Editor's Note // EIC, Yasmin Belkhyr

Mourning Dirge (Sing a Song) // Chekwube Danladi

The American Genocide // Kia Dyson

Haiku for Sybrina Fulton // Thiahera Nurse

In 21 Days // Kalisha Buckhanon

After Chris Abani // Nabila Lovelace

Working Title // Mahogany Browne

Sleepless Ocean  // Mahogany Browne

For Boys Who Never Learned How to Swim // Clint Smith

Boy, Age 7 // Amber Flame

Parable of the Fists / t'ai ford

Disposition: Criminal // Casey Rocheteau

1995. After the Streetlights Drink Whatever Darkness is Left // Hanif Abdurraqib

All of the Black Boys Finally Stopped Packing Switchblades // Hanif Abdurraqib

Oakland, CA, 2012 // Sadie Barnette

My Wife Says it's a Good Thing Humans Don't Hold Fear // Hanif Abdurraqib

Comets // Mariam Coker

Jewels from the Hinterland // Naima Green

Slickmouth // Thiahera Nurse

Double Consciousness // Christina Quarles

Ms. Hansberry and Whiskey // Diamond Sharp

Ode to Jay-Z, Ending in the Rattle of a Fiend's Teeth // Hanif Abdurraqib

Past Before  // Mahagony Browne

Coconut Oil Kind of Woman // Jamila Woods

Bird's Nest // Jamila Woods

My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy & Other Pieces // Krista Franklin

How Our Hair Got This Way // Jamila Woods

In Security or Being Touched Without Permission // Jamila Woods

This is not a Black or White Issue // Taryn Wells

On the Ground // Kesi Augustine

Single-Death Ghost // Xandria Phillips

Forrest Gump (from I Think I'm Ready to See Frank Ocean) // Shayla Lawson

Pantone 71-4 C // Shayla Lawson

Labyrinths and Maze // Folade Speaks 

Supernova // Cameron Barnett

Me, My Heart, and Paul Ryan // Joshua Aiken

I Feel Most Colored // Alexandria Smith

Water Cooler Talk Ending with the Colors of an American Flag // Cortney Charleston

Spell Check Questions the Validity of Black Life // Cortney Charleston

Ode to the Spontaneous Dance Party // Julian Randall