Table of Contents
Prose
“John Oliver Killens’ Youngblood as a Novel of
Commitment” by Agnieszka Lobodziec 4
“I See Black” by Carl Schinasi 20
“Lucas Beauchamp: Faulkner’s Attempt
to Dishevel the South’s Customs and Racial Attitudes” by Shelia Bonner 32
Poetry
“The Priorities List” by Evan R. B. Walker 43
“Newlywed”
“Brown Eggs”
“Empty Seat” by R. J. Woods 44
“The New Griot Writes a New Creation Myth”
“As What Is…Is”
“Blue Collar Poem”
“Family”
“A Horus Yet Bespoken” by Nathan Harper aka Urban Raw 47
“I Too”
“Take Me to the River”
“Meherrin River Bridge” by Rudolph Lewis 59
“University”
“From Ramcat’s Day Book (May 3, 2010)
“From Ramcat’s Day Book (May 7, 2010) by Jeremiah Ramcat 64
Fiction/Narrative
“The Night Papa Died” by Katrina Byrd 68
“In My Country”
“Feathers” by Tony Robles 78
Contributors’ Bios 86