Charles Gaines chronicles five decades of merging art and critical thought. Matty Davis dances with trust and risk. Fiction from Ángel Bonomini and E. De Zulueta. An excerpt from Legacy Russell’s Black Meme. A comic from Manon Debaye. Brief essays on new work by Liu Jian, Nicolette Polek, and charles theonia.
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“regular language is a racket / once you were a very funny person / but then I lost Lord Byron / wasn't he your mother's dog more than yours”
Names for Fireflies
In this wistful story from Gina Chung’s forthcoming collection, Green Frog, a twelve-year-old falls for their religious friend.
Love Locks
In this story from the author of The Star Side of Bird Hill, a journalist who is supposed to be profiling her childhood frenemy but instead finds herself looking for revenge.
Each episode features two artists coming together to discuss their work and creative practice.
Long-form stories from distinguished visual artists of the African Diaspora.