Description
Aster(ix) presents, Best of Kweli, a compilation of 20 of the best prose and poems published in Kweli Journal (an online-only journal of experimental African American literature) in the past seven years. This issue of Aster(ix) is edited by Laura Pegram and Angie Cruz, with the help of University of Pittsburgh Writing MFA students. Featuring Brit Bennett, Ariana Brown, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Geimy Colón, Naima Coster, Ansel Elkins, Anita Felicelli, Marko Fong, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Raven Jackson, Hope Johnson, Cynthia Manick, Cecca Austin Ochoa, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Princess Perry, Audrey M. Peterson, Noel Quiñones, Nelly Rosario, Tiphanie Yanique, Leslie C. Youngblood. In these pages no form goes unexplored, as Kweli‘s authors grapple with life, the universe, and everything in between.
Angie Cruz is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of two novels, Soledad and Let It Rain Coffee. She is the Editor of Aster(ix), a literary/arts journal and is at work on her third novel, Dominicana.
Laura Pegram is a multidisciplinary artist who is influencing a new generation of aspiring writers. Author, educator, and a jazz vocalist whose cabaret performance teamed her with jazz pianist, Donald Smith, Ms. Pegram is also a painter. Her richly hued vibrant murals are part of several private collections. She has worked as a Development Associate at Scholastic Productions, Inc., as an Instructor at the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center and as an Acting Director / Instructor at the John Oliver Killens Young Writers Program.
ISBN-13: 9781942547051
Publisher:Blue Sketch Press
Publication date: 3/23/2017
Series: Aster(ix) Anthology, #3
Pages:224
Product dimensions:6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)
