If you love to read, you adore terrific writing in all it's varied forms and you like writing with a distinctly African-American point of view then I've got a suggestion for you...Callaloo.

Since 1976 Charles Henry Rowell has been publishing Callaloo, the nations premiere African-American literary journal. Over the years Callaloo has been housed on some of the most prestigious Universities in the country. The website says it best:

Callaloo, the premier African-American and African literary journal, publishes original works and critical studies of black artists and writers worldwide. The journal offers a rich mixture of fiction, poetry, plays, critical essays, interviews, and visual art from the African diaspora. Frequent annotated bibliographies, special thematic issues drawing on people and place, original art and photography are some of the features of this highly acclaimed international showcase of arts and letters.

The Winter 2001 issue recieved honorable mention recognigiton for "Best Special Issue of a Journal in 2001" by the Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Divison of the American Association. The Winter 2002 issue, entitled "Jazz Poetics" has been recognized by the Council of Editors for Learned Journals as one of the best special issues of 2002.

Callaloo was founded by current editor Charles H. Rowell in 1976 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. The journal moved to the University of Virginia and then Texas A&M.

I've had the pleasure of meeting and becoming fairly close to Mr. Rowell and not only is he a very talented man, but he is a kind soul with a passion for providing talented writers, artists, academics and professionals with a forum from which to share their theories, talents and progressive thought with a nationwide audience. Oh yes and if you need another reason to pick up a copy of the politics issue of Callaloo, my cousin Melvin White (former President of the DC Bar Association) was interviewed by Michael Collins and Melvin also wrote a thought provoking essay on Inclusion. The essay focuses on issues of sexuality and gender identity in the workplace. It's a must read.

For more information on how you can obtain a copy of Callaloo check out the website: http://callaloo.tamu.edu/

Callaloo
Editor

Charles Henry Rowell
Program Coordinator

Brookelyn Hodges
Administrative Assistant Casey Brown
Associate Editors

Carrol F. Coates, Michael S. Collins, Brent Hayes Edwards, Percival Everett, Helen Elaine Lee, Carl Phillips, Tracy K. Smith
Book Review Editors
Douglas Field, Thomas Glave, A. Van Jordan

Contributing and Advisory Editors

Kimberly Benston, Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Stephen Carpenter, Joseph Clarke, Lucille Clifton, Maryse Condé, Angie Cruz, Edwidge Danticat, Toi Derricote, Rita Dove, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Susan Fraiman, Ernest J. Gaines, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Saidiya Hartman, Terrance Hayes, Shona N. Jackson, Marcus D. Jones, Meta Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Yusef Komunyakaa, E. Ethelbert Miller, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Marco Portales, Richard Powell, Emily Raboteau, Caroline Rody, Marlon Ross, Franklin Sirmans, Robert B. Stepto, Sharan Strange, Natasha Trethewey, Ben Vinson III, Derek Walcott, Alvia J. Wardlaw, Steven F. White, John Edgar Wideman, Judith Wilson, Kevin Young

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