BLACK DOLLS: In Conversation with The Collection of Deborah Neff

Issue 45.2 and 46.1

Edited by Jennifer Maritza McCauley

With an Introduction by Courtenay M. Kantanka

Featuring New Work by: Courtenay M. Kantanka, Jessica L. Barbee, Anne Marie Ward, Alex Tretbar, Daniela Barzallo, Miranda Reinberg, Bayleigh Williams, Amanda Trout, and Mary Sauer

“Maybe that’s the genius of a doll, especially one made by human hands. It reveals to us how little we actually need in order to imagine a world where humans take care of one another. If we can imagine it, can we create it?

The poets included in this folio ask us to broaden our imaginations. To think about what it means to be on display. To interrogate our perceptions of childhood and how we as adults assign value to child play. To take a look at what is around us and wonder how to make it useful.”

COURTENAY M. KANTANKA