Genres
The Black Arts Movement in Chicago—
Andrew Peart, Eric Powell & Gerónimo Sarmiento Cruz, Editors, Preface
“This special feature gathers documents from, and critical assessments of, the history and legacies of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) in Chicago. It makes no pretense to being comprehensive, or even representative, of BAM as a whole. Rather, we hope that it marks a beginning: of further dialogue; of the recovery of important texts and under-recognized figures; of continued celebration of and critical assessment of the richness and importance of BAM in Chicago, nationally, and internationally.”
Visit the BAM Web Companion to read selections from the issue, and to check out various supplementary materials, including photos, videos, and several music playlists.
Poetry—
avery r. young, from skyscraper(s) & erything
Valerie Hsiung, from Outside Voices, Please
Daniel Woody, Black in America
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Pegasus; Darkness
Cole Swensen, Garden of Ghosts; Birds
Aaron Coleman, Anthrophotograph; Collision Test Fool
Cai Qijiao, translated by Edward Morin, Dennis Ding & Fang Dai, A New Spring; A Poem that Wrote Itself
Yadollah Royai, translated by Kaveh Bassiri, Desert Stone; Forugh Farrokhzad’s Stone; Al-Razi’s Stone; Closed Umbrellas
Huang Fan, translated by Margaret Ross, Blanket; Hat; Spoons; Nanjing Night Song
Marguerite L. Harrold, War Diary; Tea & Crumpets; For the Elder at the Velvet Lounge; Apprentice
Tyrone Williams, Imperfect Angel
Fiction—
Anthony Reed, Listenings
Reggie Scott Young, Overcomed
Memoirs from Former Editors and Staff—
Edward Morin, With Ray and Rosenthal at Chicago Review
Reviews—
Tyrone Williams on Dawn Lundy Martin, Harmony Holiday, and Duriel E. Harris
Jose-Luis Moctezuma on Nikki Wallschlaeger
Harris Feinsod on Angela Jackson
Marissa Fenley on Manual Cinema
Bo McMillan on Andrew J. Diamond
Brandon Truett on Michael Ondaatje
Maria Dikcis on Evie Shockley
Letterbox—
Joshua Pollock, On the Infrarrealistas Issue and José Vicente Anaya