Contents
volume 11 issue 1 | spring 2011
4
My Take
quincy troupe
36
Poems
tim seibles
40
Poems
nick johnson
6
Black Ontology Now —
Dark Matters and Meeting the Lady
Gaga Challenge
greg tate
16
Poem
sheri d. wilson
102
All Ripe Fruits Bruise Easy:
Nationhood, Identity
and Understanding in Writing
about the Self
soyini forde
108
Poems
soyini forde
46
Musician & Composer
without Borders:
An interview with
David Murray
ishmael reed
56
112
Denzel Washington and Company
Gun Through ‘Fences’
don gagnon
118
Poems
m. l. liebler
Excerpt from Juice
20
Poems
mervyn taylor
22
Victor Hernandez Cruz Interviews
Nurduran Duman
victor hernandez cruz
24
Poems
nurduran duman
58
Poem
ishmael reed
60
Poems
chris king
66
On Identity and Exile
cecilia paredes
janice harrington
julio marzán
aimé mpané
138
Photography
marc chamaillard
70
Harvard Patrols the Border
Art, Identity and Boundaries
dr. lawrence p. jackson
Poems
80
28
122
Literary Protest and
the Demise of a Social Scientist:
Horace R. Cayton in the 1940s
90
Poems
k. curtis lyle
98
Art, Identity and Boundaries
146
A Darfur-Doha Encounter
and a Su? Mystic’s Whirling
Trance for Peace
rogaia mustafa abusharaf
158
Contributors
BLACK RENAISSANCE NOIRE
Photography
adger cowans
ishmael reed
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