“And unfortunately, in our strange and uncertain times, maybe a brutal “it can happen here” wake-up call is what we need.”
Noir as Societal Mirror: Julien Duvivier’s PANIQUE
Wendy Okeke’s Vision of Freedom
“Nigerian poet Wendy Okeke uses the dark recent past of political failure, youth angst, and government violence against its own citizens as a point of entrance in poems that resonate with sensuality, self-affirmation, and a continuous search for freedom.”
Excuse me, mountains. Excuse me, snow. I think I’m going to freeze.
She felt that somehow, in the wild night and storm, the still-ness that was underneath all sounds on the prairie had seized the cattle.
Isabelle Eberhardt, Writer, Nomad, and Feminist
Writer and nomad Isabelle Eberhardt traversed and explored the Maghreb with a critical eye. She not only condemned French colonialism, but also the established gender roles of her era.
Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life
“However, there is a need to reappraise Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger because in the span of each panel, Ormes’ voice rises to address how events such as McCarthyism and the murder of Emmett Till affected Black Americans.”
Destiny’s stepchild
A poem from South African poet and journalist poet Gershwin Wanneburg.
Fiction: Everybody Plays the Fool
The lights flicker and I fall to the ground in the tolling darkness.
Lunch Poems
“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
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.
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