Issue 1
Poetry: “IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE FOR A BLACK GIRL TO BE LOVED” by Ashley M. Jones
see me, Black as I am and call me beautiful
Two Poems by Jameela Dallis
not just the sting of the whip, the nothingcoloredblue of the ocean / or the spaces so dark and putrid and red black brown fleshsmelling
Poetry: “Tayaki Elegy” by Cynthia Gan
Rust smells sharp, as does crumbling foliage/and stinging taste of childhood on my tongue.
Poetry: “Abecedarian In Secret Murmurs” by Jessica Kim
I have almost grown too fond of/windsong, the slow crescendo of a/sister’s death on the/xylophone, hypnosis.
Poetry: “my friends are asleep and i can’t get up off the floor” by Trinity Dearborn
i am dizzy and lightheaded still half in a dream
Poetry: “shaheed is just a pretty word” by Neiha Lasharie
have you ever seen a child embrace death/so rapidly it would put whole armies to shame?