Undocupoets Petition Against Contest Discrimination
We are proud to publish a petition from Undocupoets, the group fighting to end citizenship-based discrimination in poetry publishing and contests. Too often, the submission guidelines read “Proof of US... Read More
The Use of Force Continuum: Police, Power, and Prejudice
by Joe Ponce In Beavercreek, Ohio, under the glaringly white fluorescent lights of a Walmart superstore, John Crawford III walked around idly holding a BB gun he’d picked up from... Read More
Survival Guide For Animals Born In Captivity
by Camille Rankine
The trick is to get on the ground and fold
yourself into a small, soft shape.
How to Not Get Killed by the NYPD
How to Not Get Killed by the NYPD Metta Sáma When you see the pitch-perfect black 4-door shaded windows roll up on you, don’t grip your wheel. Casually look... Read More
Two Poems to #StandWithFerguson
CONVERGENCE Nancy Bevilaqua For Gaza, for Ferguson Back behind the barricades they’re saying what the looting means. Call it full-stop mercenary. Manholes steam. Fortune for the one... Read More
I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against A Sharp White Background: An Elegy
I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against A Sharp White Background: An Elegy Morgan Parker After Glenn Ligon after Zora Neale Hurston Or, I feel sharp White.... Read More