A Black man in a green tank top and black pants holds a crumpled balloon with a smiley against a dreamy purple sky. At his, he has a palm placed over a bright orange with its cross-section facing the viewer. The overall atmosphere is dreamy and colorful. At the top left corner is the following text: BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW FALL/WINTER 2024 51.1

IN THIS ISSUE

Featured Artist

 Evans Akanyijuka

Contributors

 Poetry

Edward Salem | Hayley Veilleux | Kailah Figueroa | Kristen Swane | Lian Sing | Lily  Holloway | Mag Gabbert | Qianqian Yang | Rasaq Malik Gbolahan | Rose Zinnia | Tasia Trevino | Yi Wei

 Prose

Amber Starks | Ala Fox | Alexandra Salata | Cameron McLeod Martin | Carl Lavigne | Ruofei Ivy Du | Jackie Sabbagh | Emilio Carrero | Sammy Lê | Gabriel Mundo |  Jasmyn Huff | Jaia Hamid Bashir | Leia K. Bradley | Lindsey Godfrey Eccles | Exquisite Armantè   Danielle Batalion Ola | 

 Comics & Art

 Kristin Emanuel | Mariah Gese

Exclusive Online Feature: “Mold Vincit Omnia” by Mariah Gese

Mold Vincit OmniaMariah Gesefrom BWR 51.1View mobile-friendly version here...“Mold Vincit Omnia” by Mariah Gese is featured in Black Warrior Review issue 51.1, now available in our store We’re thrilled to showcase the full-color version of Martin’s work here online,...

Exclusive Online Feature: “😵‍💫🤢🤮” by Cameron McLeod Martin

One of my teachers is always talking about wanting to press their body into language, something like that, asking us to think about how we can press our bodies into language, and I never know how to answer that question, what I’m supposed to do, which I think is kind of the point, but emoji were right there the whole time. Bodies translated into bits, bytes, little standardized cartoons.

Interview with a Masthead: Meet the New BWR Editors

Every year, the BWR masthead changes hands. To give our readers and contributors a chance to get to know us a little better, each new editorial team completes an annual interview for our website. We submit questions to each other & answer each other’s questions in turn. Keep reading to learn about which editor would rather kill fiction than marry it, what food our editors absolutely do not want to run out of in the apocalypse, and what part of the editorial process our editors love the most.

“I very much hope to become some kind of fungus or moss when I die…” An Interview with Mariah Gese, Author of “Mold Vincit Omnia”

"I very much hope to become some kind of fungus or moss when I die..." An Interview with Mariah Gese, Author of "Mold Vincit Omnia" Mariah Gese is an artist and writer from a haunted swamp in New York. They received their MFA from Indiana University, where they were...

Exclusive Online Feature: “Ulta Receipt” by Exquisite Armantè

"Ulta Receipt" by Exquisite Armantè is featured in the forthcoming Black Warrior Review issue 51.1, which is scheduled to hit shelves this month! We’re thrilled to showcase the full-color version of Exquisite’s work here online, highlighting the vivid detail and...