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Mari Rice, Founding Editor-in-Chief, is a poet and nonfiction writer who studied Sociology at Savannah State University, with a minor in English. Activism has always been a part of her life, beginning as a young girl fighting against apartheid with her mother, Malkia M’Buzi Moore. Her commitment intensified as she went on to work on community, civil and human rights issues, including police brutality and girls/women’s rights. She has a range of experience including working as a youth counselor, in the corporate field and recently in the film industry. Her writing has appeared in The Atlanta Voice, Political Affairs, Upscale Magazine, The  White House Project and elsewhere. 
 
Malkia M’Buzi Moore, Associate Editor, is a poet, writer, activist, and arts administrator. She is the author of three books of poetry and a play. Her work has been featured in several journals and anthologies including New Rain anthology series published by Blind Beggar Press, bum rush the page a def poetry jam, edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera, BLACK GOLD, Anthology of Black Poetry edited by Ja. A. Jahannes and BRILLIANT FLAME! AMIRI BARAKA Poetry, Plays and Politics for the People edited by Haki Madhubuti, Michael Simanga, Sonia Sanchez and Woodie King Jr. (Third World Press Foundation). Her writing is fueled by many years of social justice organizing. 
  • HOME ISSUE #3
  • Mission and Content
  • About US
  • POETRY AND PROSE
  • BLACK MUSIC PHOTO ESSAY
  • ESSAYS ARTICLES AND FICTION
  • VISUAL ART GALLERY
  • BIOGRAPHIES
  • SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  • Support Merge Literary Magazine
  • ISSUE #2 CELEBRATING BLACK WOMEN
  • FEATURED WRITERS AND ARTISTS
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  • About US
  • POETRY
  • ESSAYS ARTICLES AND FICTION
  • Multimedia Art Review
  • PHOTOGRAPHY CELEBRATING BLACK WOMEN
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  • WRITERS AND ARTISTS BIOS
  • SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  • ISSUE #1 POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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    • About US
    • POETRY
    • PROSE
    • ART ILLUSTRATION
    • ESSAYS AND PLAY
    • MULTI-MEDIA QUILT REVIEW
    • WRITERS AND ARTISTS BIOS
    • SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
    • Support Merge Literary Magazine