| Email |
| writecreateimagine@gmail.com |
| What’s the name of your business, nonprofit or project? |
| Black Experimental and Interdisciplinary Journal |
| What city and country is your business, nonprofit or project located in? |
| We’re located in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. Our |
| Link to Your Website (if applicable) |
| https://medium.com/be-a-journal-of-black-experimental-and-interdiscip |
| Links to Your Social Media Pages (if applicable) |
| https://be2023.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ |
| Describe your business, nonprofit or project, and the products and/or services you offer? |
| Archived by the City College of New York, BE is a journal that investigates Black experimental and interdisciplinary work. We hold readings and publish a range of hybrid nonfiction and fiction as well as images, video, and audio texts. We hope that this journal will support those writing about the Black avant-garde. Our advisory board includes Dr. Irwin Leopando and the English Dept of LaGuardia Community College; Faith Adiele, Writer, Journalist, and Associate Professor, California College of the Arts; Reynaldo Anderson, Scholar and Associate Professor, Temple University; Jacquelyn Bishop, Poet, Visual Artist, and Associate Professor, New York University; Duriel Harris, Poet and EIC of Obsidian; John Keene, Writer and Professor at Rutgers University; Kyla Marshell, Poet, Journalist, and Memoirist; Opal Moore, Poet/former Dir. Honors Program, Spelman College; Asali Solomon, Writer and Associate Professor, Haverford College Black Book Interactive Project and AfroPWW 2 Publishing Without Walls, along with the Mellon Foundation, the University of Kansas, and the University of Illinois. Our guidelines and more information can be found here: https://medium.com/@rochellespencer_84812/introducing-be-a-journal-of-black-experimental-and-interdisciplinary-work-7299d9b7979a |
| Are you Caribbean or African, or of Caribbean or African descent? If you are, please tell us details. |
| Yes. The editors all have African ancestry, and we accept work from anyone creating strong writing about the African Diaspora. |
| Do you think your Caribbean or African upbringing/heritage has impacted your work? If so, please explain how. |
| Yes. Many of the writers who influence us think through community and racial and economic justice. |
| How does your work positively impact culture + community? |
| We provide a forum for discussing culture and community. |
| How should potential customers and persons interested in networking & partnerships contact you? |
| Please send us an email. |
| What message of hope or inspiration would you like to share with other women in our community who are also pursuing their dreams? |
| Continue to work towards them. |
