A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters
Founded in 1976, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sponsored by Brown University
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press
Executive Editor
KYLA KUPFERSTEIN TORRES
Founding Editor
CHARLES HENRY ROWELL
Managing Editor
GINA RODRÍGUEZ-DRIX
Web and Social Media Coordinator
ROWANA ABBENSETTS-DOBSON
Co-Poetry Editor
TYREE DAYE
Co-Poetry Editor
SAFIA ELHILLO
Co-Fiction Editor
CLAIRE JIMÉNEZ
Co-Fiction Editor
KEI MILLER
Nonfiction Editor
KEENAN NORRIS
Production Editor
RASHEEDA SAKA
Brown University Faculty Advisory Editorial Committee
KWAME DAWES (CHAIR)
ALIYYAH ABDUR-RAHMAN
MÁYỌ̀WÁ AJIBADE
KEVIN QUASHIE
MATTHEW SHENODA (CHAIR OF LITERARY ARTS)
JACINDA TOWNSEND
Associate Editors
JOAN ANIM ADDO
JASON ALLEN-PAISANT
GERSHUN AVILEZ
JACKSON BROWN
HOWARD DODSON
VIEVEE FRANCIS
JANICE HARRINGTON
RAVI HOWARD
JOHN A. MCCLUSKEY, JR.
HERMINE PINSON
MARLON B. ROSS
DERIK SMITH
JACINDA TOWNSEND
PHILLIP B. WILLIAMS
Contributing and Advisory Editors
GERI AUGUSTO
ANTHONY BOGUES
CHRIS CHAPMAN, MD
SOYICA COLBERT
EDWIDGE DANTICAT
RICKY DAY
RITA DOVE
BRENT HAYES EDWARDS
EDWARD HIRSCH
TYEHIMBA JESS
YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
SEBASTIAN MATTHEWS
VALERIE CASSEL OLIVER
CARL PHILLIPS
ROBERT REID-PHARR
TRACY K. SMITH
SALAMISHAH TILLET
NATASHA TRETHEWEY
STEPHEN TUCK
VANESSA K. VALDÉS
MELVIN WHITE JD
JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
CRYSTAL E. WILKINSON
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