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 23, Number 1, Winter 2000Editorial Board
Editor
Charles Henry Rowell
Administrative Assistant
Colette E. Dabne
Associate Editors
Lindon Barrett
Jennifer Devere Brody
Carrol F. Coates
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Percival Everett
Bruce Morrow
Helen Elaine Lee
Assistants to the Editor
OanJelete Boooker
Crystal Buck
Jason Goldsmith
Kendra Leary-Poole
Terrilynn D. Platt
Jummai Sarki
Cory Tveten
Contributing and Advisory Editors
Elizabeth Alexander
Kathleen M. Balutansky
Kimberly Benston
Finnie Coleman
Maryse Condé
Toi Derricotte
Rita Dove
Ernest J. Gaines
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Kendra Hamilton
Saidiya Hartman
Mae G. Henderson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Dwight McBride
E. Ethelberg Miller
Gustavo Pellón
Carl Phillips
Richard Powell
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Rhonda Cobham-Sander
Nathan A. Scott, Jr.
Robert B. Stepto
Sharan Strange
Ginger Thornton
Silvio Torres-Saillant
Derek Walcott
Steven F. White
John Edgar Wideman
Judith Wilson
Jay Wright
Kevin Young