MOSAIC #41
Spring 2017

Interviews
Safia Elhillo by Gaamangwe Mogami
Marcia Douglas by Opal Palmer Adisa
Javaka Steptoe by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

Poems by Safia Elhillo
Still Life With A Murmur
On Eid We Slaughter Lambs & I Know Intimately the Color
susie knuckles in love
the lovers

Excerpt
“Rastaman on the Run”
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: a Novel in Bass Riddim
by Marcia Douglas

Review
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Lesson Plan
Kalief Browder by Eisa Nefertari Ulen
Mosaic’s lesson plans, developed for secondary school educators, demonstrate how our content can serve as a connective tool to empower educators to use books, writing, and reading to engage students.

Around Town
Photographic highlights from New York literary event by Marcia Wilson