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ESSAYS
| Heirloom—Planting as We Rise | |
| Sheree Renée Thomas, Danielle L. Littlefield, Danian Darrell Jerry |
| Up from Slavery: Historically Black Colleges & the Struggle for Black Futures | |
| Reynaldo Anderson |
| The King's English: An Afrofuturist Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Diction | |
| Kelvin Cotton Jr. |
| My JSU: A Full Circle Legacy | |
| helen j. crump |
| Unrest: 21st Century Ghost Boys Laying Wreaths for Emmett Till | |
| Shanna L. Smith |
| Seeking an Aesthetic of Union: Considering Selected Works of Betye Saar & Ntozake Shange | |
| V Efua Prince |
POETRY
| In Which Pecola Flies Above . . . | |
| Ariana Benson |
| The Immortal Underground Forest, or My Family Trees (A Contrapuntal) | |
| Ariana Benson |
| Haibun Trying to Define (Black) Love | |
| Ariana Benson |
| Origin Theory (as seen through a broken mirror) | |
| Ariana Benson |
| Breauna Does an Onomastic Reading | |
| Breauna L. Roach |
| Oya as Tornado | |
| Breauna L. Roach |
| Declaration | |
| Breauna L. Roach |
| Fiya Wata | |
| Carmin Wong |
| Autobiography for the body that won't leave | |
| Carmin Wong |
| Cracking Coconut | |
| Carmin Wong |
| fleeing home | |
| Carmin Wong |
| Black Dudes with Gator Shoes | |
| Mona Lisa Saloy |
| 7th Ward Daily Fare: or Black Creole Talk | |
| Mona Lisa Saloy |
| Resurrection Sunday, Tree Top Visits | |
| Mona Lisa Saloy |
| Elusive | |
| Lenard D. Moore |
| Erros | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Mysteries! Give Me Power | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Ow | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Go2 The Wilderness from Act 1, Scene 2: "SEV|R|L |ANG|AGES LY_NG TO _ETHER T|GHT_Y" (AKA DOWN IN DA HOLD) | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Go2 The Wilderness from Act 1, Scene 3: "SAIL ON, SAIL ON, OL' SHIP . . ." (AKA ONE AFTER MNP RMX) | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Go2 The Wilderness from Act 2, Scene 5: "ANOTHER LIGHT APPEARS IN THE WILDERNESS . . ." (MAROON AF) | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Mystery: Dat Feeling | |
| Douglas Kearney |
| Green Sorrow | |
| Roman Johnson |
| Moonlight in Du Bois Hall | |
| Roman Johnson |
| Come | |
| Roman Johnson |
| The Lily Seashore | |
| Roman Johnson |
| Holler | |
| Roman Johnson |
| Breathing in the Ruins | |
| Tony Medina |
| Ode to Bodega Cats | |
| Tony Medina |
| If I Was the Bible in Trump's Hand | |
| Tony Medina |
| Miguel Se Fue | |
| Tony Medina |
| (un)american sonnet #2 | |
| Tangela Mitchell |
| havin' a party | |
| Tangela Mitchell |
| Renovations | |
| Ashley Mack-Jackson |
| Ecumenical Service | |
| Ashley Mack-Jackson |
| 19 Weeks 2 Days, 5 Weeks to Viability, 5 Weeks 4 Days Past Transabdominal Cerclage, Cervix 4.1cm–Long & Closed | |
| Ashley Mack-Jackson |
| Day's End Prayersong: A Remix | |
| Shalewa Mackall |
| House Threatens June | |
| Patricia Biela |
| # | |
| Fred L. Joiner |
| Born Digital | |
| Fred L. Joiner |
| W(h)it(e)ness: You St NW, DC | |
| Fred L. Joiner |
| Extremities | |
| Fred L. Joiner |
| Terra, Nullius, Coda | |
| Fred L. Joiner |
| On Mangoes | |
| Fred L. Joiner |
| the thief's mother | |
| Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) |
| Koan #2 The Secret | |
| Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) |
| Tree of Life (Black Colleges Be Here) | |
| C. Liegh McInnis |
| In a Family Way | |
| Tashe House |
