Monday, February 17, 2025

Vibe

https://www.vibe.com/


Founded in 1992 by iconic music and film producer Quincy Jones as a print publication, VIBE is a leading entertainment and lifestyle brand delivering content across multiple media platforms to a diverse audience around the world. With over 25 years of celebrating Black culture, VIBE continues to embrace the soulful roots that chronicle the artists, celebrities, sounds, fashion​, and events—from hip-hop and R&B to the modern-day converging music landscape. VIBE has significantly refocused its efforts to the digital space as a top-tier trusted brand for music and entertainment fans, while also highlighting themes like the social justice movement, sparking dialogue that informs and issues change. In 2020, VIBE officially joined the esteemed Penske Media Corp. portfolio of content brands with plans on continuing its legacy of excellence.

- https://www.vibe.com/about-us/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

Village Voice

https://www.villagevoice.com/


Founded by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, and Norman Mailer in 1955, the Village Voice introduced free-form, high-spirited, and passionate journalism into the public discourse. As the nation’s first alternative newsweekly, the Voice today carries on the same tradition of no-holds-barred reporting and criticism it embraced when it began publishing more than 68 years ago.

- https://www.villagevoice.com/about/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

The Lost List

"The Lost List" by Ryan Bradley. First published in The Sewanee Review, Spring, 2021.

If You Ever Find Yourself

"If You Ever Find Yourself" by Erika J. Simpson. First published in The Audacity, December 22, 2021.

The Audacity

https://theaudacitymagazine.com/


The Best American Essays 2022

At the Bend of the Road

"At the Bend of the Road" by Aube Rey Lescure. First published in Guernica, July 20, 2021

Mother Country

"Mother Country" by Elias Rodriques. First published in Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2021.