In this Issue
Callaloo, the premier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, publishes original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide. Recently ranked 13th in Every Writer's Resource's Top 50 Literary Magazines, Callaloo offers an engaging mixture of fiction, poetry, critical articles, interviews, drama, and visual art. Frequent annotated bibliographies, special issues dedicated to major writers and literary, social, and cultural themes, and full-color, original artwork and photography are some of the features of this highly acclaimed international showcase of arts and letters.
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Volume 20, Number 1, Winter 1997Editorial Board
Editor
Charles H. Rowell
Managing Editor
Mary-Chistine Phillip
Associate Editors
Lindon Barrett
Vèvè Clark
Carrol F. Coates
Rita Dove
Percival Everett
Bruce Morrow
Assistants to the Editor
Finnie Coleman
Lesli Harris
Jeremiah Jeffries
Editorial Assistant
Shenda D.Allen
Contributing and Advisory Editors
Elizabeth Alexander
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kathleen M. Balutansky
Kimberly Benston
Jennifer DeVere Brody
Maryse Condé
Thmas Sayers Ellis
Ernest J. Gaines
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Michael S. Harper
Saidiya Hartman
Mae G. Henderson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Helen Elaine Lee
Reginald McKnight
Clarence Major
Gustavo Pellón
Carl Phillips
Arnold Rampersad
Nathan A. Scott, Jr.
Robert B. Stepto
Sharan Strange
Ginger Thornton
Derek Walcott
Kenneth W. Warren
John Edgar Wideman
Judith Wilson
Jay Wright