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Poetry

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A Prophet Without Eyes: Pauli Murray's Moment

by Brenna M. Casey April 30, 2021October 6, 2021
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Let Black Art Tell It

by Alysia Nicole Harris February 15, 2021February 15, 2021
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Poetry from Jericho Brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, & Taylor Johnson

by Alysia Nicole Harris December 1, 2020December 3, 2020
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Exits from solitude—Poems we need right now

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 27, 2020December 3, 2020
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Sasha Rewrites Uhmareka

by Jamara Wakefield September 22, 2020December 3, 2020
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Letter from a New Normal: Finding hope in purgatory

by DANTE August 20, 2020November 21, 2023
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If your name ever falls on a prison roster: What I know now.

by EDUARDO MARTINEZ August 19, 2020November 21, 2023
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This I Know For Sure: Remembrance and freedom in Jaki Shelton Green's The River Speaks of Thirst

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 12, 2020November 21, 2023
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Postcolonial Love Poem: 'How do you maintain your tenderness?'

by mónica teresa ortiz June 24, 2020September 27, 2023
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Modern abolition and the lasting truth of change

by Scalawag Editors June 18, 2020April 16, 2021
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Memorial Day and weaponizing the American flag

by Jedediah Purdy May 25, 2020December 3, 2020
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(Past) Scalawag Virtual Jubilee—Thursday 4/16

by Scalawag Team April 13, 2020December 3, 2020
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Healing in the wake of environmental trauma: Two poems for National Poetry Month.

by Che Justus & Alina Stefanescu April 1, 2020December 3, 2020
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"No Place Like Home" Notes from opening night at The Miami Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

by Zaina Alsous February 26, 2020December 3, 2020
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Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification

by Amber Delgado February 21, 2020November 14, 2023
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12 Haikus on gentrification: Bull City edition

by Alysia Nicole Harris February 19, 2020September 27, 2023
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'The teacher calls us wet, dark names': two poems by Christopher Martinez

by Christopher Martinez February 3, 2020December 3, 2020
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The Queer South: Where the past is not past, and the future is now

by Minnie Bruce Pratt January 27, 2020November 21, 2023
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Food, power, and place in Northwest Arkansas

by Olivia Paschal January 6, 2020September 27, 2023
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Y'all's top Scalawag picks of 2019

by Scalawag Team December 30, 2019December 3, 2020
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South of Rider-Waite: Four Southern Tarot Decks that Tackle Representation in Imagery, Theme, and Language

by Christie Matherne December 23, 2019April 24, 2022
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'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Nina Oteria

by Nina Oteria December 16, 2019December 3, 2020
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'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Joy Priest

by Joy Priest December 9, 2019December 3, 2020
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'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Denise Alden

by Denise Alden December 2, 2019December 3, 2020
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'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Keesean Moore

by Keesean Moore November 25, 2019December 3, 2020
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'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Nordette Adams

by Nordette Adams November 18, 2019December 3, 2020
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'No Such Thing As a Still Life': Ekphrastic poetry by Taylor Johnson

by Taylor Johnson November 11, 2019December 3, 2020
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"I listen for the night:" Two Poems by Destiny Hemphill

by Destiny Hemphill September 16, 2019December 3, 2020
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(Past deadline) We Want Live Words: Call for Submissions

by Scalawag Team August 20, 2019December 3, 2020
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In Photos: Scalawag's Summer Jubilees

by Scalawag Team August 12, 2019April 16, 2021

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