poetry-magazineA Conversation with My Mother About the Bloodstains on My ShirtBy Darius Simpsondo you remember in fifth gradewhen i was all of eighty poundssoaking wet and fully clothedi told you… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
poetry-magazineKamauBy Anthony JosephFor Kamau, for the furtive sound of his phonaesthetic exegesis, for his secret technology of liquid … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsPassion
poetry-magazineDwayneBy Courtney Conradone of twelve, your sisters’ favoriteand nightmare. Your forearm, an interceptorfor knives aimed at … Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineThe Legend of the Flying WeaveBy Safiya Kamaria Kinshasashe continued to soar past the jerk barrels and carcasses of Sainsbury’s shopping bags, even the thickest… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityThe Body
poetry-magazineIn the Absence of a Name Noah’s Wife Sings Her Own Praise SongBy Malika Bookeri. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the lord and thus formed the habit of my non-naming, there … Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsReligionChristianityLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief + 4 more
poetry-magazineDetroitBy Kira Alexis TuckerThese days, the plants are overtaking the plants, abandoned factory packing centers overgrown with … Related Audio Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineOff on HolidayBy Kira Alexis TuckerWild for once, we drenched and drugged and flung our sunstarved bodies into brunching and clubbing and… Related Audio Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineGeliao StreetBy Yuan XinA little lane, 220 meters long, 6.3 meters wide.Twenty-six years ago, I biked past the west side of … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTime & Brevity
poetry-magazine圪料街By Yuan Xin一条小巷道,长220米,宽6.3米。26年前的早晨,席力图召西侧,骑着单车走过;10年前元宵节的夜晚,步行而过。“圪料街”遗址,瓦屋三间,坍圮的砖坯墙,立在大街正中,柏油马路到这里截断。墙砖摇摇欲坠,… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineLanguage Studies: ‘Ahooyawpe’ / From the AirBy Casandra LópezMy phone is learning Tongva. I try—to type Eeyore and it autocorrects: Eyooshiraaw / our language. /… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
MutinyBy Frank X. Walkeris just a fancy word white officersuse when they barkroll over, nigger! or sit up and beg, boy!—and …Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
HarrietBy Frank X. WalkerCall her Moses, Conductor,already Legend. Call her Nurse attending to open wounds.Call her Thief, Grand…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
Backside of My Old Kentucky HomeBy Frank X. Walkerat our estateswe sat on the side porchstared at humble cabinsas young bucksworked and sweated in the…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityTown & Country LifeHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineFlipping the BirdBy Ann-Margaret LimHolding his stare in mine, I flip the birdat a grown manon a stool in front of the street baron the … Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingComing of Age
poetry-magazineRobben IslandBy Pamela SneedThe only antidote I may have to Trump’s electionis in a small ferry to Robben Islandone that shuttles… Related Audio Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineI-765By Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras Related Audio Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
poetry-magazineOn IntimacyBy Omotara JamesWhen we meet at the holiday table, we take turns and great pains not to remind each other of our mutual… Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
The Palestinian ChairBy Edward SalemGod said (and already you can tellI’m making this up),If you lift a rock, I am there.If you lift a finger…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
poetry-magazineDress pet peevesBy Angelina SáenzIf you are going to wear this dress you have to respect the rulesYes, they are conservative and strict… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineSelf-PortraitBy Shara McCallumAt this point, I don’t know what in me is Jamaicanversus American. Or, reaching further back,Trinidadian… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics