“Writing is power because it can provide hope. This is why, throughout history, tyrants have always come for the poets first; a populace is much easier to terrorize and subjugate without the flame of hope sustaining them.” ~ Sky Island Journal Editors
Readers and writers searching for a source of hope and resistance against oppression need only click to join Sky Island Journal’s global, fearless community. In their introduction to Issue 34, the editors affirm their pledge to keep literature freely accessible, independent from political or commercial pressures, and dedicated to empathy, freedom, and hope. “Art creates empathy. Empathy creates kindness. Kindness creates strength. This is our purpose, and we will not stop. This is our mission, and we will not fail.”
Upholding the Sky Island Journal mission in the newest issue are contributors Alina Kalontarov, Allison Mei-Li, Annalise Parady, Anne Ramallo, Athena Serbourne, Bex Hainsworth, Bray McDonald, Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Christian Knoeller, Dara Goodale, Dick Altman, Elda Oreto, Elizabeth Rosen, Filiz Fish, Gabrielle Munslow, Grace Crouthamel, Grace Lynn, Inez Chong, J.M.C. Kane, Jay Udall, Jessica Aure Pratt, Jillian Stacia, Jocelyn Ajami, John Muro, Katy Luxem, Ken Malatesta, Kiana McCrackin, Kristen Keckler, Kristen Reece, Lin Fay, Marisha Kashyap, Michael Brookbank, Michael J. Galko, Morrow Dowdle, Nicole Dalcourt, Olga Khmara, Parineeta Habib, R.H. Booker, Rachel Lauren Myers, Rachel M. Hollis, Rachel Mallalieu, Robin Zastrow, Sheree Stewart Combs, Susmita Mukherjee, Wasima Khan, Yuening Weng, Zoe Culbertson, and Zoleikha Baloch.
