Stagnant Blackness and the Modern Race Drama
Literary Editor Chris Prioleau has an essay up on The Awl this week: It feels as if, where the modern race drama is concerned, we’re not as firmly central... Read More
Undocupoets Petition Against Contest Discrimination
We are proud to publish a petition from Undocupoets, the group fighting to end citizenship-based discrimination in poetry publishing and contests. Too often, the submission guidelines read “Proof of US... Read More
Share This, Please, by Juan Carlos Rincón Escalante
Share this, Please Juan Carlos Rincón Escalante “And so….” He typed. “Goodbye.” “So long.” He paused, contemplating the screen. He read the whole thing. “Farewell.” He pushed the... Read More
Dispatch by Tsitsi Jaji
By Tsitsi Jaji When last in dooryards jacarandas bloomed. Hanzi? The heart is in thanks to the cat. Kutenda kwakitsi kuri mumwoyo. Shredded? Only in the privacy of its own... Read More
Issue 04 Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements We would like to thank everyone who donated privately through Fractured Atlas and at our 2014 benefit with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts for helping us fund... Read More
Featured Artist: Alison Kuo
Alison Kuo Dead Fish Dead Guy with Cakes”, 2013. Digital Photomontage “Knives All Over”, 2013. Digital Photograph “Parking Lot with Dead Lady and Shell”, 2013. Digital Photomontage