African Voices Summer 2017 AV Summer 2017 Digital Issue | Page 5
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GALLERY
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The Gallery —
Renaissance Woman Afua Richardson Takes Comics World by Storm
FICTION AND BOOKS
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The Dragon Can’t Dance by Sheree Renée Thomas
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Interactive History for Young Readers by Debbie A. Officer
aying Homage: An Artist’s Ode in Paintings on Wood with Paper,
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Scraps, and Memory by Debbie A. Officer
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The Expat by Ozimede Sunny Ekhalume
POETRY
2 Haiku by Sherese Francis
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9 Ars Poetica on Being a Black Poet from Memphis by Roman Johnson
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YEYE’S Garden by Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani
Afua Richardson, The Gallery, page 22.
21 Monk by Angel C. Dye
21 Before the Media Makes You a Man by Angel C. Dye
24 Daddy Registered Republican in 1931, by Lynne Thompson
24 My Life According to Brenda M. Osbey by Lynne Thompson
28 This poem would like to start with “Thank you.” by Quincy Scott Jones
IN THIS ISSUE
6 Contributors Bios
15 A Farewell Note From Poetry Editor Mariah “Ekere” Tallie
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African Voices Interview with Children’s Book Author Zetta Elliott
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Artist Profile: Spotlight on Award-winning Graphic Novelist N. Steven Harris
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