“Imaginary one-to-one conversations with these ghosts, so to speak, allow me to invest in the possibility that within this divided nation, we might, one day, understand and respect each other.” Beautiful photographs from Leah Frances
Lunch Poems
Late Bloomer: the Art of Mary Granville Delany
Mary Granville Delany Invented The Art Of Mixed Media Collage At Age 71.
Letter from the Editor May, 2024: Selah
Some thoughts on a strange and beautiful word.
The Inside Room
In which we quote extensively from Jane Eyre and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and find connections between the two.
My Afro-kwea journal #3: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
“First of all, let me say: Chinelo Okparanta, you have my heart. For daring to write a novel that tackles so many taboos – queer love, religion, politics – all wrapped in the language of African idiom and folklore.”
An Anchored Friendship
Listen to this neo-noir short story that features the Iowa State Police, a displaced bounty hunter, a broken farmer, and his local cop acquaintance caught in a Mexican stand-off in a gasoline-soaked corn field.
My Afro-kwea diary: #2
My Afro-kwea Journal, entry #2: The Death of Vivek Oji By Akwaeke Emezi
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