Issue 5 features profiles and interviews with poets Mira Gonzalez, Ji yoon Lee, Julia Lans Nowak, and Jayson P. Smith; author Antonio Ruiz-Camacho; artists Caleb Hammond, Ellen Nielsen, and Rand Renfrow; and musician Owen Ashworth (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Advance Base). It also features a 28-page portfolio of work from the studios of Afrofuturist artist Angelbert Metoyer, and a collection of sumi ink drawings from Austin artist Greg Piwonka, whose work is featured on the cover.

featured artists

Daliah Ammar
Owen Ashworth
Olaya Barr
Nat Bradford
Alison D. Moncrief Bromage
Ling Chun
Michaela Cowgill
Hannah Dow
Reed Clovis G
Tyler Gobble
Mira Gonzalez
Rachel Guest
Alex Haber
Caleb Hammond
Ji yoon Lee
Peter Longofono
Grace Lynne
Elisabeth McAvoy
Angelbert Metoyer
Jason Namey
Ellen Nielsen
Julia Lans Nowak
Terrence Payne
Greg Piwonka
Rand Renfrow
Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
Jayson P. Smith
Adam Soto
Fran Tirado