Lunar Light
Journal of Arts and Literature
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The Roads: Assassination of Black Men (Part II)
EXCITEMENT FILLED US ON THE DAY OF THE PARTY. Mena had purchased new clothes for the three of us because we would attend the party too. Even then, she was exhibiting signs of the fashionista she would become later in life as our financial picture improved. She dressed Malcolm and BB in little boy versions of the popular suit with fitted legs that made them resemble mini Temptations…
Assassination of Black Men (Part I), Virjena Whitehead
IN APRIL OF 1968, I LIVED IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, with my mother and two brothers. Von had been sent to Vietnam after he left Germany, so Mena returned to Arkansas and found an apartment in the projects. We didn’t know it, but we were there on the first of what would become a new typical holding pattern for us. The U.S. Army may have drafted Von, but he would voluntarily make it his career. As such, we would spend the next ten years moving from pillar to post…
Women of Another Era, by Denis Hickey
I believe that of the three sisters, Virginia had the most fun. She worked full-time as an artist, and in the summers was hired by a cruise-ship line to teach art on their cruises. She sailed the seas with my Uncle Leon as her assistant…
“The darkness in you will begin to glow, and you will see clearly... If you will light your lamp you can gaze far over the ocean and even embark on it. Sitting in your chair you can travel farther than ever...”
Art by Sarah Burkle