The Blessed Back when we belonged only to ourselves but didn’t know it, when dust coiled around our ankles with every step...
Making Love From Impersonation, Sheep Meadow Press, 2015 I reach for God and brush your breast, reach for you and brush God ...
This isn’t an open letter. It’s cautionary. Warning tape surrounds this statement. Enter at your own risk.
By Martina “Mick” Powell for KJ Morris and all the beautiful people we lost in Orlando, FL on June 12, 2016 & that...
*** Elizabeth J. Colen’s most recent books include the long poem / lyric essay hybrid The Green Condition(Ricochet Editions, 2014)...
Dearest Readers, Thank you for your continued support. And thank you for loving us and valuing our work. ***We are breaking from June 15-July 15.***...
By Sincere Kirabo Sikivu Hutchinson’s new novel White Nights, Black Paradise is a provocative and eye-opening piece of historical fiction that captures a dark moment...
By Savannah Shange “I will be a freak until the day, until the dawn and we can all through the night until...
In 1900, human rights activist Ida B. Wells said, “Our nation’s national crime is lynching.” Wells fought her entire life to stop the atrocity...
4th of July: San Bernardino 2015 South of the freeway fireworks spit out the whole of July. Booms blare louder than backfires, thundering...