Fall 2020

​Fiction

“A Case Against Blissful Ignorance” 
by Jennifer Lubin
"Bend the Knee" 
​by Nneoma Kenure
"The Only Flowers in El Komei Part One"
​by Celine Callow
"The Only Flowers in El Komei Part Two" 
​by Celine Callow

Hybrid Literature

"Breonna's Poem"
​by Clinnesha Sibley
"Chocolate Milk"
​by Jennifer Lubin
"Fold" (Poem-Song)
by Annah Sidigu
"Mythic Momma"
by Gloria Browne-Marshall
"Prophecy"
​by Yvette Green
"The Wisdom of the Elders"
​by Kimberly Jackson

Nonfiction

"Dancing for the Lord"
​by J.B. Jemison
 **Content Warning: Contains subject matter dealing with child abuse, nudity, and emotional abuse** 
"Grandma's Kitchen" and "A Black Hair Journey"
by Rasheena Fountain
"Pubes, Yeast, and Blood" 
​by Nneoma Kenure
"You're a Pretty Girl"
​by Pietra Dunmore

Poetry

"A Man, A Woman, A Child, A People (The Journey Has Left Us All With Nightmares)"
​by Retta Lewis
"Ancestral Supplications"
​by Vicie Rolling
"As I Wake, I Hear Children Crying" 
by Ellen Wright 
**Content Warning: Content deals with subjects of violence and abuse**
"A Time for Flowers"
​by Ellen Wright
"B(l)ack & fo(u)rth: a palindrome"
by Latorial Faison
"Black Female Bodies"
​by Cheyenne Marcelus
"Black Questions"
​by Jasmine Harris
"Dame Jere"
by Gayle Bell
"Eminence"
​by Essah Cozett
"Façade"
by Zuri McWhorter
"Figures Spread Densely Across a Target Range"
​by Retta Lewis
"How They Killed My Father with No Guns"
by Alexis Clare
"I Don't Dream of Poets" (for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917-2000)
​by Ellen Wright
"Igbo Landing"
​by Akua Lezli Hope
"Like a Prophet Whose Hour Has Come"
​by Latorial Faison
"Mama Sang the Blue"
​by Latorial Faison
"Mother Tongue"
​by Cheyenne Marcelus
"Movie-Making"
​by Gabrielle Oliver
"Oz (Africans in America)"
​by Retta Lewis
"Seeing Colors"
​by Jerrice J. Baptiste
"Stone Inferno"
​by Star Anderson
"The Autobiography of the Color Yellow"
by Rose Maria Woodson
"The History is Still Being Written"
​by Retta Lewis
"This is Your Love Letter"
​by Lena Hamilton

Art

"African Ballet Dancer" 
by Monique Harris
"African Sunflower"
​by Monique Harris
"Dreamscape"
​by Shanell Kitt
"Imagination"
​by Jennifer Armstrong
"Jas is Healing" 
by Vayunamu Bawa
"Marley is Healing"
by Vayunamu Bawa
"Rainy Day"
​by Verneda Lights
"Saved by the Message"
​by Shanell Kitt
"Self Portrait"
​by Jennifer Armstrong
"Sunday Morning"
​by Jennifer Armstrong
"Surrender"
​by Pietra Dunmore
"The Dance" 
​by Jennifer Armstrong
"The Glow of the Night"
by Shiela Scott
"Waiting"
​by Jennifer Armstrong
"Wings"
by Shanell Kitt

Reviews

Book Reviews

Semiautomatic (2017)
by Jarred White
​California State University, Stanislaus

Film Reviews

Antebellum (2020)
by Hannah Neeley
California State University, Stanislaus
Mudbound: The Inescapable Quagmire of Racism and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2017)
​by Bo Locke 
California State University, Stanislaus

Music Reviews

I Used to Know Her (2019)
by Essence Saunders
California State University, Stanislaus

Interviews

Author Interview with Linda Trice
​by Mo Gudino
Author Interview with Lisa Braxton
​by Jessica Charest

Podcasts

POP!: Interview with Michelle Moraa
Produced by Bo Locke and Hannah Neeley
POP!: Interview with Reaa Puri
​Produced by Bo Locke and Hannah Neeley