Contents:
#17
THE TECHWORK HORSE // M. H. Ayinde
BABY BROTHER // Kalynn Bayron
DELETE YOUR FIRST MEMORY FOR FREE // Kel Coleman
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK // Jade Stewart
[POEM] RAINBOWS & NECKLACES // Martins Deep
[POEM] A POEM IN WHICH SANGO HANGS LIGHTNING AND LULLABIES HIS CHILDREN // Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí
[POEM] ERSTWHILE RAMELON // K. Ceres Wright
#18
The White Road or How a Crow Carried Death Over a River // Marika Bailey
Fatal Conditions // Chris Campbell
Rememory // Kristin Reynolds
Blood Ties // Jade Wilburn
[POEM] A Demon at My Window // Aigner Loren Wilson
[POEM] in which my grandma departs this realm for three hours // Praise Osawaru
#19: SOUND AND COLOR
To Rest, and to Create // LA Knight
Meditations on Sun-Ra’s Bassism // Yah Yah Scholfield
Lungs // Lily Watson
Morning // Diane Russell
Where the Sky Becomes Milk // Jamie McGhee
[POEM] Astral // Aliyah Curry
[POEM] Home’s Threnody // Olaitan Humble
[ESSAY] “What to the Black Man is Patriotism?: Patriotism and the MCUs Black Captain America,” by E. Chad Metz
#20: LOVE, DEATH, AND ANDROIDS
The First of Us: The Geordonn Smith Story // K. S. Walker
Smiley Faces With Blackberry Jam on Toast // Cynthia C. Scott
Performance Review // Maryan Mahamed
The Trumpet Player // Nicole Givens Kurtz
The Body of Theseus // Emir G. Park
[POEM] Explaining Bot Fight to Bhabi // Abu Bakr Sadiq
[POEM] When I fell apart my mother put me back together // Renee S. Christopher
[ESSAY] “The Answer,” by KL Burd