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Special Sections

  1. Five Women Poets on Nature
  2. p. 759
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0205
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  1. Notes from the 2010 Callaloo Conference
  2. pp. 811-813
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0171
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Poetry

  1. Cinder
  2. Tiffany Austin
  3. p. 711
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0174
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  1. Cotacachi
  2. Tiffany Austin
  3. p. 712
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0185
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  1. All the Wild Swarm
  2. Remica L. Bingham
  3. pp. 776-777
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0134
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  1. Something Divine Let Go
  2. Remica L. Bingham
  3. pp. 773-775
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0194
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  1. Postcards, A Self-Portrait
  2. Nandi Comer
  3. p. 715
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0147
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  1. The Wreck of Colossus
  2. Nandi Comer
  3. p. 716
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0159
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  1. After Birth
  2. Camille T. Dungy
  3. p. 788
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0141
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  1. Before the Fetus Proves Viable, a Stroll Creekside in the Sierras
  2. Camille T. Dungy
  3. p. 787
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0201
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  1. Osage Orange
  2. Janice N. Harrington
  3. pp. 792-793
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0164
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  1. The Body You Remember
  2. Gary Jackson
  3. p. 698
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0200
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  1. Home Song
  2. Cindy King
  3. p. 740
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0165
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  1. Reading at 4:00 A.M.
  2. Pamela Mordecai
  3. pp. 702-705
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0151
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  1. Bonfire Monument
  2. Carlo Paul
  3. p. 714
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0136
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  1. Woman Being Held by Two Policemen
  2. Carlo Paul
  3. p. 713
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0196
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  1. The Coon
  2. Angelle Scott
  3. p. 798
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0186
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  1. Cruise Line
  2. Evie Shockley
  3. pp. 767-768
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0161
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  1. “Haitian Miracle: Girl Survives 15 Days Under Earthquake Rubble”
  2. Evie Shockley
  3. p. 769
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0172
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  1. The Killed Rabbit
  2. Amber Flora Thomas
  3. p. 782
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0168
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  1. Killing the Rabbit: Ars Poetica
  2. Amber Flora Thomas
  3. p. 781
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0157
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  1. Swarm
  2. Amber Flora Thomas
  3. p. 783
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0179
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  1. South Central
  2. Truth Thomas
  3. pp. 741-743
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0176
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  1. Absorption
  2. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
  3. p. 866
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0188
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  1. Axum
  2. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
  3. pp. 868-871
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0139
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  1. Bet Giyorgis
  2. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
  3. p. 867
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0199
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  1. The City on the Edge of Forever
  2. Kevin Vaughn
  3. pp. 717-718
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0170
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  1. The Menagerie, Part II
  2. Kevin Vaughn
  3. pp. 719-720
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0181
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  1. Dizzied by Sweat-Reek and Getting-It-On, A Pastor
  2. Phillip B. Williams
  3. p. 802
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0148
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  1. Misericord
  2. Phillip B. Williams
  3. pp. 799-800
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0197
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  1. To Forge the Gate, Its Keyhole, Its Pearl
  2. Phillip B. Williams
  3. p. 801
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0137
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Fiction

  1. from Four Movements
  2. Chris Abani
  3. pp. 682-697
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0189
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  1. In America
  2. NoViolet Bulawayo
  3. pp. 730-739
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0154
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  1. They Thought They Were Invincible
  2. Amanda Choo Quan
  3. pp. 726-729
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0143
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  1. Dora and Saraya
  2. Helon Habila
  3. pp. 699-701
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0140
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  1. The Ruins of Our Village
  2. Nwa Odike Ifemembi
  3. pp. 794-797
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0175
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  1. Pax Villa
  2. Nadine Seide
  3. pp. 803-809
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0160
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Nonfiction

