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in the beginning...
Our poetic elders give
opinions on the roots of poetry
by Robert Fleming

big willie style
Willie Perdomo
by Renee Michel

new writer
Breena Clarke
author of River, Cross My Heart
by Nikki Terry

movin’ on up!
by Camika Spencer author of
When All Hell Breaks Loose

city of poets
1999 10th Annual Poetry Slam Contest
by Brenda Kimbal

a bona fide poet
Roger Bonair-Agard
by Damion Mannings

a one man show
Reggie Gibson
by Nichole Shields

random thought
Kevin Powell
by Cynthia Ray

first rate books
Third World Press
by Nichole Shields

lights, cameras, words!
The Screenplay
by Carla D. Robinson

of chapbooks and poets
Chapbooks
by Sharon L. Powell

the regular

Inkorporated: the publishing business
by Pat Houser

profile
Black Books Plus by Leah Mullen

excerpt
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke

poetry
Naked by Linda Dominique Grosvenor
The Fly God Sings by Bro. Yao

the write stuff
Voice recognition software by Deatra Haime

preview
Four heavyweight books for the fall season:

The Abyssinian
by Jean-Christophe Rufin
African American Desk Reference
by The Schomburg Center
Those Bones Are Not My Child
by Toni Cade Bambara
Homeland and Waterways
by Adele Logan Alexander

crossword puzzle
by Troy Johnson

celebrating our voices
Ida B. Wells by Tara Betts

the reviews

Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends:
Letters From Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak. Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Conn., 1854-1868
by Farah Jasmine Griffin
Reviewed by C. Candice Rigdon

Black No More
by George Schuyler
Reviewed by Trent Fitzgerald

Careful What You Wish For
by Myrlin A. Hermes
Reviewed by Pamela R. Brown

Cup of Love
by Franklin White
Reviewed by Sadeqa Murray

Jazz Poetry Kafe The BlackWords Compilation - CD
Reviewed by Angelo Williams

Kinship
A Family’s Journey in Africa and America
by Philippe E. Wamba
Reviewed by Tyehimbas Jess

Reclaiming Community in Contemporary African American Fiction
by Philip Page
Reviewed by Kelwyn Wright

Song for Anninho
by Gayl Jones
Reviewed by Tara Betts

Time Will Tell
by Trevy A. McDonald
Reviewed by Kim Fox

To Make A Race
by Jon Woodson
Reviewed by Dorothy Harris

The True History of Paradise
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Reviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam