“Let’s call things by their name!
If we don’t break the silence
we will die in silence
Against fear is life,
against fear is love,
against fear we are,
against fear without fear.”
Magpies’ Mix Tape: A different kind of protest song
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.
Letter From the Editor, October, 2024: Train Station Dreams
October ramblings.
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
Taigu Ryōkan: You Do Not Need Many Things
“Why are you acting like such a fool?”
I nod my head and don’t answer.
I could say something, but why?
Do you want to know what’s in my heart?
From the beginning of time: just this! just this!
Letter From the Editor, June, 2024: Magpies’ Manifesto
June ramblings. It’s the Magpies’ Manifesto!
Letter from the Editor May, 2024: Selah
Some thoughts on a strange and beautiful word.
Storyteller and Gentleman: What is the Measure of Mike Ejeagha’s Influence on Highlife Music in Nigeria?
“Folklore rules the mythical landscape of Mike Ejeagha’s music; his lyrical calibrations are more about the prosody of folksongs and folktales; his language of the music is Igbo, and the purpose is didactic,” Brilliant essay about Mike Ejeagha by Chimezie Chika.
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