  1. Blessed Condemnation: Interconnection and Reverence in Black Nature
  2. Remica L. Bingham
  3. pp. 770-772
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0183
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  1. In Memory of Edouard Glissant
  2. Celia Britton
  3. pp. 667-670
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0156
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  1. Angels and Motherlands
  2. Margo Natalie Crawford
  3. pp. 842-846
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0144
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  1. Remembering Edouard Glissant
  2. J. Michael Dash
  3. pp. 671-675
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0167
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  1. Floriography, More or Less
  2. Camille T. Dungy
  3. pp. 784-786
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0190
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  1. On Black Nature: African American Poets Reflect
  2. Camille T. Dungy
  3. pp. 760-762
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0138
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  1. A Legacy to Brazil and the World: Remembering Abdias do Nascimento
  2. Anani Dzidzienyo
  3. pp. 676-681
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0178
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  1. Beyond Description: Ekphrasis and the Expanding Lens
  2. Vievee Francis
  3. pp. 708-710
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0163
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  1. Carrion
  2. Janice N. Harrington
  3. pp. 789-791
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0152
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  1. Answering Questions with Questions
  2. Ravi Howard
  3. pp. 724-725
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0203
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  1. Callaloo Conference Reflection
  2. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles
  3. pp. 847-852
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0155
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  1. A New “Tizita”
  2. Maaza Mengiste
  3. pp. 853-856
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0166
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  1. Travels to and from Ethiopia
  2. Nadia Nurhussein
  3. pp. 857-865
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0177
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  1. Framing Our Ground: Ekphrastic Poetry in the Workshop
  2. Gregory Pardlo
  3. pp. 721-723
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0192
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  1. Chewing the Tchat in Ethi
  2. Nelly Rosario
  3. pp. 829-841
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0204
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  1. The Call to Addis Ababa: The Editor's Notes
  2. Charles Henry Rowell
  3. pp. 814-818
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0182
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  1. Black Nature / Human Nature
  2. Evie Shockley
  3. pp. 763-766
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0149
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  1. Confessions of a Pseudo-Nature Writer
  2. Amber Flora Thomas
  3. pp. 778-780
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0145
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  1. My People
  2. Elleni Centime Zeleke
  3. pp. 819-828
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0193
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Interview

  1. An Interview in Zion: The Life-History of a Jamaican Rastafarian in Shashemene, Ethiopia
  2. Giulia Bonacci
  3. pp. 744-758
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0187
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Articles

  1. “Theah’s Life Anywheres Theah’s Booze and Jazz”: Home to Harlem and Gingertown in the Context of National Prohibition
  2. Kathleen Drowne
  3. pp. 928-942
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0195
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  1. On Double Consciousness
  2. Emmanuel C. Eze
  3. pp. 877-898
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0162
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  1. Langston Hughes’s Poetry and the Metaphysics of Simplicity
  2. Karl Henzy
  3. pp. 915-927
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0184
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  1. Five Poems: The Gospel According to Toni Morrison
  2. Stephanie Li
  3. pp. 899-914
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0173
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  1. “Check With Yo’ Man First; Check With Yo’ Man”: Tyler Perry Appropriates Drag as a Tool to Re-Circulate Patriarchal Ideology
  2. Timothy Lyle
  3. pp. 943-958
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0135
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Book Reviews

  1. Blue Skies, Black Wings: African American Pioneers of Aviation (review)
  2. Chandra D. Bhimull
  3. pp. 977-980
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0153
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  1. At Home and Abroad: Historicizing Twentieth-Century Whiteness in Literature and Performance (review)
  2. Nalda Báez Ferrer
  3. pp. 969-972
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0191
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  1. Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems (review)
  2. Keith D. Leonard
  3. pp. 964-966
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0169
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  1. Haunting and Displacement in African American Literature and Culture (review)
  2. Emily J. Lordi
  3. pp. 967-969
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0180
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  1. Skin Inc: Identity Repair Poems, and: Amnesiac, and: The Black Automaton, and: Quantum Spit (review)
  2. Gregory Pardlo
  3. pp. 959-964
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0158
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  1. Black Europe and the African Diaspora (review)
  2. Mahriana Rofheart
  3. pp. 975-977
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0142
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  1. Cuban-American Literature and Art: Negotiating Identities (review)
  2. Vanessa K. Valdés
  3. pp. 972-975
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0202
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 981-986
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2011.0146
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