Annihilation by Ross White
“Crack apart my canines if I erupt, / grind the tongue to jam.” — Ross White
Why Our Body Sought Asylum in Water-Genes by Emmanuel Umeji
"genocide. at least, what births us should kill us genocide" — Emmanuel Umeji
You’re Not A Poet Til the State Betrays You by Darius Simpson
“we all somebody’s child tryna get home / you’re not a poet til the state betrays you” — Darius Simpson
The Belly of the Wolf by Emma Miao
“How many girls / in the bellies of machines / that pretend to love them.” — Emma Miao
Algo in the genocide by Omar Sakr
“What are we left with at the end? / A murdered dictionary and field” — Omar Sakr
Hawk by Rick Barot
“I thought of the question the choreographer asked her gathered dancers: What do you do in order to be loved?” — Rick Barot
In Which The Black Boy Falls in Love & Learns to Start Running by Yves Olade
“Nothing could / catch us. Not blood. Not war. Not other boys.” — Yves Olade