| Earhustled Conversation Last Sunday, Green Line Metro | |
| Derrick Weston Brown |
| The Cartographer Speaks on Ass | |
| Derrick Weston Brown |
| A War Chant/Grief Song for Breonna Taylor | |
| Derrick Weston Brown |
| For My Old Breonna Home | |
| Truth Thomas |
| Stamps | |
| Truth Thomas |
| There Are Black Lives Matter Signs | |
| Truth Thomas |
| Counter Punching | |
| Alan King |
| In Remembrance | |
| Alan King |
| Gluttony | |
| Alan King |
| sleeping beauty | |
| Tamara Hollins |
| Mama | |
| Tamara Hollins |
| The Negro League | |
| E. Ethelbert Miller |
| From the Diary of the Black Houdini | |
| E. Ethelbert Miller |
| Trapped Inside the Glove: The American Pitch | |
| E. Ethelbert Miller |
| What We Live For Is What We Die For | |
| E. Ethelbert Miller |
| This Place Is Mud Cloth | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| Sweeping Barry Farm | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| Collette | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| Jury Duty | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| My Name Is Peaches | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| Joshua Johnson's Portrait of Adelia Ellender | |
| Maya L. James |
| Microfiche of a Memory | |
| Maya L. James |
| Matilda | |
| Maya L. James |
| Conch Shell Prayer . . . | |
| Maya L. James |
INTERVIEWS
| The Land of Jericho: A Conversation with Jericho Brown | |
| Danielle L. Littlefield |
| Founding Planet Deep South as a Vehicle for HBCU Worldbuilding: In Conversation with John Jennings with Reflections by Clinton R. Fluker & Ytasha L. Womack | |
| Rico D. Chapman |
CONTRIBUTORS
| Contributors | |
| Colleen Major |
FICTION
| Grandpa's Hands | |
| Milton Davis |
| The Eternal Life of the Sun Kings (from The Opening of the Mouth) | |
| Chantal James |
| Kara Lyn & the Southside Curse | |
| Kiara Lowe |
| Prelude to a Circle | |
| C. Liegh McInnis |
| Dare the Breeze | |
| Tuere T. S. Ganges |
| Into Her Own | |
| RaShell R. Smith-Spears |
| Space Porters | |
| Terence Hampton Jr. |
| The Backfire | |
| RaShell R. Smith-Spears |
| Porto Rock Pegasus | |
| Tony Medina |
CREATIVE NONFICTION
| Ships at a Distance | |
| Andrew J. Skerritt |
VISUAL ART
| Fear of a Black Future | |
| Black Kirby |
| Blood Cotton | |
| Black Kirby |
| Pan Afro Confederate | |
| Black Kirby |
| Resurrection of Black Power | |
| Black Kirby |
| Planet Deep South Save the Date | |
| Black Kirby |
| ATLien | |
| Black Kirby |
| Homage to Home | |
| Lakesha S. Moore |
| Collective Sentiment | |
| Lakesha S. Moore |
| Promise | |
| Lakesha S. Moore |
| Dreamkeeper: In Her Eyes | |
| Lakesha S. Moore |
| Self Portrait | |
| Antwoine Washington |
| Vegan | |
| Antwoine Washington |
| Black Planet | |
| Antwoine Washington |
| Water Knows | |
| Antwoine Washington |
| Black Family | |
| Antwoine Washington |
| Promise | |
| Andrea Walls |
| Jump | |
| Andrea Walls |
| Finding Her Shadow | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| Lotus | |
| Melanie Henderson |
| Aunt Liza | |
| R. Rashaan Gardner |
| Madonna & Child | |
| Kenyatta Stewart |
| Now You See Me | |
| Mary Finney |
| Stargazer's Charm | |
| Mary Finney |
| Untitled | |
| Mary Finney |
| Wishes & Growth | |
| Mary Finney |
| All Her Glory | |
| Mary Finney |
| Wings | |
| Shanell Kitt |
| Internal | |
| Shanell Kitt |
| Destination | |
| Shanell Kitt |
| Desmond Richardson as Marvel's Equinox | |
| Stacey Robinson |
| Cybertrap | |
| John Jennings |
ISSN: 0888-4412