POETRY
Chris Abani Victoria Chang Michael Chitwood Keith Ekiss Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Beth Ann Fennelly Raza Ali Hasan James Hoch Cyan James Julia Johnson Larry Levis Khaled Mattawa Timothy O’Keefe Catherine Pierce Jon Pineda John Poch Austin Segrest Louie Skipper Ron Smith Robert Thomas Joshua Weiner Lesley Wheeler Charles Wright
RAZA ALI HASAN
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Bilal’s world, black world, mortgaged world, third world, the black pupil in the roving eye of the earth.
Bilal’s compass had redrawn it as the crescent-world. Warmth of the sun had made it fertile.
Now mercurial, it quickens at his name. In locked, arid hopelessness, a sparkle in the eye.
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Contributor’s notes Introduction: From 67 mogul miniatures
