African Voices Back Issues Department Please review the summary of back issues available for purchase. Many of our most popular issues have sold out over the years but there are a few collector item issues available for purchase. All back issues are $5 a copy (including postage and handling). Please click the link below to fill out an order form and send it in with your payment. Make sure you include the correct issue and volume numbers. We appreciate your patronage and support. We hope you enjoy your back issue! Click Here to Order A Back Issue SPRING 2001 – VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10 Front and Back Cover Artist: Dirk Joseph. Pages: 52. African Voices introduces the original work of four talented fiction writers and thirteen poets in its Spring 2001 issue. The issue leads off with writer Charles Wartts, Jr.’s "Honey Bear Dreams," an excerpt from his novel Once Upon A Sambo (Blackbottom Press, St. Louis, Mo.). Readers journey into a man’s struggle to reclaim his life and love after returning home from jail. In his novel, Mr. Wartts’ lead character reflects on his life: "Maybe it had sumptin to do wid all them blackjacks and blue steel they went upside my head wid, but afterwards, look like I could see into thangs and even round corners. Don’t ask me to explain it no better, cause I can’t." The author’s richly textured narrative is a must-read for fiction lovers. Other short stories in the issue are "Mrs. McAllister" by Amina Gautier, "The Keenest Sorrow" by Rois M. Beal and "On the Playground, On the Block" by Dana Crum. Award-winning New York Times photographer Angel Franco shares the experiences of the Cuban rafters in a special photo essay. Some more highlights from the issue include conversations with authors Maryse Conde (I, Tituba and Desirada) and Natalie Goldberg (Writing Down the Bones); and poems by Gina Clark, Curtis L. Crisler, Jackie Graves, James Whitley and Bob Slaymaker. FALL 2000 — VOLUME 7, ISSUE 8 Front Cover: Lloyd Stevens. Back Cover: Annie Lee. Pages: 52. Fiction writers Tom Mitchelson ("Innocence Comes to Cotton") and Crystal Wilkinson ("Mules") offer different perspectives on preserving innocence in their respective coming of age stories. In Mr. Mitchelson’s novel excerpt a young man in his twenties encounters the fast life in his first trip to a gritty night club and Ms. Wilkinson follows a young girl’s decision to stand up for self-respect when she realizes the sanctity of her body is worth more than a dollar. Both stories are told with great humor, wit and sauciness. Poet/scholar/activist Louis Reyes Rivera celebrates storytelling in his essay "Inside the River of Poetry" and photo essayist Edwine Seymour documents vodou rituals in Haiti. Special features offered in this issue include a book review of June Jordan’s memoir Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood and Willie Perdomo’s poem Twilight Empowerment Zone. Poets featured in the issue include Jorge Rodriquez, Virginia K. Lee, Janice W. Hodges, Tracy Malone and Lola Odunsi. SPRING 2000 — VOLUME 7, ISSUE 6 LIVING JAZZ LEGENDS. COLLECTOR’S ITEM. Front Cover Artist: Verna Hart. Back Cover Artist: Sheila Prevost. Pages: 68. Special issue is dedicated to the artists who are carrying on the traditions and legacy of jazz’s rich history. There are interviews with Max Roach, Ahmad Jamal and Horace Silver. Readers are taken inside the popular jazz club St. Nick’s Pub in hattie gossett’s article "Sugar Hill Groovin’ High" and Eugene Holley, Jr. offers a historical perspective in "Renewal in Rhythm: Jazz at the Turn of the Century." The issue includes intimate photo essays of several living legends Wynton Marsalis, Abbey Lincoln, Regina Carter and Joshua Redman. Other features include a novel excerpt Walter Mosley’s Walking the Dog and Joel Chafetz’s short story "Stick Ball." SUMMER/FALL 1998 — VOLUME 6, ISSUE 4 Front and Back Cover Artist: Clymenza Hawkings. Pages: 34. Summer/Fall Issue 1998 has a record-breaking 23 poems and a cover article on Jessica Care Moore, the poet and founder of Moore Black Press. The successful entrepreneur and independent publisher says of the growing demand for diverse work: "These publishing houses need to wake up and smell the coffee — there is definitely a market and audience for our work." Poets highlighted in this issue include Denizé Lauture, Ngoma, Linda A. H. Walker, asha bandele, Mariah Ekere Tallie, Kevin Powell, Lamont Dixon, Darryl Holmes and Crystal Wilkinson. Great issue for aspiring poets and people interested in self-publishing books. SUMMER 1997 — VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 Collector’s Item Front and Back Covers: Francks F. Déceús. Pages: 42. Fondly known as the Zora Neale Hurston issue by African Voices staff members, our Summer 1997 is a readers and historian’s delight. African Voices received special permission to publish "Under the Bridge," a short story by Zora Neale Hurston that was rediscovered in 1997. "Under the Bridge" is a richly textured story of a love triangle involving a father and son. Ms. Hurston succinctly sums the story up in her narrative: "Just one woman, two men in a boat — two men who love her — two men who love each other." Fiction writer Carol Dixon also explores the complexities of a father and son relationship in "The Boy." Ms. Dixon reunites a family when a father returns home to meet his son for the first time. Anger, resentment and love ensues in Ms. Dixon’s timeless story. Other stories worth reading in this issue are a tribute to Toni Cade Bambara, interviews with authors asha bandele (The Prisoner’s Wife) and J. California Cooper (Some Soul to Keep) and poems by Ntozake Shange, Suheir Hammad, Jacqueline Johnson and Sharrif Simmons. Our Summer 1997 issue is contemporary literature at its best. HOME