The Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Black Warrior Review (51.2) features the work of Artist Char Jeré with a full-color portfolio of work inside as well as on the cover. The issue also includes a dedicated portfolio of Palestinian writers with “amplified stories that challenge and inspire us, creating space for voices that refuse to be silenced.” In keeping with Black Warrior Review‘s “long tradition of pushing boundaries and championing brave new voices,” the editors write, “In putting together 51.2, we have read and written freely, unburdened by literary convention or fear of failure. We have shattered molds, challenged norms, and uplifted narratives that defy categorization. And in breaking with tradition, we have created a tradition that is entirely our own.”
Contributing to this new tradition is poetry by Angie Mazakis, Holly Zhou, Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ashley Warner, Hussain Ahmed, Milla van der Have, Brionne Janae, Kim Jensen, Iqra Khan, Dana Tenille Weekes, Lisa Suhair Mujaj, Rajiv Mohabir, Haya Abunasser, Sa Whitley, and Thaer Husien; prose by Amber Starks, Uyen Phuong Dang, Thalia Williamson, Nicole Chulick, Robert Randolph, Jr., Megan Walsh, Thea Lim, Mary Leauna Christensen, M. K. Thekkumkattil, Suchita Chadha; and comics and art by Emily Lewandowski and H. Roth-Brown.
