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Read Kalisha's story "The Pitchfork Game" in pluck! Issue 12, also featuring brilliance of Bianca Spriggs & Thomas Sayers Ellis @biancalynne

pluck! Journal of Affrilachain Arts & Culture has published Kalisha’s story “The Pitchfork Game.” The short story, from material generated for Kalisha’s upcoming novel SOLEMN, shows a mother’s discovery of her two daughters’ secret activities in their Southern woods. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the journal. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but…

Award-winning poet, editor, musician and publisher, Truth Thomas, Speaking Saltwater. Photo by MJ Thomas (c) 2014

pluck! 11 cover image by Sarah Jane Saunders (c) 2014

New Truth Thomas poem in pluck! 11. For those who don’t know:

pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture celebrates its eleventh issue themed, “Legacy & Tradition.” It features poetry and prose (both scholarly and creative) that illustrate the concepts of legacy and tradition. It includes storytelling, familial traditions, recipes, music, folklore and folk art. It also showcases digital collage and photography which interprets the Legacy & Tradition theme visually.

Big love to: Frank X. Walker, Theresa Burriss, Bianca Spriggs, Mitchel L. H. Douglas, and all of Affrilachia. To subscribe to pluck!, one year subscription (2 issues) $30, Institution one year subscription (2 issues) $100. Mail a check or money order to: