The PoppyCock Art Space

Since 2008, much art has been created behind the bedroom doors of The PoppyCock. The house…

Inside Out

To miss you is an extraction is not finding what I think I see is…

Alternate Canon

Recently, I’ve been thinking of June Jordan and the last lines of her inspiriting poem,…

front porch by Richard Elzey
How (In a Time of Trouble) I Discovered My Moms and Learned To Live

1. I spent my senior year in high school pretty much fucking everything up. I…

Even If I Kiss a Woman

My mother and tías warn me about dating Colombian men: “Esos no sirven.” They say…

Riding the American Rails

During the month or so that my father spent in an Intensive Care Unit in…

Moyumba by Ana-Maurine Lara, Guest Editor

Iya Abebbe Oshun arranged a dress on a wooden statue that represents her spirit guide,…

Abuelas

*Dowoti was not at the Black Feminist Retreat. However, she is an elder – an…

This American Martini

This essay is dedicated to the Southampton Writers Project. Let’s have a drink by the…