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#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