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Chantel Kelly
August 30, 2022

ON BLACK QUARTERBACKS & DOGFIGHTS IN VIRGINIA WOODS by Iain Haley Pollock

Chantel Kelly
August 30, 2022
ON BLACK QUARTERBACKS & DOGFIGHTS IN VIRGINIA WOODS  by Iain Haley Pollock

When he danced in the pit / where boys break boys / & those who survive / become men who break / men, when he soft-shoed, / boogalooed on the clipped grass, / we cheered for him.

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Laura Pegram
March 4, 2022

Artwork: Photograph by Nicole Acosta

Laura Pegram
March 4, 2022
Artwork: Photograph by Nicole Acosta

The cover art for the issue is photograph by Nicole Acosta of “Abrazo entre las Dos Patrias,” a mural by Evaristo Angurria for the Santurce es Ley Festival, 2018.

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Laura Pegram
March 4, 2022

Diasporican Interview on the Question of Race by Malcolm Friend

Laura Pegram
March 4, 2022
Diasporican Interview on the Question of Race by Malcolm Friend

all I’m saying is I’m tired of tres razas and all other forms of mestizaje bullshit that a flag doesn’t make us blood no matter how much red is spilled over it

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