Volume 16.2

What an honor to peruse and sequence the breadth of brilliant, poignant works in the pages of this volume, Consequence 16.2. The editing team and I agreed this issue’s BIPOC Feature should be borderless and present writers and artists who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color from across the globe, not just North America, as diasporas wonderfully outreach regional and continental parameters.

In this installment of Consequence, the voices range valiantly from stark documentation to elaborate styles and structures, though they all share a sincere belief the written word and the visual image can transcend the horror and grief of geopolitical violence. The profound care and the unblinking courage of the writers and artists in this feature are the enduring reflections and testimonies of communities whose humanity and luminosity refuse to be dimmed by empires’ ruthlessness. My deepest thanks go to all those who submitted, read, and edited work for this issue, and my warmest hopes go everywhere this selection of language and images represents.

Sincerely,
Marcus Jackson