Reckoning: It Was Paradise

A special issue on the intersection of war, conflict, and environmental justice, edited by Sonia Sulaiman and featuring essays, poetry, fiction, and art by Mónica Robles Corzo, Bahar Davoudi, Caroline Hung, B.B.P. Hosmillo, Rajiv Moté, Sonya Taaffe, Gayathri Kamath, Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Tony Brinkley, Sheree Renée Thomas, Anastasiia Omelianiuk, Gospel Chinedu, JoeAnn Hart, Ryan Clark, Tehnuka, Irene W. Collins, Ramez Yoakeim, Abdulrazaq Salihu, and Prosper C. Ìféányí.

Contents

War Monster Glyph - Art - Mónica Robles Corzo

Editorial - Essay - Sonia Sulaiman

In the Video: A Woman with Her Newborn [Content Warning] - Poetry - Bahar Davoudi

Adobo Sky - Fiction - Caroline Hung

Gratefulness - Poetry - B.B.P. Hosmillo

In the Foothills - Fiction - Rajiv Moté

Reap the Rules - Poetry - Sonya Taaffe

Akka - Fiction - Gayathri Kamath

post-interview poem or what i wrote after reading the news - Poetry - Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi

After Gaza - Art - Tony Brinkley

Chickasaw Bluff Blues - Poetry - Sheree Renée Thomas

Where did the sea come from? - Essay - Anastasiia Omelianiuk

Omen - Poetry - Gospel Chinedu

Original Mandate - Fiction - JoeAnn Hart

How You Wait - Poetry - Ryan Clark

Sowing Kottravai - Fiction - Tehnuka

Life According to Tabeeb - Fiction - Ramez Yoakeim

Drowning the Boats - Poetry - Abdulrazaq Salihu

Nature Knows A Little About Blooming - Poetry - Prosper C. Ìféányí

A previous edition of It Was Paradise included the poem "The River Forgets Us First" by Irene W. Collins.