NYU Black Renaissance Noire NYU Black Renaissance Noire Volume 16.2: Fall 2016 | Page 5

Contents

volume 16 issue 2 | fall 2016
4 My Take quincy troupe

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52 Poetry kim hunter
56 Poetry hakim hasan
Visual Arts garance

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From King Comus : William Demby ’ s Final Novel william demby
with an introduction
by Ishmael Reed
26 Poetry ammon medina

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The Refactoring of Painting : A Talk by Jack Whitten at the Institute of Fine Arts , New York University , 19 April 2016 , as part of the Artists at the Institute Series jack whitten

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White and Black Progressives Have the Luxury of Sitting Out November ishmael reed
116 Poetry thomas northrup

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The First Year Teacher eva freeman
Photography deneka peniston

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A Cup of Coffee , an Incredible Egg , and a Winston ( A Memoir ) charles wartts , jr .

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Trump as Capitalist Folk Hero , or the Rise of the White Entrepreneur as Political Bully roddey reid

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Neo-Nollywood : Mythical Reflections on Auteurism in Nigerian Cinema femi okiremuette shaka & ibe o . ibe
Aesthetics of Beauty : in an Africana Mode paul carter harrison
82 Poetry patrick sylvain

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The Ghosts of Elections Past , Present and Future professor wallace ford
106 Poetry k . curtis lyle
Visual Arts aziza claudia gibson-hunter
142 Contributors

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