Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall/Winter 2012)

Fall/Winter 2012 “Reconstructing the Master Narrative” The Fall 2012 issue offers stimulating dialogue on the topic of the expanding master narrative. Essay: “Henry Dumas and John Oliver Killens: Activism Across Generations” by Jeffrey Leak (Read) Fiction: “Arc of Bones” by Henry Dumas Portfolio: Artist David Graves Feature: Selected Proceedings from the 2010 National Black Writers Conference by Brenda+M.+Greene, Ph.D. (Read) Feature: Black Writers Reconstructing the Master Narrative (Read) Feature: The Impact of Hip-Hop and Popular Culture in the Literature of Black Writers Poetry: By Tracy K. Smith Portfolio: Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Dedication to His Growth as an Artist by Javaka Steptoe Tribute: To Lynnette Velasco Fiction: My Own Flesh and Blood by Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti Henry Dumas photograph courtesy of the Henry Lee Dumas Estate: Eugene B. Redmond, literary executor.Copyright 1968-2012 by Loretta Dumas and Eugene B. Redmond