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Poetry
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Works from 1984 to 2016
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Foxy Lady of the Lake
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Derek Walcott/August
Wilson: Homage to
20th Century Masters
of WORD
paul carter harrison
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VII
Inside the Road: Excerpt
of Novel Manuscript
Easter.
paul r. harding
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Photograph
chester higgins, jr
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Poetry
victor hernández cruz
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Cross-Cultural
Components
allan m. gordon
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Poetry
k. curtis lyle
46
Poetry
mervyn taylor 78
Put Your Hands on Me:
Poetry’s Erotic Art
elena karina byrne
48
Poetry
opal palmer adisa 84
Poetry
thylias moss
50
Turning The Last Page
andre bagoo 88
The Early Poetic
Blessings of Lucille:
First Light in a Time of
Darkness
e. ethelbert miller
52
Photography
leroy henderson
58
Chapter Two
From The Terrible Fours,
Book 3 of the
Apocalyptic Books
ishmael reed
92
Poetry
valencia robin
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Poetry
jerzy illg
102
The First Half Year of
President Trump
wallace ford
106
Poetry
basie allen
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BENEATH the SPANISH
victor hernández cruz
128
Poetry
ishmael reed
130
Visual Arts
nicole awai
138
The Delaney Brothers —
New York and Paris
patricia hinds
142
Poetry
hakim hasan
144
Racism’s Uprooting:
White Racial Jeopardy
and Democracy
judylyn ryan
160
Excerpts from Strip
Down Personal
camille yarbrough
168
Visual Arts
james little
174
Contributors
James Little,
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