side, her husband Ben always working on a car
in the thin driveway, his mother who lives next door, cell-like
den adjacent to the dining room, whose wooden table
is always polished, place mats always set, napkins folded,
Cherry domineering through the kitchen…
Table of Contents
POEMS
- Justin Danzy
NICOLÁS GUILLÉN: MAKER AND BREAKER OF FORMS
WORLD-WATCHER: THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF “ANNIE ALLEN”
- Sandra Jackson-Opoku
- Angela Jackson
COMMENT
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