Cover
Series Info
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword / Rigoberto González
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Alan Pelaez Lopez
Another Diaspora Poem / Irene Vázquez
Memory
When One Door Closes, Another Door Flows / Ehqs/Izar
Home / Sa Smythe
y volver volver / Sa Smythe
Held together by an ocean breeze / Little Wren
Red Clay / Little Wren
Haiku for Great-Grandma Coolie / Tirzah Sheppard
To Grandma ’Nita / Tirzah Sheppard
Rainbow Rosary / Tirzah Sheppard
Hoo Doo Interests / Allison Whittenberg
Watching Jordan’s Fall / Allison Whittenberg
From Under Crack Rock: Surviving the Reagan Years / Louie Ortiz-Fonseca
The Things Miss Tina Taught Me / Louie Ortiz-Fonseca
Maria’s Song, 1999 / Armando Alleyne
Maria’s Song (#2) / Armando Alleyne
Context: The Maria’s Song Series / Armando Alleyne
Polluted Imprints in a Neurodivergent Mind / Julia Feliz
Ocean Home / Zoë Gamell Brown
Of Joy (A Bricolage) / Randy James
Ancestor in Barbados / Randy James
On This Little Island / Randy James
Ode to Abuela / Raquelle Mayoral
[Untitled] / Franchesca Araújo
The plant speaks for the girl buried under it / Franchesca Araújo
Remembering / Reva Santo
Where Is Home? / Ivanova Veras de Jesús
my gram’s machete / JR Mahung
letter to simone (on the subject of the king) / JR Mahung
letter to simone (on cutting grass) / JR Mahung
reflections on watching missy elliott’s “lose control” video / JR Mahung
portrait of my grandmother in 90s hip-hop videos / JR Mahung
¿Y Vos Quién Sos? / Clara Olivo
Clarita Escucha Su Voz / Clara Olivo
[7 December 2020] untitled / Des Jackson
Un Cuento del Regreso / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin
“Always and Forever,” Love Alex / Charles Rice-González
How to Draw a Memoir / Breena Nuñez
Escaped Parrots Are Doing Lovely / Jessica Lanay
Care
Proximity, Intimacy, Togetherness / Dora Santana
Love Thy Neighbor / SR. Álida
Collaborative Poems / Janice Heather Hector and Felene M. Cayetano
Free / Raquelle Mayoral
The Uncertainty of Feelings for Girls / Raquelle Mayoral
Hurricane Marlene / Lorraine Avila
We Never Did This to Be Beautiful / Ariana Brown
For the Black Kids in My 8th-Grade Spanish Class / Ariana Brown
Lido’s Day / Yamilette Vizcaíno Rivera
Manicured Things / Sasha Mahalia Hawkins
I’d Always Promised I’d Never Do Drag / Darrel Alehandro Holnes
La Negrita / Malika Aisha
Softness will find you / Malika Aisha
a letter to my body (the first affirmation is an apology) / Malika Aisha
24 de diciembre / Ivanova Veras de Jesús
i think about death all the time (tdor—20 de nov) / Sora Ferri
pride / Sora Ferri
baby me / Sora Ferri
Home Sweet Homeless / Josslyn Glenn
With Love, from Our Corner of the Night / Irene Vázquez
Dispatches from a Country Without Name / Irene Vázquez
About You / Jessica Lanay
Run for High Ground / Jessica Lanay
7 Mile Bridge / Jessica Lanay
Come Down: Dream / Jessica Lanay
Sugar / Edgie Amisial
Lulled in the Moment / Jennifer Castillo
Sapphic Ode to Alex Reynolds / Jennifer Castillo
Pelo Malo / Pelo Bueno / Jennifer Castillo
Justice Served / Zoë Gamell Brown
tía por qué me dicen q tú no existes / Franchesca Araújo
Romo oscuro para Santa Bárbara Africana / Franchesca Araújo
Electra / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.
Electra / Translated by Jessica Lanay
Carne y Espanto / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.
Flesh and Fright / Translated by Jessica Lanay
Lx DragOna / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.
Lx DragOna / Translated by Jessica Lanay
La reina del virus / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.
Queen of the Virus / Translated by Jessica Lanay
Translator’s Note / Jessica Lanay
[April 2020] you (a short queer love story) / Des Jackson
I pull these words from my gut and leave them to rot / Little Wren
Disonancia / Phoenix Ríszing
Black Love / Phoenix Ríszing
A Thank You Note / Sasha Lamprea Arevalo
An Offering / Sa Smythe
Futures
Madrenuestra / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Madrenuestra / Translated by Lawrence Schimel
existir / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
exist / Translated by Lawrence Schimel
Afrofeministamente / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Afrofeministly / Translated by Lawrence Schimel
Decálogo de escritura afrofeminista radical / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Decalogue of Radical Afrofeminist Writing / Translated by Lawrence Schimel
Opening the Dominican Universe / Alejandro Heredia
A Rewiring of the Senses: Considering Abolition / Qui Dorian Alexander
All Legs Lead to Naomi Campbell / Darrel Alehandro Holnes
Inheritance 1 / Jeydelyn Martinez
Inheritance 3 / Jeydelyn Martinez
EVOLUTION / Phoenix Ríszing
Ain’t I Latina? / Phoenix Ríszing
Black girls deserve / Ariana Brown
There Will Be / Ariana Brown
We Win! / Ivanova Versa de Jesús
Hothouse, Or, The Taking Back of the Provision Grounds / Irene Vázquez
[9 February 2020] i am scared to touch the world / Des Jackson
[8 October 2020] the white owl / Des Jackson
Castillo San Cristóbal / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin
Prophecy / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin
When Dreaming of a Future Means Letting Go / Alan Pelaez Lopez
an invitation to play, a choreographer’s offering / Ehqs/Izar
Coda / Alan Pelaez Lopez
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