Jonathan Fletcher grapples with history, race, and identity in four poems including “Water & Blood.” Zenique Gardner Perry travels through the various boundaries of the present, in “To Kabale.” Kasimma’s “Her Name is Ideka” features a head-strong, rebellious girl who goes on trial for actions that challenge her traditional community. 

Featured art: The Gallery of Stars

These images from NASA show the shrapnel from an exploding star, a star cluster composed of a higher amount of heavy metal than previously seen, and the blue bubble called a Wolf-Raynet nebula. Image credits NSA and collaborators see more at https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/stars/

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