Table of Contents
Prose
“The Importance of Sacrifice, Service, and Steadfastness
in Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson Before Dying” by Kisa Harris 5
“A Real Good Man: The REALities of Masculinity
in Country Music” by Tikenya S. Foster-Singletary12
“From Darwinism to Michael Dowd’s Thank God for
Evolution: The Debate of Evolution and Creationism
as an Example of the Power of Language” by John R. Nielsen 20
Poetry
“In the Summer, Mississippi” by Janine Julia Jankovitz 42
“A Love Note to Be Read upon Your Maturation” by Brittney Cleark 43
“They Gathered Here”
“A Recipe Story” by Gustavo Adolfo Aybar 44
“There Is No”
“Red”
“How?” by Erika Benton 46
“Missouri Climate”
“Restrictive Covenant” by Adrienne N. Wartts 49
“King Center” by K. Danielle Edwards 52
“Misalignment”
“Nourishment: A Tanka”
“Ujima’s Song” by D. Morrowloving 55
“Not Death, Nor Life” by Soleah Rayne 59
“Delray Beach Trippin’”
“Grim Visitor”
“The Gypsy Done Told Me” by Stonewall J. Lane, Jr. 60
“Dark Light: Dedicated to Stephen Bishop”
“A Pygmy Spectacle: Dedicated to Ota Benga, the African”
“Prophetic Serpent: Dedicated to Tupac Amaru Shakur”
“Araminta: Dedicated to Harriet Tubman” by Mario A. Chandler 63
Fiction
“Blind Justice” by Katrina Byrd 72
Contributors’ Bios 87