MERGE-LIFE EXPERIECES THROUGH POETRY, SHORT STORIES AND ESSAYS.
MERGE-EXPRESSIONS OF LIFE THAT DEFINE US.
MERGE-OUR MULTITUDE OF EXPERIENCES AND OUR PASSIONATE PERSPECTIVES.
MERGE-EXPRESSIONS OF LIFE THAT DEFINE US.
MERGE-OUR MULTITUDE OF EXPERIENCES AND OUR PASSIONATE PERSPECTIVES.
MISSION
Merge Literary Magazine is a vehicle for expression and dialogue between readers and writers, photographers and visual artists. A plethora of topics will be covered in this quarterly publication. Merge Literary Magazine publishes poetry, essays, articles and reviews by the global community of Black writers about issues that affect Black people in the US, Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere.
This magazine features established, emerging and young writers, poets, spoken word artists and essayists, photographers and visual artists from all walks of life. We want your truths, experiences, your rants and raves, your secrets, your quiet thoughts, your celebratory shouts. We seek poetry about your experiences- Black experiences in the social, political, educational, religious, and family realms.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Merge Literary Magazine’s latest issue, Black Culture: Our Creativity, Our History, Our Strength illustrates that Black Culture lives wherever we reside. The cover art Hope for all, is by Emmanuel Aziseh who resides in France and hails from Cameroon. This piece was selected to illustrate the prevalence of hope in this Black Culture Issue of Merge. The optimism of hope is an integral part of our past, present, and future. Hope fuels the fervor of our insistence on human rights.
This issue contains work by Black writers and artists from the Americas: North (U.S.), South, and Central, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. We are pleased that this issue has an array of visual art from creatives in several African countries in addition to Cameroon, including Ghana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe as well as from the across the diaspora.
We have an impressive list of contributors. They include acclaimed and established writers, artists, activists, and intellectuals; in addition to an array of work by creative people who range from entrepreneurs, administrators and more. You will enjoy the talent and creative exuberance of college students, the experience and insights of seasoned writers, as well as the intellectual agility of scholars. They have shared their history, present and hope for the future and documented their challenges as well. This diverse work finds common ground here.
You will find eclectic poetry and prose, from spoken word to the ethereal. Poetry enthusiasts will appreciate the poetic bounty in this issue, including Kim B. Miller, Poet Laureate of Prince William County Virginia, and Olumide Ted Wilson, Merge advisor and gifted poet. In this third issue Tony Medina, PhD, poet and professor at Howard University and his talented students contributed poetry as well as many others.
The articles are insightful, and the fiction is engaging. Black Music:
Long Songs of Joy and Justice features photographs of Black musicians and singers by documentary photographer Jim Alexander. Architect and environmental activist Carlton Brown provides a chance to look at environmental issues before climate change caused the current global crisis. Princess Zubaida is a short story by Chukwuemeka Iroegbu Chukwudi , member of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).
The creativity that abounds in this Summer/Fall issue of Merge Literary Magazine is noteworthy.
Mari Rice Founding Editor-in-Chief
Malkia M'Buzi Moore Associate Editor
If your name does not appear in the table of contents and contributors and you are an established or emerging writer or visual artist whose work should be featured in Merge Literary Magazine, please submit to our next issue.
MISSION
Merge Literary Magazine is a vehicle for expression and dialogue between readers and writers, photographers and visual artists. A plethora of topics will be covered in this quarterly publication. Merge Literary Magazine publishes poetry, essays, articles and reviews by the global community of Black writers about issues that affect Black people in the US, Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere.
This magazine features established, emerging and young writers, poets, spoken word artists and essayists, photographers and visual artists from all walks of life. We want your truths, experiences, your rants and raves, your secrets, your quiet thoughts, your celebratory shouts. We seek poetry about your experiences- Black experiences in the social, political, educational, religious, and family realms.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Merge Literary Magazine’s latest issue, Black Culture: Our Creativity, Our History, Our Strength illustrates that Black Culture lives wherever we reside. The cover art Hope for all, is by Emmanuel Aziseh who resides in France and hails from Cameroon. This piece was selected to illustrate the prevalence of hope in this Black Culture Issue of Merge. The optimism of hope is an integral part of our past, present, and future. Hope fuels the fervor of our insistence on human rights.
This issue contains work by Black writers and artists from the Americas: North (U.S.), South, and Central, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. We are pleased that this issue has an array of visual art from creatives in several African countries in addition to Cameroon, including Ghana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe as well as from the across the diaspora.
We have an impressive list of contributors. They include acclaimed and established writers, artists, activists, and intellectuals; in addition to an array of work by creative people who range from entrepreneurs, administrators and more. You will enjoy the talent and creative exuberance of college students, the experience and insights of seasoned writers, as well as the intellectual agility of scholars. They have shared their history, present and hope for the future and documented their challenges as well. This diverse work finds common ground here.
You will find eclectic poetry and prose, from spoken word to the ethereal. Poetry enthusiasts will appreciate the poetic bounty in this issue, including Kim B. Miller, Poet Laureate of Prince William County Virginia, and Olumide Ted Wilson, Merge advisor and gifted poet. In this third issue Tony Medina, PhD, poet and professor at Howard University and his talented students contributed poetry as well as many others.
The articles are insightful, and the fiction is engaging. Black Music:
Long Songs of Joy and Justice features photographs of Black musicians and singers by documentary photographer Jim Alexander. Architect and environmental activist Carlton Brown provides a chance to look at environmental issues before climate change caused the current global crisis. Princess Zubaida is a short story by Chukwuemeka Iroegbu Chukwudi , member of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).
The creativity that abounds in this Summer/Fall issue of Merge Literary Magazine is noteworthy.
Mari Rice Founding Editor-in-Chief
Malkia M'Buzi Moore Associate Editor
If your name does not appear in the table of contents and contributors and you are an established or emerging writer or visual artist whose work should be featured in Merge Literary Magazine, please submit to our next issue.
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