By January Gill O’Neil
I caught her on reruns—Nichelle Nichols
from the original Star Trek series. She was
Black like me. …
from the original Star Trek series. She was
Black like me. …
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- By Samatar ElmiWho art in Cali.
Programmer by trade.
Thy start-up come,
thy will become
an FTSE 500.
Give us this day our… - By Kira Alexis TuckerWild for once, we drenched and drugged and flung
our sunstarved bodies into brunching and clubbing and… - By Carson Wolfestuck between two Texans
who can’t believe I don’t know
how blockchain works.
I am always around men
who… - By Kathleen RooneyDo you pronounce it “thuh” or do you pronounce it “thee”? Does thinking about it too hard give you the…
- By Jim JohnstoneBomber jacket trimmed with venom,
I pace the canyon like a parasite:
EK monogram, US flag, and cane,
the… - By Jim Corythis messenger in quicksilver cape
sneaks past speakerbanks the band in mid-tune
his carefully coiffed… - By Sasha PearlI went to Ulta Beauty to buy perfume
I was horny and I wanted the universe inside my nose
The lit shelves… - By Rose Zinniai’m evolving from sadtrans to joytrans & g-d is my pokémon trainer
i only expect i will have a final form by the circumstance of my being... - By Ashley Warnercarbonated water, high-rise between your momma and your daddy people, neutral ground, caramel in the…
- By Ashley WarnerINGREDIENTS: DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, CHARRED FAMILY IN THE PRESERVE. PUREE THE MOTHER (WATER…
- By Oak MorseGot to gala glaze lavender my pansy hoist my symphony
little gal Fauntleroy in ultra dire
cootie yuntra… - By Marilyn Chin一 (yī)
Two goats ascending
Mt. Fuji
Wearing flip flops
二 (èr)
A far cry
From the Pearl River Delta
And scrappy… - By Hershman JohnDear young Deer Spring and Towering Houses
Follow a Diné elder down a rabbit hole:
My Pembroke crest… - By Nicole GonzalezShould I have one more piece of frybread? Concentrate and ask againWill I ever live on the rez? Outlook…
- By Rowie Shondeen ShebalaWell she actually said
if you were an Ewok I would rescue you and name you Sunshine
build you a tiny… - By Tamsin MooreLong, empty roads stretching as long as the gas tank is willing—
Sixty-seven dollars left from last … - By Nick MakohaSAMO© first appears as a tag on a New York
City wall in 1978 two blocks down from Aswad
bookstore… - By Erika Meitnerwe fetishize what we’ve
abandoned and what’s
abandoned us, which leads us
to obsess, says a series … - By Aleida RodríguezI’d recognize it anywhere.
Ever since it unfurled like a sprout reaching for light
in The Prime of Miss…