When a Black Woman is Born 20
KIM BRANDON
Not a Silent Film 22
AIMEE SUZARA
A Bullet and a Glass of Water 25
IMAN HAMMAD
And When They Say We Can't Be Mermaids 28
KAY HOLLINS
Say His Name! - Arthur McDuffie 30
OYABISI
Parking Lot Birthday 39
KRISTEL TORRELLAS
Bedtime Story 44
SOJOURNER WALKER
Coming Home 50
PEGAH MOTALEB
10 Boundaries & Borders
There is no mourning here 57
JORDAN E. FRANKLIN
Under the Boardwalk 59
ROSITA REYES
Confetti 66
TONYA TOBIAS
Ave Maria 68
TESS CRESCINI
The Walk 78
VALERIE VERDIA
On Leaving Nigeria 80
IQUO ESSIEN
No Matter What Happens, Don't Move 90
KIM BRANDON
The Art of Birthing: A Mother's Journey 92
OYABISI
Do You Still Want to Turn and Run? 102
CARLA BARNES
Wrapped in the Rainbow 104
KEISHA-GAYE ANDERSON
Cause Our Vigilance Increases Desperation 108
GLORIA VAUGHN
Bad Habits 109
NIVEA CASTRO
Chocolate Barbie 112
KUUKUA DZIGBORDI
(In the) Red 118
NICOLE LAVONNE SMITH
Pressure 122
KEISHA-GAYE ANDERSON
Silence 124
SIMONE GILL
Haiti My Love 128
CARMEN BARDEGUEZ-BROWN
Back to Black: Revisiting the "One-Drop Rule" 129
PAMELA A. LEWIS
I Can't Breathe 137
TERESA GREY
The Stolen Childhood 139
BRENDA MOORE
Sarsarita Time 141
LIS P. SIPIN-GABON
What Stops Your Writing 150
DAWN MOORE
12 Boundaries & Borders
October 11, 2001 152
SUNU CHANDY
Home 155
KIM BRANDON
Memories of the "Doodoo Birds" 159
BRENDA MOORE
Poems to Costa Rica 165
REBECA TOLEDO
WHITE MAN 171
MELISSA DEL VALLE ORTIZ
The Lottery 174
ALMEDIA KNIGHT-OLIVER
Tissue Paper 177
CYNTHIA ROBY
2020 183
LINDA CUE
Runner in a Wall of Mirrors Reflected in a Wall of Mirrors 185
YIM TAN LISA WONG
My Demons, My Angels 187
DR. JUANITA KIRTON
Small Town 189
TERRY JENOURE
Secrets of Women Folk 190
RACHELLE PARKER
Bandh 192
RADHIKA VENKATARAYAN
Sigheh 195
SHABNAM PIRYAEI
Cracked 197
DOLORES JOHNSON
Rican Issues 200
CECIL RUFFIN
Sister Etta 208
Visit to a virgin 222
DANA STRINGER
14 Boundaries & Borders
Lingua Franca 223
DOREEN WANG
June 1st 225
KAY HOLLINS
Liberian Night Lights 228
OYABISI
Journey 236
MASAE OZAWA
Flashes of Clarity 239
KELLEY AKHIEMOKHALI
Soraya's Hands 245
EMMA FARRY
Border Dweller 253
BHUMIKA MUCHHALA
Dreams Come True 256
ELIZABETH GREENE
