A special issue on the intersection of war, conflict, and environmental justice, edited by Sonia Sulaiman and featuring essays, poetry, fiction, and art by Monica Robles Corzo, Bahar Davoudi, Caroline Hung, B.B.P. Hosmillo, Rajiv Mote, Sonya Taaffe, Gayathri Kamath, Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Tony Brinkley, Sheree Renee Thomas, Anastasiia Omelianiuk, Gospel Chinedu, JoeAnn Hart, Ryan Clark, Tehnuka, Irene W. Collins, Ramez Yoakeim, Abdulrazaq Salihu, and Prosper C. Ìfeanyi.
Contents
War Monster Glyph - Art - Monica Robles Corzo
Editorial - Essay - Sonia Sulaiman
In the Video: A Woman with Her Newborn [Content Warning] - Poetry - Bahar Davoudi
Adobo Sky - Fiction - Caroline Hung
Gratefulness - Poetry - B.B.P. Hosmillo
In the Foothills - Fiction - Rajiv Mote
Reap the Rules - Poetry - Sonya Taaffe
Akka - Fiction - Gayathri Kamath
post-interview poem or what i wrote after reading the news - Poetry - Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi
After Gaza - Art - Tony Brinkley
Chickasaw Bluff Blues - Poetry - Sheree Renee Thomas
Where did the sea come from? - Essay - Anastasiia Omelianiuk
Omen - Poetry - Gospel Chinedu
Original Mandate - Fiction - JoeAnn Hart
How You Wait - Poetry - Ryan Clark
Sowing Kottravai - Fiction - Tehnuka
Life According to Tabeeb - Fiction - Ramez Yoakeim
Drowning the Boats - Poetry - Abdulrazaq Salihu
Nature Knows A Little About Blooming - Poetry - Prosper C. Ìfeanyi
A previous edition of It Was Paradise included the poem "The River Forgets Us First" by Irene W. Collins.
