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1KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERS / FALL-WINTER 2018
Fall / Winter 2018
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1KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERS / FALL-WINTER 2018
contents
KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERSClarence V. Reynolds, Editor
Ellie Meek Tweedy, CopyEditor
Washington Design, Michele Y. Washington
Fred Beauford, Editor EmEritus
PEER REVIEW EDITORS:Victoria A. Chevalier, Todd Craig, Alfred Henderson II, DonnaHill, Ladi’Sasha Jones, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Nicole Sealey
KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARDMarie D. Brown, mariE Brown assoCiatEs
Keith Gilyard, pEnn statE univErsity
Anthony Grooms, KEnnEsaw statE univErsity
Lawrence P. Jackson, Johns hopKins univErsity
Barbara Killens-Rivera
Abiba Wynn-Deceus, awd & assoCiatEs Consulting
THE CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE STAFFBrenda M. Greene, Ph.D. ExECutivE dirECtor
Clarence V. Reynolds, dirECtor
Maeshay k. Lewis, ExECutivE assistant and logistiCs Coordinator
Naima Moore-Turner, mEdia assistant Teri Clarke. administrativE assistant
Donna Hill, worKshop lEadEr, FiCtion writing worKshop
Kel Spencer, Coordinator, rE-Envisioning our livEs through litEraturE program
Eisa Nefertari Ulen, worKshop lEadEr, EldErs writing proJECt
2 EDITOR’S NOTE
3 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE
4 ESSAY: Four Women, Two Objects by Patricia Spears Jones
7 ESSAYS: Colonizer Meet Colonized: The Significance of Literary First Impressions In Ideology and Action by Iffah Elnaz
12 The Reimagining and Reinvigorating of a Storied Past by Kai Harris
15 And Now...A Message from the President by Rochelle Spencer
19 POETRY: Shaman’s Chant by Phillip J. Ammonds; American Portrait
by John Warner Smith; and Letter from Home by Keisha-Gaye Anderson
22 PORTFOLIO: Street Baptismal/Last Ritual in Harlemby Shawn W. Walker
28 EXCERPT: 2018 National Black Writers Conference: Gatheringat the Waters: A Call for Healing
34 FICTION: Lynched by Kim-Marie Walker
39 FICTION: The Tree: A Journey to Freedom by Minnette Coleman
43 POETRY: Momma’s Afrika by Safiya Washington; I Am Indigoand It Is by Fatima Séba Friday
45 FICTION EXCERPT: The Legend of Lonnie Lion by JM Holmes
54 PORTFOLIO: A Visual Guide to the Heart: The Music ofIsmael Rivera by Christopher Lopez
60 FICTION: She Remembers the Time Before This One by Akosua Albritton
64 FICTION: Only in Your Dreams by Cathie Wright-Lewis
70 CONTRIBUTORS
COVER: From the series “Street Baptismal/Last Ritual in Harlem” by Shawn W. Walker
The Killens Review of Arts & Letters (ISSN 2155-1758) is published twice a year by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, of the City University of New York, 1650 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225; 718-804-8883. Material in this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. Opin-ions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the CBL. The Killens Review of Arts & Letters cannot be held responsible for unsolicited photographs or manuscripts.
FALL / WINTER 2018VOL. 9, NO. 1 & 2
1KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERS / FALL-WINTER 2018
contents
KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERSClarence V. Reynolds, Editor
Ellie Meek Tweedy, CopyEditor
Washington Design, Michele Y. Washington
Fred Beauford, Editor EmEritus
PEER REVIEW EDITORS:Victoria A. Chevalier, Todd Craig, Alfred Henderson II, DonnaHill, Ladi’Sasha Jones, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Nicole Sealey
KILLENS REVIEW OF ARTS & LETTERS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARDMarie D. Brown, mariE Brown assoCiatEs
Keith Gilyard, pEnn statE univErsity
Anthony Grooms, KEnnEsaw statE univErsity
Lawrence P. Jackson, Johns hopKins univErsity
Barbara Killens-Rivera
Abiba Wynn-Deceus, awd & assoCiatEs Consulting
THE CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE STAFFBrenda M. Greene, Ph.D. ExECutivE dirECtor
Clarence V. Reynolds, dirECtor
Maeshay k. Lewis, ExECutivE assistant and logistiCs Coordinator
Naima Moore-Turner, mEdia assistant Teri Clarke. administrativE assistant
Donna Hill, worKshop lEadEr, FiCtion writing worKshop
Kel Spencer, Coordinator, rE-Envisioning our livEs through litEraturE program
Eisa Nefertari Ulen, worKshop lEadEr, EldErs writing proJECt
2 EDITOR’S NOTE
3 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR BLACK LITERATURE
4 ESSAY: Four Women, Two Objects by Patricia Spears Jones
7 ESSAYS: Colonizer Meet Colonized: The Significance of Literary First Impressions In Ideology and Action by Iffah Elnaz
12 The Reimagining and Reinvigorating of a Storied Past by Kai Harris
15 And Now...A Message from the President by Rochelle Spencer
19 POETRY: Shaman’s Chant by Phillip J. Ammonds; American Portrait
by John Warner Smith; and Letter from Home by Keisha-Gaye Anderson
22 PORTFOLIO: Street Baptismal/Last Ritual in Harlemby Shawn W. Walker
28 EXCERPT: 2018 National Black Writers Conference: Gatheringat the Waters: A Call for Healing
34 FICTION: Lynched by Kim-Marie Walker
39 FICTION: The Tree: A Journey to Freedom by Minnette Coleman
43 POETRY: Momma’s Afrika by Safiya Washington; I Am Indigoand It Is by Fatima Séba Friday
45 FICTION EXCERPT: The Legend of Lonnie Lion by JM Holmes
54 PORTFOLIO: A Visual Guide to the Heart: The Music ofIsmael Rivera by Christopher Lopez
60 FICTION: She Remembers the Time Before This One by Akosua Albritton
64 FICTION: Only in Your Dreams by Cathie Wright-Lewis
70 CONTRIBUTORS
COVER: From the series “Street Baptismal/Last Ritual in Harlem” by Shawn W. Walker
The Killens Review of Arts & Letters (ISSN 2155-1758) is published twice a year by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, of the City University of New York, 1650 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225; 718-804-8883. Material in this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. Opin-ions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the CBL. The Killens Review of Arts & Letters cannot be held responsible for unsolicited photographs or manuscripts.
FALL / WINTER 2018VOL. 9, NO. 1 & 2